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Points: 2654 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Muckerbarnes1 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 August 2016 at 8:54am
Originally posted by shagnasty shagnasty wrote:

spend the cash :-


you will never regret it...


now rocking 6 Weller TCPs..

Plus 1. and plus 2 :)

Used TCP's for years. Tried others.. No comparison. My oldest TCP is a black PSU, so over 35 years at least. Now has a later blue handle iron in it. My other TCP's are very old too.

Also use a Weller  piezo Pyropen. Awesome tool. Had a few of these in my time too. 

As shaggers says, spend the cash. It's an investment in a proper tool. 


Edited by Muckerbarnes1 - 02 August 2016 at 8:54am
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Yes, I have had the pleasure of using a TCP, when I was a teenaged oik, at my uni. That one was variable temp, if memory serves. The one that's been linked to, appears not to be. Still better than the TENMA?
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All TCP are variable temp, you just change the tips...

In real terms I have a "hot" one and a "hotter" one with various tip sizes...
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I just bought one like the cheaper one posted by Shaggers. Similarly, just for cables sockets ect. HUGE upgrade over the elcheapo ones. Variable temp is easy to get used to.
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I have a TCP on the bench which must be 30 years old now, and I have a weller pyropen piezo in the tool box which is the absolute bollocks. Both the best at what they do, no need to look elsewhere.
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