Mellif Cordless Digital Soldering Iron Station Kit for Makita 18V Battery 72W ESD Safe Soldering Kit Temperature Adjustable,Auto-Sleep,°C/°F Conversion（Battery not Included)

I bought this for occasional use (already having Makita batteries) but found it's actually a really good iron.Heats up within a few seconds and seems to hold temp accurately.The battery adds weight - so if you want to use it with power supply you'll probably want to find a substitute.Bits are available very cheaply on AliExpress. The supplied bit is 'OK' but we all have our favourite shape/size.

safe for electronics

Used it a dozen times working really well. Quick to warm up good for small wires because of variable heat.

I use my 18v Bosch batteries and a converter to fit the makita soldering iron works brilliantly

I use soldering irons every day at work.They are the old school Antex 25w, never thought I would need anything else but needed something more portable for a few jobs and I already have plenty of Makita tools and batteries.This fits the batteries really well and the iron heats up quickly, adjustable temperatures are useful as I use both leaded and unleaded solder depending on the job, you definitely need to increase the temperature if you switch to unleaded.The supplied bit is fine for narrow surface mount IC work, I ordered a more traditional hoof bit off Amazon for general work,I have found an old 19v laptop supply (3.5A) works well with the unit if mains power is available.Negatives - if you do use a mains adaptor you still need a battery connected to the unit as it is very unstable as a work bench unit without it.The iron holder is just about ok for portable useBut - for the money I really like it -

Husband loves this

Battery lasts a very long time (5.0ah). Have been using it to solder coax connectors for ham radio.Iron heats up really quickly & I like the built in safety features.

The soldering station is reasonably well made and works, so all OK there but there are a couple of flaws.1) The iron rest is rubbish - just a cheap bit of spring wire giving no protection at all from the hot end. A safety issue I believe.2) The supplied mains psu has a fixed US-style plug and no UK adaptor is included. ( I thought that was illegal now for kit sold in the UK. )It is rather mean not to include a spare alternative shaped bit for the iron. The bit is a long T12 type, not one of the more common and much cheaper short ones. The shape supplied is a bit thin so doesn't hold heat well. OK for small pcbs but not man enough for anything heavier. Really a heavier bit would be better for general purpose, so you may have to spend extra if you need that.