8W Rechargeable Soldering Iron Review & Teardown | Voltlog
$2 for 5 PCBs Any Color jlcpcb.com These days there is a wide choice of portable soldering iron and I think very few people still consider gas powered soldering irons who were quite popular 10-15 years ago because of their portability. Now you can get simple 8W rated USB powered soldering irons for about $6 or a more polished soldering iron like the TS100 which normally takes a DC input from a laptop power brick in the 20V range but since USB Type-C with Power Delivery is a popular thing these days, you can also power it from a power bank capable of at least 12V. But this will be in the $50-60 range and you need to purchase a special power delivery trigger cable separately. However today’s video is not about these two options, I’m gonna show you something that fits in between these two.
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→Simple USB 8W Soldering Iron
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So many negative reviews that I now ignore them and try for myself. I have one of these units and have tried to stress test it. Mine works perfectly. It won't replace my TS80 but I use it a lot inside the enclosures of industrial machinery...very convenient and thus far, reliable 👍
That's a ecig battery
That would explain ecig keywords I was seeing mentioned around this model.
@@voltlog Same with the charger I think, it's an ecig "standard".
Yeah I'm pretty sure it's literally a custom soldering iron tip that attaches to standard ego-style vape devices. That's why the power dial is marked in volts rather than temperature, and also why there's that 10-second limit: you don't want the heater of a vape device to stay powered for longer than that in one burst, or stuff would start burning. I think the iron tips could make sense for someone who is already carrying a vape around with them, just for occasional use, but selling the whole kit together like this seems very weird to me because it's so clearly a quick and dirty hack that doesn't work very well, as you found! (Those $5-or-so 5V USB soldering irons are handy if you have nothing better available, but keep in mind that there's not really any temperature regulation at all. I found that mine will climb well beyond 600°C pretty quickly! There's not much thermal mass behind that temperature, and it's fine for soldering wires, simple components, etc., but you may want to be careful before using it with more-sensitive components :) Personally I doubt I'll ever use mine again as I can power my TS80 from a USB power bank, and that's a lot more convenient. Also I think that Ralim's third-party firmware for the TS100 and TS80 will let you heat the TS80 from a regular 5V USB port. It's not going to be very fast, of course, but it might be good enough in an emergency!)
Yes. They just screwed an iron tip on a e cig battery. Not really suitable for a soldering iron.
@@voltlog also the 5 clicks to turn on and the 10sec timeout
I've got two e-cig bodies, both powered by 2x18650 cells. And since I quit vaping like 4 years ago, I converted them both to soldering irons and MY GOD these are awesome. 25-30W and these beauties work like a charm, no stupid gas ones, no expensive usb ones.
I bought a similar one one, with the Micro USB port in the back, and it works fairly well for simple soldering. It starts to struggle heat wise on anything with a ground plane, but soldering wires together on the run, it does the job. So far, I haven't had any issues with the battery at all, and seems to last a while. It doesn't compare to a proper soldering iron, like the T12 irons I'm using mostly now, but it's super handy for soldering on the run!
Seeing how they modified an e-cigarette to make that, it would be interesting to see if the concept could be taken farther: make an iron soldering tip that go on those beefy 18650 e-cigarettes in place of the whole tank assembly. I guess there is kind of a norm because of the number of after market tanks, and the DC to DC part would be already taken care of.
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Yes, this is a battery for a 510 atomizer of a "Kanger evod" e-cigarette. An outdated (5 years old) model with 10 sec draw limit. Crazy!
I had one of these (you can buy the tip only) and connected it to my old e-go vape. It's got enough power for simple surface mount work and fits neatly in a tiny business card box, but it struggles to solder to large ground floods or chunky wires. It also fares badly with lead-free solder due to the higher melting point. On a more useful note that USB 8W iron I built a control board for - initially tried to estimate the tip temperature with the temperature coefficient (via shunt resistor) but it was too unstable so now I just blindly PWM and adjust duty cycle as needed - you're welcome to have the schematic and firmware if you want to build one. Thanks for the great video :)
Where to buy the tip?
Do they still ID for a “soldiering iron “ like this vape battery?
