Hakko FX601-02 Adjustable Temperature Controlled Soldering Iron, 67 Watts

Is this used? Why is there already solder on the tip? Is this normal?

Great soldering iron — I actually think it has improved my soldering. Light weight and easy to use

This iron is lighter weight and tip control is much better than other irons that I have purchased. It is so much easier to use and sodering is more precise.

Execellent soldering iron for stained glass.

I like it a lot. It has a narrower tip than my previous iron which is nice for smaller projects. It was a little tricky to figure out what setting to use as I am used to an iron being use with a rheostat. This one is also in celsius which is tricky for an American to figure out. I read online to set it at the highest setting for doing foil work. That may be right for doing a flat window or maybe tinning; but I found it way too hot for doing edge work on small suncatchers for example. I now set that on about 360. So, now that I have discovered that I need to change the temperature settings for various work, I like the iron much more. A real advantage of this iron is how quickly it heats up. It seems to react to turning on and resetting temperatures in about 60 seconds.

This iron works great easy to control temperature. Really happy with this product.

Does the job, and does it well.. We use this one for doing stained glass projects

I teach stained glass at the senior center in albuquerque. I recommend the Hakko to all my students.It is light weight and the temperature control feature is priceless. I wont use anything else when teaching how to solder their works of art.

I used it once and I noticed that it wouldnt melt the solder right, but i thought it was probably my flux or something else. But, then the second time i used it, it didnt heat up anymore. I waited almost an hour to see if it heated up, but no. I disconnected it and connected it again and it didnt heat up anymore.

This makes stained glass easy!