15 May
2004
15 May
'04
1 p.m.
Tom Uban wrote:
The WES51 is "ok" (I have one), but it's not extremely accurate temp
wise and the smallest tips are small, but not extremely sharp. I'd call
it the Volkswagon. Dependable, cheap, works well.
The Metcal is the Porsche. Nice design, nice egonometrics, very fast,
very reliable, really, really nice.
just my opinion, but I've used both.
(and I'm still kicking myself for not buying a couple of used metcal's for
pennies on the dollar a few years ago - what was thinking?!)
-brad
I'm not familiar with Metcal units. How would
the MX1 compare with the
Weller WES51 I recently bought?
I don't know much about the WES51, but the Metcal is an RF driven device
and it heats up immediately and maintains the temperature of the specific