I got the soldering iron and love it. Heats up quick, and is convenient I use it with an XC battery so it stands up nicely. Works awesome in the 90 degree position on my workbench for soldering things before taking them to a car. I can’t get my head wrapped around getting the heat gun though, it’s expensive (3 times the price of corded) and I rarely use one as a mechanic... For melting shrink tube I now just use my power probe with the appropriate attachments.
My Milwaukee drawer on my cart is already full. At this point, with future Milwaukee purchases planned, I'm going to need a separate Milwaukee cart. Thanks for the informative video.
The heat gun is ok, but a hair dryer can be better in most cases. BMW for example is using plastic hoses. Use a hair dryer to warm them up for removal as well as other plastic parts. The heat gun gets to hot, but is a must have. If you are knuckle head and aren't warming up plastic parts for removal your a light weight and a rookie, plus a possible hack. I show guys how easy the BMW hoses pop off when warmed up. Watch a hack remove cold hoses and usually will case damage. If you get a car with a plastic valve cover and needs to come old use the heat gun and hair dryer to get fully warm and watch how easy its pops off and the gasket will pull right out, its always fun to watch someone trying to rremove a frozen valve cover gasket, when there's a heat gun near by. Most shops replace the BMW M54 valve cover completely mainly because fish cleaners are taking them off properly and adding additional 400 in parts. After 20 years of working on the m54 have not replaced any valve covers only gaskets, either the engine gets warmed up or use the heat gun hair dryer combo, the main problem with the heat gun is you can over heat, the hair dryer is better, but don't operator near gas fumes. Start using a hair dryer on all rubber parts and see the difference.
I think you should make a rant video talking about how much Dorman parts suck!!!! I see so many people using their crap and wonder why they return to the mechanic who installed it....
The soldering Iron is very good, I have used a lot of different Irons in my time, it gets hot enough for large wiring and very robust, perfect for large component soldering. Though I would have preferred non-rotation, its useless in practice, they could have just made the body smaller.
Kinda late to the party but, liquid flux with the needle applicator you will be amazed how much better the heat transfers and solder flows. Need applicator allows you to not make a huge sticky mess
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!
That heat gun looks handy for graphics/decal removal...always enjoy your videos and look forward to the next one! Your videos have brought out a Milwaukee addiction i didn't know I had!
I have used a lot of portable ones including the Portasol and Weller gas, this is better, gas ones can fail and explode, its happened to me once and ended up with no eyebrows, plus gas catalyst heats perpendicular to the tip melting stuff around it, this doesnt.
The thing I would not like about that is it will run down the battery fast and we all KNOW you can only run a battery down so many times be for it just will not work anymore.. So why shorten my batteries life on my tools?... We all know there NOT cheep to replace them.. butane is the best way to go at this point my opinion
Hi Mike can we get an update on the m12 soldering iron. I have seen a few reviews saying it’s melting the plastic near the tip. Great channel very informative about tools and the trade.
HMMM... That is interesting. I do a lot of soldering. Normally I use a corded soldering iron from Weller. I do have that same butane iron from PowerProbe. It is a great iron and the round exhaust port on it works awesome for heat shrink but it can go through a lot of butane when you have a lot of work to do. Plus I much prefer electric irons. Butane ones radiate heat too much. You have to be super careful where that exhaust port is pointing and even still you can damage other components. I do want to get a battery powered soldering iron. I saw a Weller one that looked really promising and got good reviews. Part number: BL60MP. The only real complaint people seemed to have is the holder/charger is only for holding it when cold. Put it in place while hot and you'll melt the stand. (I would've thought that would be common sense but it has a lot of reviews with people freaking out about that...) The Weller one seems really cool and much smaller than this Milwaukee but then I have a ton of Milwaukee stuff. Including a lot of batteries. Would be nice to not have to worry about yet another charger... So many tool decisions.... :/
almost there. for 30 bucks i get a butane soldering iron and a lighter that does the same as this 300 dollar tool set. one day we will get there, but this doesn't seem to cut it.
+Alex Corvi i may do a follow up video once i get the heat gun accessory kit and use a GM shrink tubing butt connector, as i used it on a couple Good butt connectors and had no issues with it shrinking and sealing up with those
im gonna go ahead and keep my 25 dollar weller and 9 dollar HF heat gun. Im sorry but I dont understand the purpose dont get me wrong, super cool tools! just not where I want to spend my money.
