Originally posted by DA_cookie_monst
tried butane power, and they just don't hold the heat in the tip good enough for me, means you end up holding the iron on the item to be soldered for far too long, and in the UK, with the blustery weather, they are a right nightmare to light too, lol.
try using a more blunt tip.. if you have a tiney little tip with no mass, it will cool way too fast, even just from the cold soldier hitting it..
stay out of the wind as well if your outside... it is definately not as good as indoor with my digital soldiering station.. but it works..
Keef