@@memesyandhorrorshorts I never got ID checked but I bought from eBay where there seems to be no rules. Think you're supposed to be 18 to create an account anyway
Thanks for the review
I always enjoy your videos. Thank you for making them.
Do you have your review link for the Simple USB 8W Soldering Iron?
It is indeed an eGo e-cig body with a soldering iron screwed on, the eGo had the same 5 clicks protection and exactly the same recharger. One of the most annoying things was the same you've mentioned, you couldn't vape it while charging. It even has the "security feature" preventing the eCig.. ahem, sorry, the soldering iron, to keep running for over 10 seconds :D
Is there any chance you shorted the circuit when you were testing the voltage? That might have fried the fet. The tip will have a higher resistance than your meter probe. :-) Love the fact that someone has repurposed a ecig battery pack and bolted on a soldering tip.
I only tested the output after it stopped working so I would say no. I also noticed exactly the moment when it stopped working, while heating up the tip.
Informative * Interesting * Entertaining You got it all 👍😎
What charger do charge it?
why not buy one of these, for the housing, momentary switch, and ability to mount this tips, then replace the electronics on it with something more robust? Maybe even find a way to mount some kind of potentiometer or PWM for basic temperature control? PWM would be most preferable, but a potentiometer would be simpler.
The Evod twist is a standard vaporiser (Ecig) power source. The 10 second time out is a feature of almost all regulated vaporiser power sources. Most interesting to me is the tips with the 510 connector (an industry standard for vapourisers). Since I make a lot of my own stuff and have the 510 sockets, I think I'll buy some tips and make something that runs off an 18650 Li-ion battery. It would also be possible to make something that uses an ATtiny85 for a PWM heat control and to turn it off if the battery level gets too low. ETA: it should be almost impossible to damage the electronics on an Evod twist. It has protection to stop it firing a load that is too low, so something else is going on here.
Sometimes a MOSFET can be damaged before or during product assembly by static. This seems like a likely cause for large number of infant deaths of MOSFETs in products.
Where did you get with it?
@@khayyam741 I didn't. After several people did videos on these the vendors started putting the prices for the tips up by adding stupid shipping charges and others ran out of stock. I shelved the project and never got back to it because I had moved onto other things.
@@Chrisamic Ok thanks.
@@Chrisamic if I were to make it what would you suggest. I can afford one but want to make it by myself to improve it.
Looks great for vaping, bad for soldering. I hate the conical tips anyway, they do not transfer heat as well as chisel tips. Ecig type protection is surely a real pain for soldering.
can i learn the name of the music you use in the video. I liked it
The free App "Soundhound" may work to identify the music.
Looks like a Vape pen, it even charges and powers on like one.
Making one out of a vape pen
@@michaeltucker8645 It's an EGO twist if I'm not mistaken
I bought one off eBay crap powerless. Bought the sealey and fitted a new battery and more mah now it's good. And iv just bought a slimline cordless iron of eBay turn it on shows battery power two Led and a torch pad that you just put your finger on the heat the iron so far its my favourite.
Hi can you tell me where you got your probe master probes I live in England and the only place I can get them is America but the shipping cost more than the probes
Try Welectron.eu
Shame you got a broken one, Ive had one of these for a few months now and its been working fine. I also have the small usb 8watt ones and making a yourself a new cable with proper silicon wire is a must otherwise they are so hard to use with the default cable.
It all depends on how much you plan to use something like this, for a quick job, soldering a broken wire in some remote place, I wouldn't mind the stiff cable but if I were to use the usb iron more often sure I would be bothered by the stiff cable or by the fact it doesn't regulate temperature.
Yep - had one for about a month now - used it for a few small jobs. Other than the 10s timeout, it's really quite handy. Just received the hoof tip today - much better having some decent surface area on the tip for most jobs - seems to heat up even faster too. Must admit I was hoping it'd be a sealed Li-ion battery inside though - now I'm worried about the LiPo turning into a grenade if I leave it discharged for too long (leery of them after experience in RC car batteries I guess).
You are correct. The Time out is a failure.