Looks like every other electric solder iron. Medium temp, and meh. Butane is the bomb! Heat gun? Same, same. Butane torch will do it in a 1/4 of the time. Butane still rules the cordless "heat" repair segment. When time is money, and when proper heat is needed to fully solder, I'll stick with butane.
Fedwrench the m12 iron is amazing. No heat exhaust like a butane. The m18 heat gun has a great adapter to concentrate heat too. If you're clean, NOTHING beats this pair for electrical work.
Those are two definite innovations for cordless tools.
I got the soldering iron and love it. Heats up quick, and is convenient I use it with an XC battery so it stands up nicely. Works awesome in the 90 degree position on my workbench for soldering things before taking them to a car. I can’t get my head wrapped around getting the heat gun though, it’s expensive (3 times the price of corded) and I rarely use one as a mechanic... For melting shrink tube I now just use my power probe with the appropriate attachments.
I love my Milwaukee tools, i use them a lot even got a brand new spare!
Some nice options for sure. The soldering iron is huge but the different angles is pretty cool. Thanks, and have a wonderful Christmas!
My Milwaukee drawer on my cart is already full. At this point, with future Milwaukee purchases planned, I'm going to need a separate Milwaukee cart. Thanks for the informative video.
The heat gun is ok, but a hair dryer can be better in most cases. BMW for example is using plastic hoses. Use a hair dryer to warm them up for removal as well as other plastic parts. The heat gun gets to hot, but is a must have. If you are knuckle head and aren't warming up plastic parts for removal your a light weight and a rookie, plus a possible hack. I show guys how easy the BMW hoses pop off when warmed up. Watch a hack remove cold hoses and usually will case damage. If you get a car with a plastic valve cover and needs to come old use the heat gun and hair dryer to get fully warm and watch how easy its pops off and the gasket will pull right out, its always fun to watch someone trying to rremove a frozen valve cover gasket, when there's a heat gun near by. Most shops replace the BMW M54 valve cover completely mainly because fish cleaners are taking them off properly and adding additional 400 in parts. After 20 years of working on the m54 have not replaced any valve covers only gaskets, either the engine gets warmed up or use the heat gun hair dryer combo, the main problem with the heat gun is you can over heat, the hair dryer is better, but don't operator near gas fumes. Start using a hair dryer on all rubber parts and see the difference.
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I think you should make a rant video talking about how much Dorman parts suck!!!! I see so many people using their crap and wonder why they return to the mechanic who installed it....
Milwaukee tools are really coming out with some impressive stuff.
The soldering Iron is very good, I have used a lot of different Irons in my time, it gets hot enough for large wiring and very robust, perfect for large component soldering. Though I would have preferred non-rotation, its useless in practice, they could have just made the body smaller.
Can't believe milwalkee is coming out with so many new tools it's hard to keep up with them!
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You can thank the Chinese that own them... They will gobble up the competition. ..
Zip tie on the Heat Gun 🔫 Trigger and Your Golden Flat Rate Master 😎 Nice Soldering By the Way 🧐😊👍🏼
Kinda late to the party but, liquid flux with the needle applicator you will be amazed how much better the heat transfers and solder flows. Need applicator allows you to not make a huge sticky mess
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!
I was on the fence about picking up the soldering iron. But after watching it's a must have. Keep up the good work.
That heat gun looks handy for graphics/decal removal...always enjoy your videos and look forward to the next one! Your videos have brought out a Milwaukee addiction i didn't know I had!
That soldering gun got warm quick!
+Thomas EXOVCDS it does!
I need to get the heat going just for warming my hands. Working on cars in the winner is tough. Either that or I'm just a wimp
Looking forward to getting the soldering iron. Will continue to use my Portasol on shrink tubing.
Hey amigo which portasol do u recommend.
@8:40 "I think I got it [connector] in a Dorman Kit", LOL! Dorman strikes again. LMAO
+Troy Wheeler lol, i used that heat gun on a butt connector i got in a GM pigtail and no issues
Solder iron looks pretty cool... I was contemplating the Portasol, but this may be a good idea if the price is right.
I have used a lot of portable ones including the Portasol and Weller gas, this is better, gas ones can fail and explode, its happened to me once and ended up with no eyebrows, plus gas catalyst heats perpendicular to the tip melting stuff around it, this doesnt.
