DJ reviews the TS80P Soldering Iron I’ve been through most of the TS range of soldering irons, the original TS100 was a solid performer, mostly limited by its power supply. The OLED display and the microcontroller driven internals offered up so many possibilities for smarter soldering. Many of which would be unrealised until folks started hacking their own firmware for the device. It was super compact though and created a new space for compact smart soldering irons for the maker toolbag.

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Marian reviews the Smart Power Back Keep Alive I bought this one, and am very pleased with it. Does what it says it does. It also comes with a note which explains there’s a screw on the device which acts as a potentiometer so that you can adjust the current to the absolute lowest you need. For under a tenner, great! Want your review featured on Makeroni? Ping Codepope on the Discord server!