iFixit introduces a new soldering toolkit and aims to make soldering a common practice

If I weren’t already using a Pinecil, I’d be really tempted. It looks pretty sleek and compact!

Wow, $250 :neutral_face:

Would a Pinecil with a battery pack achieve the same result for a quarter of the cost?

You can get a budget T-12 station and a holder for under $100. I work on GPUs and game consoles, and it’s sufficient for me. $250 feels like a rip-off.

$250??? Aren’t these supposed to be $40 on Amazon? What am I missing here?

Proprietary tips = not worth buying; shame on iFixit for this. I thought they were better than this. edit: I see it’s more complicated than that after reading the replies.