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Article #262Re: Soldering irons: made in America but designed in Russia?
From: Allus Smith
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:40
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:40
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> On 20 Apr 21:08, Allus Smith wrote: On 21 Apr 01:08, William Sommerwerck wrote: > >> All this talk about soldering irons makes me think how crummy >> too much American industrial design is. >> >> Some US industrial design looks great but some looks >> downright, well, Russian. >> >> Sure you can see crap-looking design in western Europe too >> but there's a lot less of it than in the US. >> >> Take soldering irons for example. An ordinary soldering iron >> in the US with unregulated temperature still has great big >> mofo screws holding the tip. >> >> By comparison, my 30 year old British-made basic Antex is a >> sleek looking baby and those Antexes are not particularly >> expensive. >> >> Don't start me on the looks of cars! >> > > I don't know which brands you're referring to, but I've owned > EDSYN (Engineering Dedicated To Suit Your Needs!) irons for > 20+ years, and they don't look anything like that. > EDSYN are lovely irons but none of them list for under $100 and I believe they all have temperature regulation. Apologies if I wasn't clear but EDSYN wasn't what I had in mind when I said "An ordinary soldering iron in the US with unregulated temperature". I mean the cheaper end of the market but not as cheap the rock-bottom $5 irons! http://www.edsyn.com/index.php?Mode=SolderingStations
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