Soldering irons

[ghostwheel]

24 minutes ago, rwillett said:

Any recommendations for decent solder to go with the soldering iron please? Just ordered the £12 Amazon one andwondered if people can suggest a decent roll of solder to go with it.

 

Thanks

Rob

I've always been happy with this: https://www.tubetown.net/ttstore/en/solder-1-0-mm-250-g.html

[nekomatic]

25 minutes ago, rwillett said:

Any recommendations for decent solder to go with the soldering iron please? Just ordered the £12 Amazon one andwondered if people can suggest a decent roll of solder to go with it.

 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

I've got one of these. It's the dog's but a bit beyond the budget.

 

https://www.antex.co.uk/store/p/m12-w9wdk-mg96e-7bnxp-hke3z-ndrtm-cjw7g-cws4k-56tfy

 

 

[Richard R]

Solder is very confusing.  I have been checking out a makerspace but there is a rule of no rosin solder, and as solder isn't supplied I would need to buy my own.

Because "rosin" seems to get used as such a general term for "flux", especially by cheap suppliers, I am struggling to figure out what I would need to buy. The other users have the same problem, and I know in many cases just don't worry because there is proper extraction anyway, but I feel obliged to do  the right thing.  The organisers don't have a list of approved products, and I think the rule has recently been imposed on them, so that obvious route doesn't help much

 

Any suggestions? 

 

 

[rwillett]

I'm as confused as you.  The price differences for solder is quite large. Does paying more get you that much better? Not even sure I know what better even means 🤔

[prowla]

44 minutes ago, rwillett said:

I'm as confused as you.  The price differences for solder is quite large. Does paying more get you that much better? Not even sure I know what better even means 🤔

The prices are in flux...

[rwillett]

15 minutes ago, prowla said:

The prices are in flux...

How long have you been waiting to use that joke....

[Richard R]

The only thing I am absolutely sure of, because it's physics, is that lead free solder generally has a higher melting point.