On occasion I have encountered portable soldering irons and my impressions ... For this instance I used the hand piece from the venerable Weller WTCPT station. For ongoing use I would not ...

Like a number of hackers before him, [MarcelMG] was impressed with Weller’s RT soldering iron tips, but considerably less enthused about the high purchase price on the station they’re designed ...

The Weller WE1010NA is a newer soldering station with two popular predecessors. We had some difficulty connecting the soldering iron cord to the station and wondered about the connector’s build ...