NOTE: After a lot of research on the M12 solder iron, buyer beware: Anything over 3ah CP batteries and ~10 min of run time will start to deteriorate and melt the housing cap of the solder wand. There are literally hundreds of 1 star reviews claiming this issue, rendering this device useless after only a few months of use. That said, I am still buying one, but limiting my usage to ~10 min on before cooldown and only using compact batteries. One guy I found did this consistently and was able to put hundreds of hours of use on this device over the course of several years. God bless!
This is hands down one of the best tools I’ve purchased over the past two years. I work on Ag equipment and do cars on the side so I see a lot of different wiring issues.What I like about it over butane outside of having to keep fuel is you run the chance of burning up other wires that are close if your not careful. Don’t have to worry about that with this.This thing heats up quick and even though it looks kinda big being able to move it in multiple positions you can usually find that comfort spot. On another note I also have a ts100 that I run off a Milwaukee battery with a power supply adapter that works great. Either way if your already in the Milwaukee line and you do much soldering buy this you won’t regret it.
I bought it 3 months ago on your (and others) recommendation. ITS FANTASTIC. literally used it an hour ago to install a tracker system in a fleet vehicle. 1 XC3.0 battery lasted for 22 joints and still had 2 bars left
The M12 Soldering Iron has a thermal fuse with a 152°c cut off inline between the heating element and the circuit board. Once it temps over 152°c it blows that fuse and the iron won't heat anymore. Quick and pretty easy to replace. Hope that helps anyone who has this iron and it stopped heating up.
Purchased mine 2 years ago and today it stopped working. Never abused it either. I was soldering, move the head angle and boom stopped working, stopped heating. Always kept it in a hard plastic box too.
Here is what's crazy. I watch all of the automotive channels and all I see anybody doing is wire repairs to fix cars. As an electronics person I always needed good soldering irons (Hakko and Weller) but apparently a soldering iron has become more important to auto mechanics than an impact wrench. Out here in AZ this is less so as the rattle snakes eat the mice but up where Eric O. and Ivan live (The Boondocks) they apparently have a wire eating mice infestation.
Flat Rate Master Just use the Capsaicin laced Honda electrical tape. Just joking. I have seen more than a few wires that were chewed up that had that special tape on them-it doesn’t work.
I have been considering one of these, but my 20 year old weller 110 iron works so well, it’s hard to put away for good. The butane ones have all gone in the garbage though.
I prefer the newer Matco cordless which looks identical to the Power Probe version. It heats up a lot faster than the Milwaukee and is more compact. The only downside is it’s USB charged so you can’t swap batteries, you have to recharge it occasionally.
I love mine had it over a year with constant use, only thing i noticed is the battery dies quicker if you turn it off and on in between jobs. Love mine 😬
Is this safe to use in the car on wires close to modules and such? I heard electric solder irons can destroy modules because of the high current it produces.
It will work no differently than a 110 soldering iron, except being actually safer from using lower voltage… if there was any current bleed over from either.
@@cabeebs They say a lot of things that are 100% bullshit. I'm an electronics guy that learned to solder when I was 15 years old, been doing it for decades. A correctly soldered electrical connection that is finished with proper protection (like heat shrink etc) is the next best thing to an unbroken wire. Anyone with any experience making electrical connections that are made to LAST knows that a crimped connection, while easy for the inexperienced, will never compete with a PROPERLY soldered connection in terms of electrical performance and longevity over time. Much like a plumber who thinks crimped pipe connections are the cats meow (because they are too incompetent to properly solder), what "they" are telling you is bullshit based out of laziness and incompetence. Does crimping work? Yeah. Is it a better electrical connection than a properly soldered joint? No fucking way. That might piss on someone's parade, but it is the truth.
Don't let Clay Koon see them,he will cut them out soldering and heat shrinking them.He hates butt connectors big time,metioned this in a few of his videos on his channel Koon Trucking.
@@StilettoSniper exactly.... proper solder is the only way to go... proper and longevity... i see to much heat shrink style butt connectors... only used because of time.. otherwise.. i see them come back quite often.. not sure where they say solder weakens the connection while crimping is better.. thats literally ass backwards imo..
