So i've mentioned that I have this Weller WE1010 that I bought a couple years ago or right soon after they first came out. What I didn't like about it was that I left it on for almost a full 24 hours once so I installed an arduino controlled relay that was programmed to cut power at 45 minutes ... then I didn't like that it didn't have a backlight ... i work in dark-ish conditions quite a bit when im messin with this stuff so I made a solid effort to install a backlight and I actually kind of succeeded ... the iron still works but some of the segments on the display stopped working ... so i figured it was time to upgrade.
I started looking at the WT line which can be quite expensive at around $500 and up for those stations. Amazon only carried one and it was closer to $600 so I decided to look on ebay and see what was out there.
I saw one that had a price on it of $150 complete setup .. I thought that can't be right so I messaged the seller and asked him if it had the iron and everything with it. He responded fairly quickly and said it was a brand new still in the box complete kit ... then I realized that was not a buy it now price, that was an auction... so I wrote back and said "sorry about that i thought it was a buy it now." He responded and said he had it up on buy it now but no one bought it... so I kind of forgot about it till a couple of Fridays ago I was browsing ebay again and that same auction came up only it was going to end in three hours ...
"Alexa, remind me in 2 hours and 55 minutes to check ebay..."
She diligently reminded me as she was told and the price was still at $148 ... so I figured I'd try to snipe the auction at the last second and set my max price to $250 ... thinking hell if I got it at $250 its still a deal ... so right around the 2-0 second countdown I put in my bid at 250 but it came back at 152 or something like that ... the last bidder only had his highest bid at $150 ... so I won the auction and I got the iron ... and sure enough, it was still in the box wrapped in cellophane ...
But I must say ... I haven't really soldered until now ... this thing is amazingly different from the 1010 unit ... it goes from cold to temp in less than 10 seconds and I can solder at 340-ish and it delivers heat RIGHT NOW ... I'm quite impressed with this iron. And it has auto-shutoff and a backlight.
lol
I started looking at the WT line which can be quite expensive at around $500 and up for those stations. Amazon only carried one and it was closer to $600 so I decided to look on ebay and see what was out there.
I saw one that had a price on it of $150 complete setup .. I thought that can't be right so I messaged the seller and asked him if it had the iron and everything with it. He responded fairly quickly and said it was a brand new still in the box complete kit ... then I realized that was not a buy it now price, that was an auction... so I wrote back and said "sorry about that i thought it was a buy it now." He responded and said he had it up on buy it now but no one bought it... so I kind of forgot about it till a couple of Fridays ago I was browsing ebay again and that same auction came up only it was going to end in three hours ...
"Alexa, remind me in 2 hours and 55 minutes to check ebay..."
She diligently reminded me as she was told and the price was still at $148 ... so I figured I'd try to snipe the auction at the last second and set my max price to $250 ... thinking hell if I got it at $250 its still a deal ... so right around the 2-0 second countdown I put in my bid at 250 but it came back at 152 or something like that ... the last bidder only had his highest bid at $150 ... so I won the auction and I got the iron ... and sure enough, it was still in the box wrapped in cellophane ...
But I must say ... I haven't really soldered until now ... this thing is amazingly different from the 1010 unit ... it goes from cold to temp in less than 10 seconds and I can solder at 340-ish and it delivers heat RIGHT NOW ... I'm quite impressed with this iron. And it has auto-shutoff and a backlight.
lol
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