As a part of its longstanding efforts to encourage customers to restore their digital gadgets and different objects, iFixit is asserting FixHub, a USB-C soldering iron and transportable energy station designed to permit all kinds of customers to deal with soldering work wherever they could be.
The Transportable Energy Station serves because the command and energy middle for FixHub, together with a 55-watt-hour battery to assist over eight hours of steady soldering on a single cost. The ability provide delivers as much as 100 watts to a pair of USB-C ports, permitting it to run two soldering irons concurrently, and the truth that it is merely a USB-C energy output gadget means you too can use it to energy or recharge an array of gadgets like telephones.
The solidly constructed energy station features a helpful show to indicate the standing of your soldering iron, together with a handy dial for adjusting the facility being delivered to the iron, supporting temperatures as much as 400ºC (750ºF). A flip-up bracket raises the entrance of the facility station a bit to make the show simpler to see whereas in use, whereas attachment factors on the left and proper facet can help you clip on the soldering iron’s cap for handy entry as a stand.
A USB-C port on the rear of the facility station permits for as much as 45 watts of enter to recharge the station, and iFixit says it’s protected to go away constantly linked to energy so it is prepared everytime you want it.
The soldering iron itself is designed with ergonomics in thoughts, with a consolation pencil-like grip with a brief Bevel 1.5 tip for exact warmth management. Extra suggestions can be offered individually, together with Cone, Wedge 1.5, Level, Bevel 2.6, Knife 2.5, and Knife 1.4, with extra probably being added sooner or later relying on demand. As soon as turned on, the iron is able to start soldering in underneath 5 seconds.
Security options are key to the FixHub expertise, with a configurable automated sleep mode, a heat-resistant protecting cap for the iron that snaps on magnetically, and gyroscope-powered fall detection that routinely turns off the iron whether it is dropped or knocked off a desk. An LED standing mild ring on the iron itself makes it apparent when the iron is sizzling, shining blue when under 40ºC (100ºF) and protected to the touch, purple when actively heating or cooling and never protected to the touch, or orange when on the set temperature and able to solder.
Whereas pairing the soldering iron with iFixit’s energy station is the popular setup, you need to use the soldering iron by itself with any sufficiently highly effective USB-C energy supply. The set temperature for the iron will be adjusted by plugging into the USB-C port on a pc and accessing the iron’s settings by way of a browser (Chrome, Edge, or Courageous required).
iFixit is in fact recognized for extra than simply {hardware}, and it has lots of of free soldering guides on its web site, starting from the fundamentals of soldering to particular restore tasks.
It additionally would not be an iFixit product with out repairability being entrance of thoughts, so the FixHub system is designed to permit for simple repairs and iFixit can be releasing plenty of guides to assist customers change batteries, restore elements, and extra.
Supplementing the FixHub is an non-obligatory Transportable Soldering Toolkit, which supplies an in depth set of instruments and consumables to get you happening soldering tasks.
- Flush Cutter: Excellent for trimming leads and chopping electrical wires and plastic supplies.
- Wire Stripper: Options a number of holes for various wire sizes and a spring-assisted mechanism for simple use.
- Fixite Spudger: An enchancment on our much-loved common pry device, manufactured from Fixite, an iFixit-developed materials mix specifically formulated with improved warmth resistance for dealing with soldering supplies.
- Precision Angled Tweezers: Effective-tip tweezers for manipulating wire and parts in tight areas.
- Silicone Work Mat: A heat-resistant mat that protects your work floor.
- Chemical Shelling out Pen: Preferrred for dishing out isopropyl alcohol for cleansing flux residues.
- No-Clear Flux: Improves soldering by eradicating oxides and selling higher solder move.
- Silicon Electrical Tape: Excellent for insulating wires with out the necessity for added instruments.
- Security Glasses: Important eye safety whereas soldering.
- Lead-Free Solder: Environmentally pleasant solder in a handy tube.
- Desoldering Wick: Simply removes undesirable solder with a copper mesh.
- Soldering Splint: A magnetic, hands-free device to carry wires and parts securely in place.
- Soldering Tip Cleaner: Retains your soldering tip in optimum situation with brass wool.
The Transportable Soldering Station with the soldering iron and battery pack is priced at $249.95 / €269.95, whereas the total toolkit included the iron, battery pack, pliers, and different instruments is $299.95 / €329.95.
The USB Good Soldering Iron may also be bought by itself for $79.95 / €84.95 for those who want an extra one or wish to use one with out the iFixit energy provide. Transport begins on October 15 in the USA, Canada, Australia, and Europe.