This SOT-23 mosfet should be replaced with PMIC for sure. You can't switch this high current load with no protection.
So I had the same experience and thought it was green. Then I unscrewed the charger whilst it was still plugged in to the USB socket, sure enough it changes to a dark green. I'm inclined to think the person who selected the red LED for the charger may be green/red colour blind. If it's not charged it's pale green, and if it is it's dark green it's charged.
for any vaper out there that want a cordless soldering, just buy the tip that has 510 connector, connect it to your mods, finish.
We need a ts100/80 with integrated power delivery trigger.
that would be nice!
Did you see Brian Lough build an adaptor for his ts100 the other day? If that wee pd chip could be squeezed into the iron (ala strange parts) then we have the perfect edc soldering iron
TS80P is designed to use power delivery.
That is just a vaporizer with a soldering tip
Lol. An EVOD Twist was my first e-cig battery. It sucked. I wonder how well a Tesla SpiderII would work. 😂
You need to hold button when soldering.
just watched to see how you disassembled handskit 6:35 but you skipped exactly this part 😒
Wish I watched this before I purchased one from AliExpress as a hobbyist.. Agreed, these are e-waste. Spend a little extra and grab a temperature controlled iron actually designed for soldering
Yeah. Huge red flag for me when they have custom chargers of any sort on something that could use USB. 2 days later, that's lost and your item is garbage.
It's a standard type of e-cigarette charger.
@@richardturton6900 ....aaaaaand not a standard USB connector....
Why you are lossing cable in 2 days? Absolutely standard cigarette cable. You can buy a new one.
Average american be like:
Thanks. You’ve saved me 20€. 👌🏽
It's a e-cigarette + iron tip
surprised it doesnt use an 18650 battery
That's what happens when you try to turn a dab rod for a rig and try to make a solidering iron out of it. My be the inventer had a little to much then had a great idea for a iron build.🤔🤫😉😑😆✌️
Rip in peace soldering iron
Thank you for the heads up about this piece of rubbish.
An old vape pen, a so called vape pen with a ego connection 🤣
And it's not ment for that types of uses either.. When made, it was ment to be used like 1-3 seconds at the time.. it's a regulated evod vape pen.. If you do a Google search, you will find that this was one of the first regulated vape devices on the market, and one of my first vape pens ever when I stopped smoking 🙈
unfortunately I saw your review too late. 10 seconds is too short to work. Luckily I also have this other 8 W soldering iron on USB
Interesting fail Thanks for sharing 👍😀
Does harmful vapors come from the tips...just say I wanted to vape bong Rips of cannabis using the hot tip?
dang ok first i foght u dont like that cheap plastock one that i have one it works perfect and do its job perfect glad i taked cheap one not expencive one thanks a lot hope u got money returned back @@
buy an ecig mod that doesn't have all the bells and whistles. "Mechanical mod" I've been making them since 2009.
Im seeing a lot of vape mods repurposed as portable soldering irons. I guess the Vape mod business had cooled down a lot.
Does that mean u can buy one of these “510 thread soldiering irons” without being ID’d at delivery or u think they wouldn’t ID
This is vape modification
The only thing those are useful for are to use them as vape batteries
You can repair your solder by soldering it with another solder. :D
I liked your channel better when you made stuff. Good luck selling stuff.
hahaha... outdated E-Cigarette converted to a soldering iron. Ingenious... !!! eGo Style 510 Connectors.... EVOD Twist by Kangertech. They didn't even remove the logo... It's an old school Vape Pen... LOL
poor fellow went through so much... all vape pens have a 10 second safety cut-out. Only few Segelei Vape mods have the option to take it up to 20 seconds. Otherwise all vape pens have a 10 second cutout
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It’s a vape pen battery
U think Amazon would still ID at delivery even tho it listed as a soldiering iron ?
@@memesyandhorrorshorts No they dont
Mate ... That's an ecig conversion O_o ... NEVER underestimate the chinese ... EVER
Thats 100% a vape mod lol
You can buy the 510 solder tips 3x £5 of wish for a normal vape there rubbish 🗑
not interesting anymore to this soldering iron
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