I bought one at Costco last year, I see that now my local store has them
with the wire stripper just like on the TV add for I think it was 18
bucks.... But save your money... I have not found mine to be worth the
money it does work but not that great and you have to be very careful not to
break the tip.... I use my little Harbor freight torch the most for heavy
wire soldering
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=42099 I
have 5 of them now I like them so much... I got them on sale at the local HF
store for $4.99 each. I keep one in the truck, shop, garage,barn and the
TR-6. They are very handy push button lighting small pin point flame. and
my Radio Shack butane soldering pencil the most if doing jobs away from the
bench (not sure if they still have these as I got mine years ago)... For
bench work I have a small Radio Shack /Archer pencil soldering iron... I
also have some Weller soldering guns around but don't seem to use them much
anymore...Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr L. Kevin McNelis" <kmcnelis@nmsu.edu>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:02 PM
Subject: electrical musing (not really LBC)
> Saw an ad on TV today for a new type of soldering iron called "cold
> heat". It almost looks like it maybe uses an arc to melt the solder.
>
> Has anyone of you ever used one? It looks intriguing, but most $20
> saw-it-on-TV stuff is crap, so I am unwilling to be a test case.
>
> Any info welcome!
>
> Kevin
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