SainSmart Magnetic Helping Hands, Third Hand Tool with 5X LED Magnifying Lamp, 4 PCB Circuit Board Holder & 4 Flexible Arms, 11.1 x 7.1 Inch Extra Larger Base, Soldering Station for Electronic Repair

Used this setup to do some soldering. Nice set of helping hands, which can be reconfigured however is necessary. The light and the magnifying glass help too.

My husband is constantly making things and this has made things better for me. He no longer feels the need to call me in from the other room to help him. Win, win for me and him. I’m free to do as I please and he doesn’t have to wait on me to get to the next step of his project.

Magnets are strong and flexible gooseneck tubing is stiff enough for its purpose.

If you’re doing a lot of tedious soldering or reworking this will really help you do easier, better quality jobs. Quality of the parts is solid, and several of my friends are also using this workstation with great results

I waited way to long to buy some helping hands. These have been awesome. Definitely worth the buy. The plate is nice and isnt some obnoxious color like most the other brands. It looks nice in my work room/ office. The light is nice and can be set to a warm hue or a bright white. Nice touch honestly. I use it as a desk light when Im not soldering.

I dont hate it. I dont love it either. Regardless these are a must if your soldering and for the price its decent and works... These are the only flaws I could find after using a solid 2 months: - The clips cannot just be hand tightened and you must use a pliers to fully tighten them they will loosen every time you touch it. Most are like this except for the top brands so you get what you pay for I guessssss....... Using pliers keeps the clamps in place for awhile but they will loosen eventually, so just keep an eye on them. This is a hazard in my opinion, you can burn yourself or the circuit, or drop the circuit if your not constantly checking this.... Still doable for the price though, depending on what you need.... - Also with the clips, unlike the name brand companies, they appear to just have some heat sink shrunk to the teeth, which will need to be replaced fairly often and are just not as durable as the silicon type on name brands. - The magnets on the long hands could have been a little stronger, but they work just be sure to test out what your holding to make sure its strong enough. - Last is the magnifying glass. Its may 2 or 3X magnification, which is what I think it says, like everything else, its just good enough to get the job done. This might be a factor with most or all magnify glasses of this size but I have to get pretty close to use it. Im going to see if I can find one with maybe 5X magnification where I dont have to be 6ins away from the circuit. The light also gets pretty hot, although thats on high or close to high setting, it only seems useful on high so I dont know how long that will last. Overall, if I had to do it again, I would but the name brand and get either a 2 or 4 hand and buy a separate magnification light, or buy the clamp hand version instead of each hands. Its great for beginners, which I am a beginner, but if you plan to put some good use into it then spend the extra cash on something better. If they would just make these minor upgrades, even if it is just with the tips to gator clips and also the fasteners then that alone could make this a solid 4 to 5 star product. Still good to go out of the box though so Im not extremely disappointed. I just wont be buying another one.

Lots of options for use but doesnt hold as stable as needed for soldering

I absolutely love this product. Helping hands are useful until stuff gets in the way. With this setup you can just pull off the parts that get in the way. It has nice grip and flexible enough to get all the hand where they belong. The magnets are strong enough to pick up the whole kit. And the little PCB holders will come in useful for sure. Would highly recommend for repairs or DIY builders.

This helping hands is absolutely worth the money! Ive had ones before where they have a spring motion in the arm, so when you place it and then let go, it springs away half an inch. Very frustrating when working with small electronics! But not with this one! While the longest arms have a little bit of this, its so minimal and predictable that I have no issues getting everything aligned! I also like that the arms can be placed anywhere on the metal base, allowing for a high level of flexibility in how I can arrange both the arms and the illuminated lens. While I dont solder for a living, and I certainly dont claim to know everything, I can say that this is the best Helping Hands that I have ever used and I strongly recommend it to anyone looking for one!

Not a bad product if you have good lighting but this thing isn’t bright at all.