New best travel soldering iron at any price: Pinecil!

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0:00 - A good soldering iron for only $45? Yes!
0:52 - As good as a TS100, but better
3:14 - Heating performance
6:56 - Menus and features
10:06 - I'm not even going to bother soldering with it. Here's why.

[overtorquednut]

Josh, since you were wondering why someone might want to go really, really low temp on a soldering iron, one case would be to install metal threaded heat-set inserts in plastic holes, such as with a 3D printed part. You just shove them in with the tip of your iron, or a specialty shaped tip if you want to get really fancy.

[daniele.markle]

Love how it detects handedness. I find myself soldering with either hand depending on what gets me the best angle. Not having to look at an upside-down display in either hand is a big plus.

[OdysseusVrakas]

Tried building the JB Xilo kit. Was a failure. I gave up. Then I bought the pinecil. 9 builds later and still fully recommend it. I power from a 3s and 4s and my Nintendo switch 65w power brick. So even on the field I get quick repairs.

[wesley]

I was terrible at soldering even after watching tons of videos. Didn’t get it until I watched yours. Kester solder and flux was key in what was missing from my skills at beginner. Thanks for the field kit tip. I was just looking at this for this coming summer!

[licensetodrive]

My TS100 cost £30 from Banggood sale and is still going strong after 2 years. Seconds after I received and tried it I was back on Banggood to order another one in the same sale, so now I have a great iron and a great backup iron :)

[shazamwitch]

That's crazy, I just ordered one of these last night and was gonna send you a link to get your opinions 🤣

[Ken-vld]

I bought the Pine 64 after seeing this video. Wow! So fast to heat up, sleep mode, very powerful, lots of info on the screen. Mine is listed as 24v, so maybe a new model? It heats up connectors fast making soldering much easier. I have been soldering for years, but never so easily. Thanks for this review!

[colddash]

No wonder you are so smart and can teach us all left handed.
Left handed high five my lefty brother 😝😜

[PortalFPV]

I had the same problem with my TS100's barrel plug glitching on me. So I unsoldered the barrel plug and replaced it with a XT30 and used some epoxy to keep it in place. Fits perfectly and I just keep a XT30 to XT60 converter with my kit

[batman_uwu]

I have been using this with my 65w PD charger and powerbank for 6 months. It is a beast. No problem at all

[EVERLAST]

OMG! 2 days ago I was wathcing your old soldering iron veido and I said to myself, I hope Bardwell make a new video about the subject, so we know what to buy now,
Thanks a lot!

[ruantoua]

100% Agree JB.
I prefer my TS100 in my daily solder, over a Magnum solder station any day 👍👍 had to replace DC barrel with a straight solder into the TS100 to fix the lose connection. Looking forward to that USB C.

[joecrupi]

Super timely - My TS100 is a few years old and on it's way out. Just picked up the Pinecil and wrapped all my existing tips will fit. Thanks Joshua

[vedasticks]

this was the ne was originaly looing at but got the ts80 as i could get it quckly in uk. still very happy with the ts80. these soldering irons are fantastic. used to use a gas soldering iron that cost same price. these are better. consistant temp, easy to use and smaller.

i use it for my work aswell (live sound, soldering cabling for speakers, xlr cables, crossovers etc). it even managed soldering xt60 cables and connectors.

[MrWheezyE]

Picked up the V2 of this today and it's a little beast of an iron. I love it. Have a feeling the Weller desktop will start to gather dust now.

[timm]

All my fellow geeks recommend this thing, so I got one for my home hobby drawer. Holy cow is it awesome. Very easy to wield, heats quickly with my laptop charger, the auto standby mode works very well, and it hardly takes up any space. I like it better than the monster irons we use at work!

[MCsCreations]

Excellent review, Joshua! Thanks a bunch! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[KevPV]

So... it's pretty much identical to a TS100 with the Ralim firmware, minus the USB-C port and price. If anyone is looking for all the menu options and features this thing has, you can simply flash your current TS100 (or clone) with the Ralim firmware without having to buy a new iron.

[fpvattitude]

i paid 35 bux on wish for my ts100 almost 2 years ago works amazing still to this day when it dies ill prob look into this one looks good

[RGMGFitness]

Perfect timing JB...I was just looking myself for a new soldering iron. Thanks for the links as well. 👍👍