[chbot] Need to obtain portable soldering iron

[Andrew Errington]

I have a TS-100. It's fabulous.

One thing to bear in mind is how to power it. I happened to have a 12V
wall-wart with a barrel plug on it. For truly portable use you could plug
it into a 12V gel cell, car battery, or cigarette outlet.

In the past I have also had a battery powered soldering iron that used 3 AA
batteries. That was quite good. And a USB powered one, which was also good,
but I powered it from USB power supplies, not the USB socket on my laptop
(although apparently that would have been ok).

Andrew


On Wed, 23 Mar 2022, 11:25 Paul Davey, <plmdvy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
>
> I do have a Pinecil and have found it quite useful from the limited
> use I have had of it, I would suggest getting alternate tips as the
> conical one it comes with is not an ideal soldering shape.  It takes
> the same tips as the TS-100 but has support for USB-PD as a power
> source which somewhat increases useful power sources over the TS-100
> (though a board that requests 20 or 15 volts over USB-PD and outputs
> it to a barrel jack can be used with the TS-100 if need be).
>
> I would be very wary of buying one from AliExpress though since
> counterfeits are apparently common currently and unhelpfully they bear
> identical markings to the genuine product so are not easily
> identifiable as clones
> https://www.pine64.org/2022/02/15/february-update-chat-with-the-machine/
>
> Regards,
> Paul
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 11:16 AM Charles Manning <cdhmanning at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I do not have a Pinecil, but it looks like a good option.
> > https://pine64.com/product/pinecil-smart-mini-portable-soldering-iron/
> > Lots of sources on Aliexpress etc too.
> > This is very similar to the TS100, but has improved power options.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 10:11 AM Andrew Sands <andrew at theatrix.org.nz>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I'm in need of a replacement for my portable butane soldering iron and
> wanted to gauge what is in use out in the wild.
> >>
> >> As there is my intention to use this in my day job were I might be in a
> clients laboratory, I'm interested in anyone whom might be using a TS80 or
> TS100?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Andrew
> >>
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