Kester 24-6337-8800 50 Activated Rosin Cored Wire Solder Roll, 245 No-Clean, 63/37 Alloy, 0.031 Diameter

Nice size for hand held soldering of wires

Use it daily, works great! An excellent choice!

cheap solder, makes soldering annoying and painful. good solder makes soldering fun. Kester. Buy it and enjoy soldering again. Lays so wet and smooth, llllllloooooooovvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeee it.

Ive had a small spool of this stuff that I found in the trash at work. solders nice, but I ran out. This will be a lifetime supply for me.

With regular 60/40 solder, the solder undergoes a plastic period where its not entirely a liquid and not entirely a hard solid. If you bump or wiggle the joint in this plastic period, it ruins the joint. Save yourself the hassle by just getting this formulation which more or less eliminates the issue. Bump to your hearts content.

... and kind of amazed too. I mean, its 37% lead. About five ounces of lead per roll. That snaps off into little hanks that are just the right size for two and four legged friends to pick up and chew on. ROHS solder is a more sensible, safer option no doubt, but it just feels wrong to use Euro-weenie stuff on electronics made in an era when techs stuck the solder in their mouth for a third hand and made cheater plugs with alligator plugs, washed down with unfiltered Chesterfield breaks.

Works quite well for me.

Good product. Good service.

I made some research before ordering and found that Kester seems to be the brand to go for. I was tempted by cheaper products from others but in the end I did go for Kester 245 no-clean core solder 63/37. I am soldering not too much and wouldnt call me a professional but even as a hobbyist I noticed a difference between cheaper 60/40 I had before and this one. I am not sure if that is because of the 63/37 grade or because my previous stuff was from some unknown manufacturer but in the end I dont care. I feel it was the right decision to go with the Kester product. It works for me well.

Not much to say, flows better for me than really cheap stuff but that could just be my technique lol