When I heard that iFixit was going to sell their own soldering iron, I was excited. iFixit had a good reputation for really knowing what their customers need and paying detail to their tool’s designs. When I saw what their soldering iron would look like, it was an instant buy for me. The immediate hint that this iron was built for people who actually solders is that it doesn’t have a screen on it. So I preordered it, and after I received it, it’s become more than just a secondary soldering iron for me, it’s a battery powered primary soldering iron.

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