Radio Shack (Tandy) sells them for @20.00 USD.

Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Hord" <mike.hord@gmail.com>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]: Cold Heat? Hmmmm......


> > I just got a bit of spam advertising an allegedly revolutionary
> > new soldering product,
> > the "cold heat" iron. "your perfect soldering iron"
> 
> > http://www.moddershq.net/reviews.asp?reviewid=32
> 
> It looks to me like it might actually have a use, but as usual,
> don't toss out the old model.
> 
> Problems I see:
> 1.  Doesn't seem to have a temp control; it just gets hotter and
> hotter until the power dissipation of whatever it's touching 
> stabilizes the temp.  Good if you're working with wires, bad if
> you're soldering a PIC.
> 2.  Battery operated, so don't think you'll spend hundreds of
> hours working with it.
> 
> Benefits:
> 1.  Fast heat, which goes away equally fast.  Solves that old "I
> need to make one connection, but I don't want to wait for the iron
> to heat up, and then avoid it while it's cooling on my desk"
> dilemma that I'm always faced with (at home, at least, where my
> desk space is limited).
> 2.  Portable.
> 
> For $20US, I think it actually may be a good deal.
> 
> BTW, the site above suggests buying it from thinkgeek.com,
> which is an extremely cool website.
> 
> Mike H.
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