Good Lord, is there anything you can’t plug into a USB port? Now it’s the turn of the soldering iron, something you’d think likely to need a lot more than the paltry five volts a USB bus can offer.
But Thanko’s latest novelty actually manages to muster a scalding 300ºC from two USB ports, enough to melt lead-based solder. If you prefer lead-free, you can opt to hook the iron up to a 9v battery via the included adapter cable to heat things up to 500ºC.
If portability is your thing, though, we’d advise a gas-powered soldering iron that refills from a bottle of cigarette-lighter butane. They’re instant-on, cable free and better, you don’t have to wave a hot metal stick around right next to your valuable and delicate laptop. $30.
Product page [Thanko via Everything USB]
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