Many decades ago I used a rechargeable soldering iron that used a pair of beefy NiCd cells to power an electrically heated tip. It worked well at the time, but latterly had issues including intermittent operation of its switch.
Recently a company called Iso-tip contacted me and offered me one of their cordless soldering irons. I don’t normally accept gifts like this, since I tend to tear things apart in my videos and want to avoid the awkward situation where I would be uncontrollably honest if I thought a product was crap. Before accepting their offer I Googled their product and immediately recognised it as a different version of the one I had used in the past.
So here it is. A full look inside and even a modification to the charger to allow it to run from a USB power supply.
The most notable thing about these irons is that they are very “retro”. Their design has not changed since the 70’s probably because it is a very simple, robust and serviceable unit.
If you want to check out these irons and the bewildering array of tips they make for them then the link is:-
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