iFixit wants to fix the soldering iron
iFixit wants to fix the soldering iron
iFixit has made a smart soldering iron to improve everyone's repair work.
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For 250 dollars. iFixit is turning to the Apple of repair.
That is pricey... However, as someone who has an ifixit toolkit that contains just about every shape and size of screwdriver bit ever imaginable (and several that defy explanation), it has been the most useful tool I have ever purchased. I can't even count how many times I've used it.
And the quality is outstanding.
Soldering stations that are fixed to an outlet are also expensive. It's not a cheap tool kit. If it is cheap, it's a garbage iron that will likely do the job but you will struggle.
I'm trying to buy one for work and every station worth considering is easily over 200 dollars US.
I'll gladly pay a premium for something that will be "buy it for life" or at least last decades. Phones and computers have inherent obsolescence, but most tools don't. I don't buy chinesium tools, I buy reputed European, American, or Japanese tools, the lifetime stuff.
same. no more knuckle busters for me. I've got spanners that are 20 years old that I bought, not inherited.
Does it matter if the products last longer than an apple product and can likely be repaired?
Of course it does, I was talking more about price than repairability.
Just curious what do you think a reasonable price would be for this product?
I'd say an absolute maximum of 100 USD
A pinecil is 25$ and a 40kmah battery pack is 35$, so the combination... 60-70 bucks.
I've never used one but I just looked up the specs and it looks like it maxs out at 75 watts. Is that enough to keep it hot with like 16 gauge wires?
So, in your mind, $0-10 is enough margin per unit? Do you think that this is literally just an existing soldering iron with a battery pack hot glued to it? That's not exactly how product development works.
I'm no capitalist, but I do understand how markets work, and things like IP and patents. $60-70 would be stupid, and they would likely lose money (assuming your price estimations are correct, I don't know enough about this stuff to know that)