Gas soldering iron, available with 6 replaceable tips. It features variable temperature adjustment for maximum flexibility for various tasks. This easy-to-use butane tool is suitable for heat...
Gas soldering iron, available with 6 replaceable tips. It features variable temperature adjustment for maximum flexibility for various tasks. This easy-to-use butane tool is suitable for heat embossing, pyrography, hot fixing, soldering, and much more.
Gas soldering iron, available with 6 replaceable tips. It features variable temperature adjustment for maximum flexibility for various tasks. This easy-to-use butane tool is suitable for heat embossing, pyrography, hot fixing, soldering, and much more.
Features
Product Type: Torch
Display: None
Operation Type: Butane
Color: Black-Grey
Additional: Sound power: 97db, Length: 19 cm
Versatile: One tool for 6 different applications
Operates with liquid butane gas: Use anywhere and anytime
Very short heating time and quick refilling: Always ready for use
Child safety lock mechanism: Children cannot activate the tool
Precise: Allows detailed and complex work
Durable quality: Long lifespan
Variable temperature setting: Choose the right temperature for your work
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It is very good for semi-professional use, meaning if you use it when you really need it, for example, when there is no power nearby, it is just what you need at this price. However, if the use is frequent and daily, it is not recommended because it has some wear and tear, for example, the tips wear out relatively quickly and require frequent replacement, it may lose gas (it happened in a friend's case who has it), etc. ..
Excellent for professional and amateur use for various tasks. Now for those who made it useless or broke it, obviously instead of using butane, they used gas for lighters (Big Mistake). After each use, it needs maintenance in order to keep both the tips and the soldering iron in good condition. Before each use, it doesn't hurt to read the instructions.
I recently purchased the versatip and it has left me with a very good experience. Objectively powerful tool, quick heating time, very good autonomy, ideal for various uses (the hot air does wonders) and it gives me the feeling of quality construction. I will focus on the issue of the soldering tip, which users complain about and I will agree with them, HOWEVER, do not throw away the tips because they can be restored and I will tell you how. The truth is that after the first soldering tests with the versatip, the tip greeted me with brief procedures and it was something that bothered me because I am an electronics technician and I know how to handle soldering irons and especially their tips. The fact that the soldering tips become loose is due to the fact that due to high temperatures they oxidize, making them unable to solder anymore. After unsuccessful attempts to restore them using traditional methods, I finally managed to restore them using a dremel (the classic rotary tool) and polishing-cleaning paste with the cloth brush it comes with. Like magic, in seconds (and at low speeds), the oxides were cleaned, the tip became shiny again and fully functional!!! In conclusion, I will give you two tips to keep the tip alive. Firstly, because we usually work with classic soldering irons at 300-330 degrees, make sure to set the temperature to the minimum (except for special cases) because as we increase the power of the versatip, it reaches very high temperatures and it is inevitable to create issues with the tips. High temperatures are not necessary, the soldering starts to melt already at 190 degrees. Also, before turning it off, make sure to cover the tip with solder to prevent oxidation until the next use. I hope I helped.
I have literally melted it in professional work in quite strange places. Its negative aspect, and that's why I'm deducting a star, is that the small tips break easily and they are very expensive as spare parts, and I haven't found Chinese ones with the same thread. With a compression in which we make a hole, or by cutting a tip and drilling it with a drill bit, the tips of the HS-1115K can be adjusted, which last about the same and you can find them literally by the kilo in Chinese stores. I had encountered the issue with tips even with expensive weller ones that I had a long time ago, and unfortunately there were no such solutions back then.
I recommend it to professional electronics and electricians as an alternative to more expensive ones because it does exactly the same job and has exactly the same problems, so there is no point in 2021 for someone to go for something much more expensive.
As for the overall impression, spare parts are available, as a soldering iron it has very good durability (I'm not talking about the tips, which are a sore subject), and if someone takes care to use decent quality gas, it will last for many years without issues.
Overall, it is good. The problem with mine is that it is losing gas from the intake valve. There is no spare part, so we continue like this with difficulty
If it didn't require a special clean gas from the company, it would simply be good. It's bad because, at the moment you made a connection that required the heating head of Kali, at the end it has a hole to release the heat, however, at that time it burned your skin or the plate or something else. Besides that, it easily clogs the nozzle and creates a problem, resulting in the need for spare parts. I suggest sticking to conventional ones. Such "New" technologies need additional upgrades. Good idea, but not good quality.
I was using a simple plug-in soldering iron which, however, was not practical, as many times there was no socket or if there was, it was too far away from where I needed to solder, resulting in me stretching the cord. This tool heats up in seconds and does the job comfortably and quickly without the need to rush so it doesn't cool down. The only "issue" is that many times the butane is not 100% clean, so with use, the nozzle may get clogged with impurities. The good thing is that there is a replacement! If the igniter breaks, you can replace it with another one from a regular lighter as they use the same one.
I have had it for years, mainly started using it to heat shrink pasta, but I have also used it for other applications, such as a glue gun in remote areas without electricity (e.g. I glued some cables in the garden), to write on wood while playing, and elsewhere, whenever I needed it..
It was perfect but it stopped working after a month.... without any special treatment, some soldering on the LED and a little woodwork, I filled it up and turned on the heat, and it started making a strange noise as if it was spitting gas. I had a hard time closing it because it was burning on its own and the igniter didn't work when I tried to light it again, never though... It was very convenient for everything it claimed to do and more, but it stopped working for me... so if it's a one-time thing, it's better to get something much more economical and know that it's a joke and just does its job.