Ghostalmedia to TechnologyEnglish • 2 months agoiFixit wants to fix the soldering ironwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square126arrow-up1460arrow-down118
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•2 months agoYou’re probably adding $25-35 to that for a USB-C power supply that can handle it, but yes, it’s cheaper than this. $50-75 if you want it battery powered. But yeah, I’m not sure what iFixit is bringing to the market that’s better than what exists.
minus-squareλλλlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoThe Pinecil uses a standard tip as well. So, you can get cheap ones on aliexpress. That’ll pay for it for me tbh.
minus-square@lefixxxlinkEnglish2•2 months agoIt’s 80$ and doesn’t include a battery. But the ifixit one does include a USB cable and a bevel tip (cone tips are bad) So it’s more like $26 plus $4 for pine USB cable, plus $6-11 for a ts100 bevel tip. $41 vs $80
minus-square@micllinkEnglish4•2 months agoI use a pinecil and it’s great. Tips are cheap and a standard size, it takes usb-c power and has a good user interface. Not really sure what ifixit is trying to accomplish with this overpriced iron.
Pinecil is 26$ and has a screen.
You’re probably adding $25-35 to that for a USB-C power supply that can handle it, but yes, it’s cheaper than this. $50-75 if you want it battery powered.
But yeah, I’m not sure what iFixit is bringing to the market that’s better than what exists.
The Pinecil uses a standard tip as well. So, you can get cheap ones on aliexpress. That’ll pay for it for me tbh.
It’s 80$ and doesn’t include a battery. But the ifixit one does include a USB cable and a bevel tip (cone tips are bad)
So it’s more like $26 plus $4 for pine USB cable, plus $6-11 for a ts100 bevel tip. $41 vs $80
I use a pinecil and it’s great. Tips are cheap and a standard size, it takes usb-c power and has a good user interface.
Not really sure what ifixit is trying to accomplish with this overpriced iron.
Pine have so many neat things.