Title: Looks substantial, but it's not
Product review: At first blush this iron looks fairly substantial. It looks like it should be able to solder thick wire and handle other heavy jobs but its quirky "Therma Boost" feature that is supposed to make it a 130 watt iron is lacking.At its heart this is a 30 watt iron. The idea is that you can pull the trigger to get a "boost" of heat and make it a 130 watt iron. Unfortunately, once you pull the trigger, you get a brief increase of heat, but then the "boost" turns off and it gets cool again. The iron has a built-in duty cycle limiter so you can only activate the boost feature once every couple minutes or so. If you weren't done soldering when the boost turns off, then too bad -- you'll have to wait a few minutes before you can get another boost of heat.Overall this iron is kind of gimmicky and you should get an iron that perform at a high wattage for a 100% duty cycle.
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