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Allus Smith wrote:
>> 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.
> 

Ahm, what? See below.


> 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 


Tell me, where's that ugly side-screw on this one?

http://www.edsyn.com/index.php?Mode=piw&pn=CL1481

Regarding your comment above, last time I checked $54.86 was still less 
than $100 ...

Oh, and no temperature regulation :-)

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