I saw this today, and looks like a great idea. I saw some similar items for a little bit more. Make sure you select the 220V option. Also, includes an adapter for Australia.
Main Features：
● Improved tin feeding structure effectively
●One-hand lead-free tip operation
● Heat resistant Teflon pipe fitted with 0. 8 - 1.2mm solder wire
● Power: 60W
● Input voltage: 220V
● Warm-up time: 3 - 5 minutes
● Temperature range: 300 - 400 degrees Celsius
Seems they wont ship "Most" items, all the phones I look at they wont ship anymore….
Don't do it.
This is great way to get weak cold soldering joints.
You are supposed to heat the wire/surface you are joining, and then melt the solder directly onto it using your other hand (the main reason solder has such a low melting point).
If you are having trouble holding the two surfaces together, then instead of buying this product buy a jig that has 3 of those mini clamps/ pinchers to hold your job in place.
Right hand soldering iron, left hand feeding the solder onto the hot surfaces to be joined.
Learn how to solder properly using YouTube vids, and you'll never be tempted by something like this again.
This will just cake the solder onto the end of the iron tip… the exact opposite of where you want the solder!
Any decent youtube vids to learn how to solder?
Here's a couple of electronics channels GreatScott! - Loads of electronics videos and some soldering tutorials amongst them. BigClive - Lots of teardowns and small projects, along with some soldering tutorials.
I watched the Pace soldering tutorials. They are old but still relevant and very thorough.
Any decent youtube vids to learn how to solder?
bigclivedotcom and EEVblog have electronics soldering tutorials, they're both quite in-depth. Basically, apply soldering iron tip to pad and component lead, then feed in solder (60/40 lead based solder which contains flux), repeat many times.
As already pointed out, there are a lot of excellent free tutorials out there.
There are a lot of very small cheap soldering kits that are an excellent place to start.
If you're not already doing it, look at old electronics. Pull stuff apart and throw your iron at those. Try removing and adding components just for the fun of it.
If you don't have a soldering iron, get yourself a random 'fire stick' (a generic cheap soldering iron).
When you're ready to step up, get yourself a reasonable Hakko clone or similar type workstation. Alternately you can jump that step and join the JBC or Metcal big kids club.
maybe LG used this on their G4 ;)
I owned a G4 and I found it funny
I can't be the only one who thinks this looks more difficult to use than a traditional soldering iron?
I can just see solder going everywhere using this.
Agreed.
I've never had a solder holder or feeder before. Don't see the need.
Personally I've always held the roll or end of the solder and manually fed it in as required.
Thanks for the advice on this. I was just about to order one.
Op.
Gearbest dont shit to Australia, right?
they ship all over the world.
No they don't. They stopped shipping to Australia when the GST rules kicked in.
I've ordered three times since GST on low valued goods kicked in and they've all delivered. I don't know who's paying the GST, but my goods are still delivered.
Not all items are permitted in to Australia.
BB toys for instance.
@0xFFFF: I was just looking for camera accessories. GearBest has notoriously stopped shopping to AU, just try and order a phone for example. There are heaps of threads about it on here.
Ask some of the rep and I am pretty sure some will be willing to satisfy your needs?
Does gearbest charge 10% gst?