Soldering iron Basetech 99 any good?

[Gledison]

Hey guys,
im getting annoyed with my soldering iron. Mine tip is to large
Im far away of using for professional reasons and just want something that i can use for my pedal building basics.
anyone knows if this iron is ok? i liked the price
thanks in advance
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Basetech-ZD-99-Compact-Soldering-Station/dp/B003A6B27Q

[GermanCdn]

Did you try the LTR one from Banzai we talked about?  It's dirt cheap, does a really good job, and has tip life forever.  If I could successfully get it to work off of a transformer here, I'd never have bought my Hakko.

[Gledison]

Did you try the LTR one from Banzai we talked about?  It's dirt cheap, does a really good job, and has tip life forever.  If I could successfully get it to work off of a transformer here, I'd never have bought my Hakko.

Curtis!!!! man, i was trying to find the post were we discussed but i couldnt find it :S
damn it, i've just ordered some stuff from Banzai last week. ive tried to find on Banzai this LTR but its not there....
the one from Conrad i mentioned is a little station where its possible to regulate the temperature. The iron tip is quite thin what i liked. Do you think that is to crap? for me is easy to get over Conrad...

[GermanCdn]

http://www.banzaimusic.com/Soldering-Iron-LKR-50.html

Sorry, LKR, not LTR.  Buy it.  You won't regret it.  Then go to Obi and pick up their 1mm solder.  Next time I'm in Deutschland I'm going to buy a couple of kilos of that stuff.

[Gledison]

http://www.banzaimusic.com/Soldering-Iron-LKR-50.html

Sorry, LKR, not LTR.  Buy it.  You won't regret it.  Then go to Obi and pick up their 1mm solder.  Next time I'm in Deutschland I'm going to buy a couple of kilos of that stuff.

haha, you are an Obi fan...
what is so special in the Obi solder? if you want i can get some and send it to you...let me know...
cheers

[GermanCdn]

I find that it makes the nicest joints of any of the solder I've used, it never sticks to the tip, and overall outperforms anything else I've tried.

Thanks for the offer, but I'll probably be back in Germany in March, I'll pick some up then.

[jkokura]

Basetech is pretty much like Blastech, which is the company that makes Blasters for the Star Wars Galaxy, so it's gotta be a good iron.

Jacob

[Gledison]

Basetech is pretty much like Blastech, which is the company that makes Blasters for the Star Wars Galaxy, so it's gotta be a good iron.

Jacob

Thanks
Very helpful!

[DutchMF]

http://www.banzaimusic.com/Soldering-Iron-LKR-50.html

Sorry, LKR, not LTR.  Buy it.  You won't regret it.  Then go to Obi and pick up their 1mm solder.  Next time I'm in Deutschland I'm going to buy a couple of kilos of that stuff.

I had one of those, and while it is a nice iron and works really well, mine just stopped getting hot (which is, like, the core function of a soldering iron) one day. Plugged it in, nothing happened! 

Paul

[muddyfox]

Yeah, that happens to me often.
But more often than not, it turns out I plugged something in an extension cord that's plugged into another extension cord and that one has a switch that's turned off. Usually the whole enchilada is buried underneath a pile of other cords that makes visual detection of the switch state completely impossible. That, and an entire settlement of dust bunnies.

[DutchMF]

Yeah, that happens to me often.
But more often than not, it turns out I plugged something in an extension cord that's plugged into another extension cord and that one has a switch that's turned off. Usually the whole enchilada is buried underneath a pile of other cords that makes visual detection of the switch state completely impossible. That, and an entire settlement of dust bunnies.

Mine was plugged into a wall socket that normally holds the cord for the washing machine, so I was sure it had juice. It was just kaput, all of a sudden. And when the dust bunnies start talking to you, it's time to break out the vacuum cleaner..... 

Paul

[teknoman2]

I bought hakko fx888d yesterday with a 55 euros discount.

http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=13873.0

Hope it helps you.