@@StilettoSniper According to multiple OEM's you're wrong. A crimped connection, done right, can carry a higher amp load at a lower resistance than solder. There's a reason pretty much all battery terminations everywhere are crimped. When you make a correct crimp, it forces all the material into one solid piece, and doesn't embrittle the wiring. A proper crimp has less resistance than a solder connection.
Why not tell people the truth about the industry instead of promoting tools for mechanics to go broke. ATI ruined the industry promoting quantity over quality driving the industry wages down. High $’s per hr equals less hrs no guarantee the only way you can make it as a newbie go fleet!
A good butane iron is also not cheap so time wasted with warm up time and extension cords means this thing might pay for itself if you often need to quickly solder just one or two wires and move on
No fucking way would I solder with an iron that big, bulky and clunky. Give me my Hakko or Weller professional temperature control irons any day of the week, the hand piece is lightweight and heats up in a quarter of the time of what is shown here. Even in FRM's oversized big mitts, it looks like someone is trying to solder with a fucking zucchini. No finesse in soldering with that, no wonder people here would rather crimp! No thank you, there are times when running an electric cord is well worth it.
NOTE: After a lot of research on the M12 solder iron, buyer beware: Anything over 3ah CP batteries and ~10 min of run time will start to deteriorate and melt the housing cap of the solder wand. There are literally hundreds of 1 star reviews claiming this issue, rendering this device useless after only a few months of use. That said, I am still buying one, but limiting my usage to ~10 min on before cooldown and only using compact batteries. One guy I found did this consistently and was able to put hundreds of hours of use on this device over the course of several years. God bless!
This is hands down one of the best tools I’ve purchased over the past two years. I work on Ag equipment and do cars on the side so I see a lot of different wiring issues.What I like about it over butane outside of having to keep fuel is you run the chance of burning up other wires that are close if your not careful. Don’t have to worry about that with this.This thing heats up quick and even though it looks kinda big being able to move it in multiple positions you can usually find that comfort spot. On another note I also have a ts100 that I run off a Milwaukee battery with a power supply adapter that works great. Either way if your already in the Milwaukee line and you do much soldering buy this you won’t regret it.
Was shocked by the title, thinking you’d found something better. I’ve had mine for about 18 months I still think it’s black magic how well it works
Agree Still Use My Weller Everytime I Solder 😀😊😎
I bought it 3 months ago on your (and others) recommendation. ITS FANTASTIC. literally used it an hour ago to install a tracker system in a fleet vehicle. 1 XC3.0 battery lasted for 22 joints and still had 2 bars left
The M12 Soldering Iron has a thermal fuse with a 152°c cut off inline between the heating element and the circuit board. Once it temps over 152°c it blows that fuse and the iron won't heat anymore. Quick and pretty easy to replace.
Hope that helps anyone who has this iron and it stopped heating up.
Purchased mine 2 years ago and today it stopped working. Never abused it either. I was soldering, move the head angle and boom stopped working, stopped heating. Always kept it in a hard plastic box too.
Here is what's crazy. I watch all of the automotive channels and all I see anybody doing is wire repairs to fix cars. As an electronics person I always needed good soldering irons (Hakko and Weller) but apparently a soldering iron has become more important to auto mechanics than an impact wrench. Out here in AZ this is less so as the rattle snakes eat the mice but up where Eric O. and Ivan live (The Boondocks) they apparently have a wire eating mice infestation.
reading this as I just finished up repairing the wiring to a fuel pump on a Accord from rodents🤣
Flat Rate Master Just use the Capsaicin laced Honda electrical tape. Just joking. I have seen more than a few wires that were chewed up that had that special tape on them-it doesn’t work.
I have been considering one of these, but my 20 year old weller 110 iron works so well, it’s hard to put away for good. The butane ones have all gone in the garbage though.
I prefer the newer Matco cordless which looks identical to the Power Probe version. It heats up a lot faster than the Milwaukee and is more compact. The only downside is it’s USB charged so you can’t swap batteries, you have to recharge it occasionally.
