This work or not? Cold Heat Tool
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Topic: This work or not? Cold Heat Tool
Posted By: PuppyDawg
Subject: This work or not? Cold Heat Tool
Date Posted: November 27, 2004 at 10:13 AM
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Posted By: MJA1962
Date Posted: November 27, 2004 at 11:09 AM
I haven't seen it "in person" yet, but I would guess that it's okay for lightweight use only. I tried ordering one from the website a couple of months ago , and was informed that it would take up to six weeks for delivery. After six weeks passed, I called and was told that the units were on backorder, and several more weeks away. They also told me that I could find them at Radio Shack or Home Depot. I cancelled my order & figured I'd see one at Radio Shack or Home Depot one of these days, but so far I haven't. -Michael
Posted By: draasch
Date Posted: November 27, 2004 at 11:27 AM
DONT BUY IT......JUST GOT MINE IN AFTER WAITING FOREVER!
THE IDEA IS GREAT, HOWEVER NEEDS MORE RESEARCH....... ------------- Good Luck
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Posted By: PuppyDawg
Date Posted: November 27, 2004 at 11:48 AM
draasch wrote:
DONT BUY IT......JUST GOT MINE IN AFTER WAITING FOREVER!
THE IDEA IS GREAT, HOWEVER NEEDS MORE RESEARCH.......
thanks everybody for your responses.....interesting draasch....why were you disappointed in the product? What's wrong with it? Bogus product? Does it actually work? ------------- *paw print*
Posted By: NowYaKnow
Date Posted: November 27, 2004 at 2:52 PM
By the way these ARE for sale at home depot for under $20..
Mike
Posted By: boxmaker85
Date Posted: November 27, 2004 at 7:53 PM
Look at the physics aspect of this. A metal that heats to over 800 deg F and then cools to under 100 deg in under 10 seconds w/ no help of coolent just radiating heat normally. Something tells me that is not very possible. Just my thoughts.
Posted By: Hymer
Date Posted: November 27, 2004 at 11:41 PM
Cold heat = cold solder joints... look at the physics...
I have one and they are junk
Hymer
Posted By: naador
Date Posted: November 28, 2004 at 10:06 AM
I work for Home Depot and we opened one of these as soon as we got it in to see how well at worked. I must say I'm totally unimpressed. Trying to solder 20ga wire was an exercise in futiliy, the wire just doesn't get hot enough to melt the solder. It's a good product in concept, buy I just don't think that batteries can provide enough power. Oh well, at least I got to try before I buy.
Posted By: jeremyjerm
Date Posted: November 28, 2004 at 10:18 AM
DO NOT BUY youd be better off buyin some crack, at least it would work
Posted By: flynntech
Date Posted: November 28, 2004 at 3:11 PM
I am a professional electronics technician skilled in soldering, both self taught and formal training. My opinion is that such a device would not be taken seriously by myself or most anyone else in the industry. If I unplug an iron I'm using, it takes a few minutes to cool down, it also takes a couple minutes to warm up. It is no surprize to me that this thing can only solder very small wires. Cold heat does sound alot like cold-joint to me. My advice is to learn how to solder in a professional manner and you will no longer be interested in foolish gimics 'as seen on TV' I've never seen it up close, only on TV, but from my best judgement and things I've read here I wouldn't even consider it.
Posted By: Yuri
Date Posted: December 02, 2004 at 10:54 AM
I've had professional solder training as well. But I have another thought on possible uses of this product.
Having been away from civilization many times with just a handfull of Jeeps, something like this tool may come in handy some day. Granted, I've never tried this tool. But cold solder joint or not... if it works enough to get my Jeep off the trail, it is worth the $20. The cold joint can always be redone correctly when I get home. A regular soldering iron can be a pain in cases like this because it takes a while to get hot, and a while to cool down.
Realistically, a butane iron probably works better than this "cold heat" thing. And I will continue wheelin' with the butane in my tool bag.
Posted By: flynntech
Date Posted: December 02, 2004 at 6:25 PM
That $20 is best spent on some beef jerky and beer, the butane torch is all you need to fix a wire.
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