REDTAIL

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Was at walmart yesterday looking for a new sodering gun and came across one of these cold heat guns, you know, the ones they show on TV. I thought cool it's small, cordless, and comes with it's own little case good deal for 20 bucks right. WRONG!!! first problem i noticed was the "made in china", then the tip on them is split in the middle so you have to make a arc which is next to impossable to keep it going, it was like on off on off on off and last if you were able to keep it on long enough it still wouldn't get the soder to melt through the wires. just keep balling up on one or two stranes of wires.maybe I just got a bad run but it's going back and I'm just getting my money back on this P.O.S.

TheScaryOne

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Yea. They're bad. The tips on them split too, so you have to buy a new tip. They don't stay hot, and even if you can get them to stay hot, it's hard to work the solder with the thing. Definitely an F- product.

punkdude908

i got one for x-mas a few years back...never got it to work. i ended up getting frustrated and throwing the POS out. i'll stick with my old fashioned 100W soldering gun that heats up in 2 seconds.

88iroc52387

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Yea they're junk i've used mine once its such a pain to get it to arc long enough to heat the wire.

jimdutro

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I have to agree with all the negative remarks about this piece of junk. I never got mine to work. I`ll stick with the cord.

irishhockey34

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all i've heard were negative things toward that iron

wgripp

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I purchased one when they first came out. I never got it to work right either. Maybe if they closed the gap between the prongs on the tip it might work better.

REDTAIL

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also killed my brand new batteries with in 5-10 minutes trying to get that working.I'm just glad that it wasn't me have bad luck. but I would like to know how they received award for best new tool in 2007, well I'm pretty sure how they got it, but still, come on now

PackmuleTA

they paid for the award thats all i can guess it sucks sounds alot better than it actually works

87tpiz28

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Yeah, that cold heat doesn't function good. I'll stick to my corded iron and my bernzomatic torch I picked up from work. Works great. I love it, I can solder copper pipes, use it as a heat gun for heat-shrink tubing, and solder. Great to have in a toolbox!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Bernzomatic-3-In...QQcmdZViewItem

Vanilla Sky

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I bought one to replace one of my corded irons that I had worn out.

I had no problem getting mine to work on small items. When you get one, you have to retech yourself how to solder.

I stopped using mine when I needed to replace the tip. $10 at Radioshack. I bought an $8 corded soldering iron to replace the Cold Heat and was happy until I wore it out.

After replacing that iron, I have had better luck with irons. When the one I have now dies, I'm going with a nice station, though. I've outgrown a standard pencil iron.

FSTFBDY

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I have one. as as Said above you have to reteach yourself how to use it. It works good on small stuff like ecm boards. etc.. anything else Ill stick to my corded one.

Its a toss up. I'll grab it for some small stuff but thats about it.

fallenleader

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whoooo... garbage. I have one, got for small stuff. contacts are too large on it, bulky and hard to keep a good connection between the two ceramic pieces. Aside from the fact they chip easily.

i'll stick to a pencil iron and a gun. a low wattage iron can be used in a car lighter with a 100w inverter. "they're about 40watt?" and the inverters are cheap.

Vanilla Sky

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You shouldn't be using a Cold Heat on ECMs. Cold Heats emit HF waves when they heat up. Think of it more as a small arc welder.

DrummerDad

A friend at work bought one. Junk. Itll produce a real nice cold joint for you. But we are an Aircraft finishing station, and cant get by with any cold joints. For portability, we use the butane torch/soldering gun.

I guess it would be good for small repairs to jewelry like they show in the commercial, but not soldering any electrical components.

Vanilla Sky

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If you can manage to get it hot, it will give you enough heat for a proper joint. Getting it hot enough is a problem, though. Your old-school butane iron is much better for portabilty, and price as well.

el_muerte

it's kinda handy for doin really tiny stuff, but basically useless for anything over about 20AWG wire... just my personal experience