I thought I would get a New Weller Soldering Iron, having looked at the Video. I heats up much quicker too, and it has the three LED illumination lights at the front that help in dark situation. All in all a great improvement

Perhaps I didn't look hard enough but I couldn't find a British made electric soldering iron. There were plenty made by goodness knows who, goodness knows where, but having watched a few John Ward video reports on various Far Eastern electrical products, a German Weller seemed to be a better choice. When it arrived the package said 'made in Mexico' but, it would be nice to think, it was to German standards. It appears to be well made, the extra tips, which were pre-tinned, in the kit have been useful, but most of all I have confidence in it. My only criticism is that the LEDs are not very powerful.

Works really well and cranks out the heat! I was using a 60w model from another brand with a pointed tip and it just couldn’t heat up the car stereo wires enough to melt the solder and just made a mess. So I decided to try this more powerful iron which also had a decent max temperature stated on the box which cheaper irons do not mention. The extra heat plus the chisel style tip to help with heat transfer got the solder melted fast and made the job easy and neat. I definitely recommend this soldering iron.