Ryobi's Hybrid Soldering Station is one of its more popular products, but it has a major design and functionality flaw ...

Whether you're a DIY veteran or looking to dip a toe into the world of electronic mods, these are the best soldering irons ...

A soldering iron should have a feel and a grip that makes it easy to hold in your hand, as if it were a large pen. For electronics, you want a slim, needle-like tip to aid in getting the heat (and ...

The $10 “fire-starter” is the most common beginner soldering iron. These are simple irons with a hot end, a handle, and little else. There’s no temperature control or indication. Despite their ...

If there is one tool every hardware hacker needs, it’s a good soldering setup. Soldering irons, heat guns, reflow ovens and the like make up the tools of the trade for building electronic circuits.

Not being able to solder puts a hard cap on the kinds of devices you can fix at home. As more modern devices add in circuit boards and discrete electronics (needed or otherwise), soldering is often ...

Every true tech geek worth his or her weight in solder and flux has been foaming at the mouth over a new infomercial on TV. It’s for a device called Cold Heat: a soldering iron that reportedly stays ...

PulseForge’s flux-less approach overcomes these limitations by leveraging the unique physics of Photonic Soldering, where rapid heating significantly limits oxygen penetration during reflow. The ...