The soldering iron seems ok but the heat gun would eat up batteries. Butane soldering iron is still ahead of the competition.
Tom OConnor, the m12 rocks. Very dependable and it has no heat exhaust like a butane does. Much cleaner work.
The heat gun seems very useful
The soldering iron is good, but the butane ones still win.
But will it light a cigar? ;-)
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🧐 Good Question 🤕
Nice tool review, Happy Holidays to you and your family.
The thing I would not like about that is it will run down the battery fast and we all KNOW you can only run a battery down so many times be for it just will not work anymore.. So why shorten my batteries life on my tools?... We all know there NOT cheep to replace them.. butane is the best way to go at this point my opinion
Hi Mike can we get an update on the m12 soldering iron. I have seen a few reviews saying it’s melting the plastic near the tip. Great channel very informative about tools and the trade.
I have heard of that issue, my guess is they leave it on for long periods of time. Personal i haven't had that issue, love mine
HMMM... That is interesting. I do a lot of soldering. Normally I use a corded soldering iron from Weller. I do have that same butane iron from PowerProbe. It is a great iron and the round exhaust port on it works awesome for heat shrink but it can go through a lot of butane when you have a lot of work to do. Plus I much prefer electric irons. Butane ones radiate heat too much. You have to be super careful where that exhaust port is pointing and even still you can damage other components.
I do want to get a battery powered soldering iron. I saw a Weller one that looked really promising and got good reviews. Part number: BL60MP. The only real complaint people seemed to have is the holder/charger is only for holding it when cold. Put it in place while hot and you'll melt the stand. (I would've thought that would be common sense but it has a lot of reviews with people freaking out about that...) The Weller one seems really cool and much smaller than this Milwaukee but then I have a ton of Milwaukee stuff. Including a lot of batteries. Would be nice to not have to worry about yet another charger...
So many tool decisions.... :/
not fair.... you guys get all the cool shit in the states...i don't think they sell those in Canada.. there's always online I guess
Wheres the heat adapters/deflectors for the heat gun so you can distribute the heat where you want it to go?
+Dill Wiggle it comes as an accessory pack that i forgot to order😐
Don't blame it on the Dorman part that he guns does not have enough airflow
Joesph Buchanan, user error. NOT the tool being used.
I use mine to shrink 4/0 battery cable shrink tube and it takes less time.
While these are impressive with high power draw like that my concern is long term battery life.
Can the heat gun be used to Ungel a diesel fuel system
Where was this solder when I was doing 6 lojacks a day.
Love your vids
almost there. for 30 bucks i get a butane soldering iron and a lighter that does the same as this 300 dollar tool set. one day we will get there, but this doesn't seem to cut it.
The iron is $79 at home depot today
What is sawder?
I think that’s a pass for me...iron like you said is just too big and the heat gun took forever to shrink that connector
+Alex Corvi i may do a follow up video once i get the heat gun accessory kit and use a GM shrink tubing butt connector, as i used it on a couple Good butt connectors and had no issues with it shrinking and sealing up with those
where is the music from? who is the artist?
+Aidan Arnold youtube royalty free music, called Busted
@@flatratemaster Nice Delta Blues riffs!
seems like alot of those butt connectors take alota heat to shrink compared to shrink tube
im gonna go ahead and keep my 25 dollar weller and 9 dollar HF heat gun. Im sorry but I dont understand the purpose
dont get me wrong, super cool tools! just not where I want to spend my money.
OK But Like watching Paint Dry
Does the heat gun has heat setting control?
+M Ho Non adjustable
Butane gets hot almost instantly.
Looks like every other electric solder iron. Medium temp, and meh. Butane is the bomb! Heat gun? Same, same. Butane torch will do it in a 1/4 of the time. Butane still rules the cordless "heat" repair segment. When time is money, and when proper heat is needed to fully solder, I'll stick with butane.
Stick to nice leaded solder, none of that Rohs lead free crap.
Too bad they couldn't make the heat gun on a M12 platform. I think I'll stick to Butane....
+Fedwrench it would be dead way too fast on an M12 battery
Fedwrench the m12 iron is amazing. No heat exhaust like a butane. The m18 heat gun has a great adapter to concentrate heat too. If you're clean, NOTHING beats this pair for electrical work.