xyz is dead again

thanks dear friend

please 5 star to help business

why is baofeng on there ugh

inb4 "it's a cheap way to get into the hobby"

>1 year later

"why does this thing suck so much?"

I just spent every cent of my gift card credit on stuff, and not a cent more. For some reason this makes me feel clever.

Who wants my old soldering iron?

I'm getting a proper soldering station in 4 days. \o/

always a good thing to have

just make sure it has enough heat output/thermal mass for everything you want to do

station @ work is great for electronics & cables but sucks ass for big connectors, ring terminals and anything over 12 ga wire

@c04x This looks decent doesn't it? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DGZFSNE/

oh yeah

75 watt fuck yeah

Good, glad I didn't get chinked.

Well, maybe I did, but at least it wouldn't be as preventable.

well longevity is the thing with all this shit right?

I'm sure it's got excellent temperature regulation and such

75w is a good figure, that should allow you to solder some decently sized DC power wiring

I like how it has the other shit too, solder holder, tip cleaner haha

I would get one if I didn't already have like 10 cheap irons

actually I got like 5 cheap irons, 1 good one from japan, and this beefy ass motherfucker 100w American Beauty

I'm not too worried about longevity at that price. Or do you mean the longevity of the tips?

no like how well the electronics in the temp controller will hold up

Yeah, not too worried. If it just lasted for a year that would be enough for me.

there's gonna be some fat mosfet in there PWM-ing the voltage to the iron or something

Also, I decided to get a desk magnifying glass with a lamp, because I'm nearsighted and I don't what be as close to that shit as I tend to get when soldering.

inb4 @Tribit or @Windatica say something something <#189467888657235970>

some of you are alright, dont go to aliexpress tommorow

Umm... wut? 0_o

Tomorrow's their birthday right?

do I lose much if I only want to use aliexpress as my source of chink shit

there's always all those hot deals on other sites that I think I'm missing

Yeah, but then there's that sweat customer service tho

>superlux cables are breaking

what do

Tfw items in my shopping cart are bumping their prices to make the price cuts look better

Adult LED sneakers jumped from 30$CAD to 45$ and are going down to 26$