Cold Heat Soldering tool - THE ORIGINAL

by Cold Heat

Product Description

A perfect demonstration of the cordless, quick-heat/quick-cool application of Cold Heat technology, the Cold Heat soldering tool revolutionizes the soldering industry for hobbyists, DIY-ers, technicians, electricians, engineers and the military. The Cold Heat Soldering tool, winner of the prestigious Red Dot international design competition has a number of benefits over the traditional soldering iron, including:

Product Details

• Item Weight: 6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• ASIN: B00067GK7Y
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (73 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #135,047 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

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218 of 226 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice Idea but Some Flaws, October 8, 2004

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Charles Davis (Glasgow, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cold Heat Soldering tool - THE ORIGINAL (Misc.)

I've had this soldering iron for several months now. It does its job. Simply turn it on and go to work. There's no waiting. Being able to instantly turn it off is also great for those times where timing is very essential. However, it does have some glaring flaws.

The first is it is weak on heating. If you plan on doing something like an XLR connector, go with a traditional iron. My second complaint is the shape. It's not circular. It's more like a flattened oval. It's slightly awkward.

My final complaint is a design flaw. The positive battery contacts are rather small, shallow, and right next to some plastic. During normal use, it's not unusual for the power to die while moving the iron or holding it at some angles because one of the batteries is no longer making contact. I was able to correct this by disassembling the iron and carefully bending the contacts. I can now shake it violently and it stays powered. Just one note to those that want to take it apart. The gray section where the power swith is is glued down plus has a screw underneath holding the rest together. Be careful not to break the thing.

187 of 197 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Gimmick through and through, November 8, 2004

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Paul Mac "Paul" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cold Heat Soldering tool - THE ORIGINAL (Misc.)

Gimmick through and through

As you would think with most As Seen on TV products, this one is no different, a complete piece of garbage. I am an electrical happiest and wanted to check this thing out and see how it compared to a regular soldering iron. Doesn't even come close.

The way this thing works, from what I observed, is there is 2 parts to the tip. The 2 parts act like an anode and cathode, and the way the tool is "activated" is when you short the anode and cathode with a piece of conductive metal, which is supposed be your solder. When this happens the tool sends high current though the solder causing it to heat up and melt. It's very similar to welding; you can even see a spark when you short the 2 parts of the tip out.

Problem is that the normal way of soldering circuitry to a board, where you put the tip to the parts you want joined and feed solder to them doesn't work with this tool. And when you work it the way they want its shotty at best. It doesn't live up to its name of COLD HEAT ether, the tip is a hot as a normal iron after a bit of soldering.

I guess this would come in useful if you are in a situation where you have no access to a wall outlet and/or can't use a conventional soldering iron. But even then I would use a butane soldering iron. This thing is useless.

69 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cold Heat Soldering gun, November 8, 2004

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Patrick M. Liste "PMLISTE" (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cold Heat Soldering tool - THE ORIGINAL (Misc.)

I should have realized that this was not a good item. This Cold Heat Soldering unit is just that--COLD. It will not even melt solder which melts at 750 to 800 degrees. I went through four brand new batteries trying to solder a small piece to a jewelry item, as shown on TV. The batteries got hotter than to work! Bad, bad to buy and I am sorry I did. I want a full refund, or should I say a refund for a FOOL?