{"id":30442,"date":"2022-05-30T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=30442"},"modified":"2022-05-27T11:40:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T18:40:16","slug":"usb-powered-soldering-iron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/usb-powered-soldering-iron\/","title":{"rendered":"USB Powered Soldering Iron"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_72476\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kJJTcB3_QzI?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s time for another Cool Tools video review. I\u2019m going to show you this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/szcxtop-Portable-Professional-Electronic-Soldering\/dp\/B019MJY8UW\/ctmakerupdate-20\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=ctmakerupdate-20&amp;linkId=3ce8852ba764331675936545dbd957d9\">$9 USB-powered soldering iron<\/a>. It\u2019s available on Amazon Prime, and by using the Amazon link in the description here you help to support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.<\/p>\n<p>Let me say upfront that I am a big fan of portable soldering irons, when they\u2019re done right. I\u2019ve used the $35 Hakko. I\u2019ve used the $40 Dremel Versatip. I even have a separate video directly comparing all three of these.<\/p>\n<p>But for this video let\u2019s focus just on this USB soldering iron. Here\u2019s what I like about it.<\/p>\n<p>1. It\u2019s skinny. It\u2019s the skinniest iron I\u2019ve ever used, which makes it really nice to hold. Altogether with the cord it\u2019s super compact.<br \/>\n2. It\u2019s cheap. Even if it\u2019s not your favorite iron, at $9 you can put one in every kit you have and not be precious about mistreating it.<br \/>\n3. USB is everywhere. You can plug it into your computer, or a portable charger, or a wall adapter. There\u2019s nothing to recharge.<br \/>\n4. There\u2019s a built-in safety. Touching this little button turns it on. If it\u2019s let go for more than 15 seconds it turns off.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s definitely not perfect. It only really gets hot enough for general electronic work, and the skinny tip loses heat quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Also, while it\u2019s portable, it\u2019s not exactly cordless. You still have to plug this into something, even if that a portable battery. Which also means that if you lose this adapter cable, you\u2019re hosed.<\/p>\n<p>Still, I\u2019m glad I have it around. And at $9 I think it\u2019s a great value just to have as part of your toolbag. By using the link in the video description you help to support these videos and the Cool Tools blog. And you can find thousands of reader-recommended tools just like this at Cool-Tools.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portable soldering irons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[41,2337],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30442"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39988,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30442\/revisions\/39988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}