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Posted 17 January 2013
Adjustable Temperature Soldering Station 48watt - £8.99 Available from 24th @Lidl
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Adjustable temperature (ºC): 100 - 500
48W
Includes stand with integrated cleaning sponge, 2 soldering tips and 2 x 20g reels of solder
With handy drawer to store accessories
48W
Includes stand with integrated cleaning sponge, 2 soldering tips and 2 x 20g reels of solder
With handy drawer to store accessories
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The tips for these are terrible and there's no replacements!!
They are screw in ones - similar to Weller but not quite the same size.
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Is this one of your previous builds?
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Instructions here:- https://www.kompernass.com/admin/view/manual/ec5149a7ee70b5d427583e62430d766b.pdf
The dial is calibrated in 100 °C increments.
Product video in German here:- http://www.lidl.de/de/PARKSIDE/PARKSIDE-Regelbare-Loetstation-PLS-48-B1
I haven't found a source of spare tips yet, though you could try emailing the service centre. A couple of spare tips for my 25 watt antex iron would cost almost as much as this, so even if I can't find replacements, I wouldn't consider it a deal killer.
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Trolling, as I understand it, is using inflammatory language to provoke someone? Like calling someone a troll for instance...
I'm giving honest advice using my experience of the product. Simple.
Now - where's your useful input on this specific 'deal'?
The tip fits, the thread is slightly shorter but screws in fine.
it will be fine !
link again : ebay.co.uk/itm…019?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Soldering isn't terribly difficult but it does take some practice to get good heat contact with both surfaces to be joined and to know how long to hold the iron in place etc. I'm not suggesting spending a fortune, but a nice small handled iron with a good quality tip does make the job easier and the availability of replacement tips is essential if you plan on making much use of it.
I bought one before, like a year ago. Used it actively since. Great Item. For this price it is a steal.....
Hope this is of some help, (no noted dimensions on the packaging) in comparison to a 5p.
Grrrrrrr, no frickin piece of sponge in the box with it!!!
Important to note the temperature is adjustable (more accurately, the power is adjustable), but they aren't temperature regulated.
Do I need a third mmm
I don't know you so why would I take your word for it that they are rubbish.
The cost is only £8.99 with 3 year warranty so why worry about replacement parts?
I will only use it infrequently so I'm sure it will be a good buy.
Thanks op heat added
The tips are not covered under warranty, they are consumables. They need replacing regularly, so if you can't get them you have to throw the iron away and buy another, not exactly the best way to go about things really. Most Irons have spare tips available for a couple of pounds.
Do you take a glue gun back because it has run out of glue sticks? Or a cutting disc off a grinder when it is worn down?
They need replacing regularly ? That is not correct, because it depends on how much use it gets!
One tip would last you for years, maybe 5 years if you use it once a month, as 99% of people here will anyway.
I am not sure why some people right in big capital letters do not buy and such, this is a very good buy, as most things from Lidl and Aldi. I bought the one from Aldi, that comes with a range of tips for wood carving, but it does not have the power regulator.
Personally, for fixing stuff.
Lot's of electrical items break due to bad solder joints. Apoligies if you already know, but essentially, the metal that keeps electricty running through something stops as there's no contact. Re-flowing (heating up) the solder often fixes it.
Going beyond that, you can somethime see a burnt out cap, buy a replacement & solder it in place. For me it's better than binning something. I managed to get another year out my Dishwasher with a little tinkering.
Just because it's cheap does not make it a good deal, he is right that you cannot get tips for this, one of the reasons when it was on sale before I returned it.
Worth getting the temperature controlled ones from Maplins instead when they are on offer for like £14.99 (but don't quote me on that price)
You are putting a lot of effort into posting about how many, maybe 10 posts here, trying to get everybody to share your opinion. You stated your opinion once, should be enough.
Now let people buy a £9 product with 3 years warranty, from Einhell, quite a reputable make.
The ALDI one I got has also screw-in tips, and I bet they will match.
Do you have the specific item? I have the one from ALDI for 2 month, paid £6 for it, so more then a few weeks I can report it is very good. I have another one, the cheapest chinese soldering iron I could buy ten years ago and the tip IS FINE.
It will last for years and years used for any kind for occasional DYI. If you use it for hours everyday means you have some kind of business repairing, and obviously you might go for something professional, which can cost up to £400 as already mentioned here.
Replacement tips? I will just buy another one from Aldi or Lidl, since it would be cheaper then buying replacement tips for the more expensive soldering irons/stations mentioned here, IF EVER NEEDED, but since my 10 y.o. tip is in perfect condition, I doubt I would ever need to replace it in a decade.
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looks like the same screw thread:
ebay.co.uk/itm…019?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
well i bought the tip, just waiting fro it to come
is onl £1.69 delivered
It seems to be thermostatically controlled. I don't understand how 'power' could be 'adjustable' Usually there is a sensor near the heating element
Power is very easily adjustable simply by changing the voltage across the element. You can do this with a standard fixed power, non-thermoststic soldering iron using a light dimmer switch.
If this really is thermostatically controlled it's a good deal, there are plenty of cheap temperature adjustable soldering irons that are not though (Maplins were selling them for a fiver a couple of years back).
I've not seen a sub £25 thermostatically controlled iron.
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I see, I've not seen one like that. Obviously you wouldn't get accurate control of the temperature, it could be almost anything
do you end up with alot of crap, if you don't read reviews because you don't know them?