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Article #240Re: Soldering irons: made in America but designed in Russia?
From: Joerg
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:14
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:14
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Rich Grise wrote: > On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:16:45 +0100, ian field wrote: >> "Joerg" <notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote in message >>> Last year in December I bought a WES51 also here for the lab, to have a >>> spare. But I started using it a lot because the tiny PES51 pencil lays >>> much nicer in the hand than the fat LR-20 of the older stations. They >>> also added a nice feature, not important to me but to companies and the >>> fire marshall: If the iron isn't moved in an hour or so it automatically >>> shuts down. Grand total of $92 plus tax, with pencil and one tip, not a >>> bad deal at all. >>> >> Maybe they learned from the mass exodus of customers and fixed the non >> existent reliability since the last time I had the misfortune to pay good >> money for one of their products, but once bitten twice shy, I'm not giving >> them any more of my money. > > The same reason I'll never buy another NiMH battery or CFL light. > It was the same for me, for a few years. Then I tried another batch of CFL because CostCo had them for less than a buck a piece. Philips Marathon, and they last and last and last. Of course I'd never buy a CFL at boutique pricing since that's just not worth it. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
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