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Old 05-31-2005, 01:40 PM
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Anyone else buy the ColdHeat Soldering Tool?

I just received mine and it doesn't seem to do the job soldering on the resistors and LED's together. =(
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Old 05-31-2005, 05:46 PM
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I tried it and it was pure garbage. I went and returned it as soon as I could and got a regular one. It made things a lot easier.
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Old 05-31-2005, 05:51 PM
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Yea that thing is a total piece of **** !!!

The soldering tip keeps on falling out and doesn't even heat up, but once it does, which almost never happens, it doesn't seem to be very cold when u turn it off, i freaking burned my finger w/ it... that thing sucks !
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***, i bought it off eBay. i'm gonna try to sell it back =)
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Old 05-31-2005, 07:58 PM
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Wow, good thing I read this...I was seriously think about picking it up.
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Old 05-31-2005, 09:35 PM
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yea dont waste ya money -def garbage - i kno b/c i sell them everyday lol
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That thing is an a worthless piece of junk
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Old 06-01-2005, 11:23 AM
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You cannot use standard solder, it has to be very very thin in order for it to heat up enough. The instructions tell what diamater to use.
Total crap!!!
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Old 06-01-2005, 11:47 AM
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My friend that works at Radio Shack brought it over to see how it works and it was a piece of ****. Stay away from it and get a regular soldering iron.
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Old 06-01-2005, 11:48 AM
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It doesnt work at all, never did really
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Old 06-01-2005, 01:47 PM
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i have one too and found it really hard to use
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Old 06-01-2005, 05:56 PM
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I invented the Cold heat soldering Tool. I stand behind my product. If it doesn't work, we at Cold Heat inc. will replace it for free.
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Old 06-02-2005, 01:48 AM
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i like mine, as long as you use lithium batteries it works perfect for me.
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Old 06-02-2005, 03:55 AM
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I hear most people have troubles with the tips, that they are brittle or something and just dont last long at all.
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Old 06-02-2005, 05:18 AM
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A guy in my car club has one, and it IS a P.O.S. I wouldn't recommend that crap to my worst enema... uh, I mean ENEMY.
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I got one too, what everyone else said, pure junk.
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Old 06-02-2005, 11:06 AM
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cool, i think ill rush out and get one today!!
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Old 06-05-2005, 12:35 AM
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works fine for me, although I solder the way I was taught in my electronics courses, at least, they told me it was the proper way...
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Old 06-08-2005, 01:37 PM
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i never buy things "seen on tv"
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Old 06-08-2005, 03:02 PM
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i bought one for my senior design project, make some regular soldering jobs that would normally take 2-3 minutes tops into a 20 minute job.
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Old 06-14-2005, 01:15 PM
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I hear you can get ColdHeat and Fast Abs (the device that shocks your stomach to "give you abs!") in a package.
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^ hahahaha
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Old 06-17-2005, 06:32 PM
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deng i almost bought it too.. good lookin' out guys
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Old 06-17-2005, 09:09 PM
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i bought it and it's trash. broke the tip the first time i used it. to this day, i haven't successfully soldered anything with it - and i'm an electronics major and use soldering irons all the time!
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Old 06-18-2005, 08:55 AM
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My boss bought one for us to use at work. Total crap. I always use .022 silver solder anyways so that wasn't a problem. It took me forever to get anything done with the thing and the tip broke trying to solder two 22awg wires together which were free floating.
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Old 06-19-2005, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by spacedout
i never buy things "seen on tv"
you never bought a George Forman grill. Probably the best cookin device ever made.
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Old 06-19-2005, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by anj109
you never bought a George Forman grill. Probably the best cookin device ever made.
The GF grill is a vise investment. Definately on the opposite side of the scale here.
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