Soldering Iron....

67Dart273 said

I disagree, depending on what you are doing

Some of those regulated irons are trouble. The Weller ones have several different series of tips and are a ***** to sort out, and some of them actually had switches in the handles For soldering occasional wire splices and connectors, they are uneeded complications and not reliable.

For the record, I've got several old soldering stations in various states of workability, and never use any of it on automotive or hardware type stuff.

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Then we'll agree to disagree. You're making it sound like an infomercial where people are fumbling all over the simplest of contraptions because you think what you have is better. The basic Weller stations come with an on switch, a temperature knob and the ability to change out tips when needed. The tips that come with them will do most any basic automotive soldering job other than battery cables.

From reading your posts, you sound like you are/were an electronics technician with a lot of experience. You may be able to solder with just about anything but the average guy who only solders when his vehicle needs it is going to have a tough go of it if he's soldering with an iron that's the size of a hammer. The smaller Weller tips are much more forgiving and make for a cleaner solder job for the novice car guy who doesn't want to burn anything up.