I love my m12 soldering iron and had no issues I would never go back to butane this heats up way faster and no exhaust to worry about..
I love mine had it over a year with constant use, only thing i noticed is the battery dies quicker if you turn it off and on in between jobs. Love mine 😬
100% would recommend to anybody!! Bad ass tool
Wow. That looks like the mother of all cordless soldering irons
Only thing i noticed after a year of almost daily use, is the battery dies quicker if you use it and turn off and back on in between jobs!
Can't go wrong with that tho😎
The 7 people who disliked this video are hacks that use butt connectors.
I love mine a ton
Is this safe to use in the car on wires close to modules and such? I heard electric solder irons can destroy modules because of the high current it produces.
It will work no differently than a 110 soldering iron, except being actually safer from using lower voltage… if there was any current bleed over from either.
No temp control?
I no longer solder. Crimp and seal all the way. Way faster. Especially if you have a lot of wires to do.
They say the wire becomes hard and brittle when you solder. Now ppl are starting to realize crimping is a better connection
@@cabeebs They say a lot of things that are 100% bullshit. I'm an electronics guy that learned to solder when I was 15 years old, been doing it for decades. A correctly soldered electrical connection that is finished with proper protection (like heat shrink etc) is the next best thing to an unbroken wire. Anyone with any experience making electrical connections that are made to LAST knows that a crimped connection, while easy for the inexperienced, will never compete with a PROPERLY soldered connection in terms of electrical performance and longevity over time. Much like a plumber who thinks crimped pipe connections are the cats meow (because they are too incompetent to properly solder), what "they" are telling you is bullshit based out of laziness and incompetence. Does crimping work? Yeah. Is it a better electrical connection than a properly soldered joint? No fucking way. That might piss on someone's parade, but it is the truth.
Don't let Clay Koon see them,he will cut them out soldering and heat shrinking them.He hates butt connectors big time,metioned this in a few of his videos on his channel Koon Trucking.
@@StilettoSniper exactly.... proper solder is the only way to go... proper and longevity... i see to much heat shrink style butt connectors... only used because of time.. otherwise.. i see them come back quite often.. not sure where they say solder weakens the connection while crimping is better.. thats literally ass backwards imo..
@@StilettoSniper
According to multiple OEM's you're wrong. A crimped connection, done right, can carry a higher amp load at a lower resistance than solder. There's a reason pretty much all battery terminations everywhere are crimped. When you make a correct crimp, it forces all the material into one solid piece, and doesn't embrittle the wiring. A proper crimp has less resistance than a solder connection.
Do you or have you ever used the solder ring with heat shrink built in. We use them often
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Flat rate master please do a review of the astro an gearwrench pinless impact swival socket set 😍😍😍
Great video 👍
Mine works perfectly don’t leave it on when not in use
Directly heated soldering iron tips are where it's at. Milwaukee step up!
Me waiting for the snap on 14.4v cordless soldering iron like a dumbass 🤡
Not powerful enough!
This guy's reviews are terrible. I don't even he's worked flat rate in years
Why not tell people the truth about the industry instead of promoting tools for mechanics to go broke. ATI ruined the industry promoting quantity over quality driving the industry wages down. High $’s per hr equals less hrs no guarantee the only way you can make it as a newbie go fleet!
theres no way any soldering iron is worth that much, its a poor investment to spend that much on a soldering iron
I wholeheartedly disagree
Flare rate is about saving time, and if the M12 soldering iron saves time, time is money.
I am 🤑
Until you are laying upside down in the drivers seat, trying to repair someone else botched repair under the dash.
A good butane iron is also not cheap so time wasted with warm up time and extension cords means this thing might pay for itself if you often need to quickly solder just one or two wires and move on
No fucking way would I solder with an iron that big, bulky and clunky. Give me my Hakko or Weller professional temperature control irons any day of the week, the hand piece is lightweight and heats up in a quarter of the time of what is shown here. Even in FRM's oversized big mitts, it looks like someone is trying to solder with a fucking zucchini. No finesse in soldering with that, no wonder people here would rather crimp! No thank you, there are times when running an electric cord is well worth it.