Soldering Iron CS18 from ANTEX (S482470)

the soldering heads are all replaceable. I was using a much cheaper soldering iron before and have found that this heats up much faster and is far more reliable, it's perfect for PCB and electronic work, and all general use. I bought some of the extra different shaped heads and have found it very useful to be able to just change heads for different solder joints on various circuits. I've used this now for more than a year and can safely say it's a great and reliable product, also safer than a lot of the other untested and unregulated soldering irons! 10 out of 10!

An excellent soldering iron. However, the cable was heavy and not flexible enough, the result being that when laying the iron down during a job, it would not stay where you put it, even using the small rest supplied with the iron. This represents a safety issue, as the working end of the iron gets very hot and could cause serious harm to persons or materials, if the iron should make accidental contact. A quality product spoilt by wrong choice of cable. There was no easy way to disconnect the cable, so a more suitable type of cable coud be substituted. These comments should be passed on to Antex.

I was going to buy the cheap soldering Iron listed (a package deal) on here instead of this. But I luckily remembered the cheap one was the same one my brother had owned before and it burnt through the plastic handle! very unsafe this however was for my first TV PCB repair (successfull!!!) And I didnt have to worry about the handle being hot or if I left it on for to long it did the Job FLAWLESSLY the quality is superb and will probably last me years, dont cheap out get this one, it was one less thing I had to worry about.

Nice soldering iron, feels like decent quality. The stiff lead is the only thing that lets it down. It wants to go back to its packaged shape and resists bending so you end up fighting it when you want to rotate the iron one direction or another. Have accidentally burnt the lead a couple of times already with it wanting to move back into whatever shape it was stored. Would still recommend though.

One of the best 18 watt bench soldering irons out there. Mainly used for smaller scale solder projects like soldering audio cables and XLR TRS connectors. Works perfectly for these projects.

Used antex for yrs, great iron for standard boards, automotive repairs.

I had left my soldering kit behind and purchased this as a stopgap solution. Antex has been my preferred brand of soldering iron for over 30 years and this is the first time I’ve been disappointed. The older versions had removable hooks to secure them, this has gone and been replaced with an awful flimsy stand which is not fit for purpose because it cannot even accommodate the stiffness of the mains lead. On first use the iron jumped out of the stand fell to the floor and burned a hole in my dogs’ new bed which was unfortunately beside my work bench and had cost more than twice as much as the soldering iron. Thankfully no dog was in it at the time. I have now retrieved my soldering kit and will be selling this one on simply because it cannot be secured properly which makes it a hazard.

this is exactly the exact top quality iron i knew it would be with it being Antex so no suprise here . P.S asumming I was retarded and diddnt read what i was paying for and missed the part where it states this iron has a PVC cable id still be led to belive that it has such a cable by the product image negative comments related to silicone cables should be discarded as they are not related to this product you get exact what you are paying for here maybe people should read what they buying to avoid being let down on arrival or stop being pussys and just grab the tool and use it like a man then plastic cord wont have effect =P

Daha önce de aynı model vardı, yıllarca kullandım. Bir taşınma sırasında kırılmış. Yazık ki ülkemde bulamadım. Sonra amazon'dan bulup kızımın Almanya 'daki adresine gönderdim gelirken getirdi. Daha önceden başka uçlarım da vardı, uçlar hakikaten harika. Hala eski uçları kullanıyorum en ufak deformasyon yok. Harika bir havya herkese tavsiye ederim.

great soldering iron

Comprato a novembre scorso. Il pacco conteneva altri prodotti ed è arrivato entro i 6 giorni previsti. Il saldatore ha la sua confezione più che ben fatta. Avevo un saldatore dello stesso tipo Antex oltre 30 anni fà. Il prodotto è lo stesso di fattura robusta anche se quello di allora non era così "elegante" come questo. Nella confezione c'è un supporto minimal per poggiare la punta quando è in funzione. Meglio dotarsi di una basetta a molla più stabile. La punta di rame (cromato) ha al suo interno una lanina sottilissima di acciaio che fa da molla per mantenere lo stilo che contiene la resistenza scaldante aderente alla punta di rame e assicurare la temperatura di lavoro per il filo di stagno (lega). E' con 25 Watt di potenza quindi ha la delicatezza necessaria per le piccole piste dei circuiti elettronici, ma non quella necessaria per contatti di dimensioni maggiori. Per quelli utilizzo il saldatore a pistola da 90 Watt. La spina, purtroppo, è quella inglese. Devi prendere un adattatore oppure, come ho fatto io, la tagli e colleghi il cavo ad una spina italiana 10 A. Così si perde la garanzia ma tanto l'altro funziona bene ancora dopo tanto tempo, quindi.... Da consigliare senza dubbi. Spero di essere stato utile.

Tres bien mais livré avec prise anglaise

L'ho usato per decenni in ambito lavorativo ed e' di ottima qualita', le due stelle sono perche' la punta con cui arriva non e' quella dell'immagine rappresentata e che mi aspettavo.