[Shop-talk] battery operated soldering irons

[Steven Trovato]

I haven't heard very good reports on them, so I went with a Portasol 
butane soldering iron.  It is still portable, and it works great!

-Steve Trovato
strovato at optonline.net

At 01:28 PM 6/18/2010, john niolon wrote:
>any suggestions ?? recommendations ??   had to do some phone line soldering
>out in the field today and wondered if this little battery jobs would work.
>better than 200' of extension cord and my old Weller pencil iron...
>
>mostly 18-22 wire  so run time wouldn't be too much problem.... how do they
>hold up >>