@six-point socket II Oliver, Nice looking Snap On soldering iron. What powers it and how do you like it?
Mike A.
Hi Mike,
Thanks! As Peter already said, it's butane powered.
I bought this with two things in mind: I wanted to be able to heat shrink in- as well as out-doors, and I wanted to be able to solder stuff like what I pictured above. Not on circuit boards, nothing too small ...
For heat shrinking, I love it. Works amazing, get's hot super fast (even on a windy and rainy day outdoors) and the deflector has a good size. Problem: With the deflector put on, you can't use the safety cap to stash the "hot" tool away.
For soldering, I was under the impression yesterday that the tip was way to hot. The solder literally evaporated upon contact - so I still need to find the "sweet spot". The solder I used, I inherited it from my Grandpa ... So I also ordered some new solder, maybe that works better (and is a little healthier, no lead...).
And like I said, it's been a very long time since I soldered anything. Thinking of it, I realized I made a little mistake, the last time doing it wasn't in high school but during an internship with Germany's largest telecommunications company. They used and still use the same type of butane soldering iron on the road, that's how I later found/remembered this on the Snap-On truck ...

I honestly don't feel like I could give you an educated opinion on using it to solder.
What I don't like, and I found that out only yesterday. When it's hot, you can't change between soldering tip and blower. That's why I would suggest you also look into the brand new Snap-On YAKS42 ->
https://store.snapon.com/Butane-Soldering-Iron-Kit-YAKS42--Butane-Gas-Soldering-Iron-Kit-25-130-Watts--P927913.aspx On this one, you can change from soldering tip to blower while it's still hot.
I'm pretty sure Snap-On buys these from Portasol
http://www.portasol.comPersonally, all in all I'm pretty happy with the soldering iron.

Ask me about it again when I soldered those 20 to 25 connections on my upcoming project.

Kind regards,
Oliver