What’s the current best soldering kit setup for under $50? I know these threads have been made before but with everything having gone up recently some recommendations for last year aren’t as relevant. Just replacing a cheap iron that is worn out and would like something a little better that will last.
Thanks

That’s a good price and I need to hit up Home Depot for some grass seed on my way home from work one day this week. Thanks for the tip!

Hopefully I won’t need to know if it works well for awhile. Just repaired my Judge Dredd and my old iron wouldn’t hack it, had to borrow my Dads which looks very similar to that one and it worked great. All my games are in good working order for now…

Wow that’s super generous of you. I’ll send you a PM

Radium sent me the soldering station and less than a week after I got it I needed to try it out. Tonight my upper right flipper on Judge Dredd wouldn’t hold up. Lifted the playfield and one of the wires on the flipper coil had become completely detached. Fired up the new soldering station, it got hot real quick, and had the wire back on in seconds. Flipper works perfect and had a great game right after that getting to Ultimate Challenge again.

Since this is my first temperature controlled soldering station, what are some recommended temps to use? Would it be the same for soldering a wire on a lug as it would be for replacing a transistor on the board? Also, I’m guessing the reading is in Celsius as the starting temp was 200 when I turned it on and it went up to 480? Can’t remember what the top was.

First temp controlled soldering station. I’ve been using soldering irons for a long time, they were always just the basic on or off type. I usually used the sponge that came with them, I will have to check this type out never seen it before.