Hi Paul,
I haven't done any soldering in about 20-years! When I bought my K2 kit
a month ago, I went out and researched irons. I settled on a Weller WESD51
after talking to a technician at the National Renewable Energy Labs. He stated
that he uses that one because of its superior static eliminating and heating
controlled tip.
I don;t know about the other stuff but I have immensely enjoyed my WESD51
while building my K2 and a couple other smaller projects. Even when solding
fairly large projects like PL259's, the tip temperature doesn't waiver. The
normal stuff takes about 1.5 seconds per solder joint. Less than a second for
smaller pads.
I'm no expert but I sure like this iron...
73 de Terry KC0QZX
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