I'm not happy with the reliability of our current soldering irons. I have about 20 hand pieces in my office that are dead for one reason or another. We do only through hole circuit boards and electromechanical assemblies. Our present models are ESD safe. The irons are typically on all shift (one shift) long and many are cranked up to max temp (850°F). Without getting into a long sales presentation, what is one of the better soldering irons out there? I could chose by price or name recognition, but I'd rather buy something that is really good, easy to service when broken and is easy to get parts. Are these requests mutually exclusive? Thanks in advance for your collective wisdom. Phil Nutting Manufacturing Engineer --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------