The 63/37 tends to wick up he leads better and makes nice clean separation when pulling the solder tip away. THe 60/40 leaves nibs where the tip last made contact (unless you raise the iron temp). The eutectic is 63/37 and melts about 10°C lower than 60/40.
It was bare-bones, no probes/power lead, missing power button and a broken CH2 BNC, hence the price. Would have paid him 50 quid as-is.
Got it home and it passed the self test, so I set about getting it working.
Robbed the EXT TRIG BNC to fit on CH2 and made a power button, and sourced some probes.
Never looked for a battery pack.
Delta the Indian company who make PSU's? Some other Delta? Delta ice cream? (yum!)
(goes digging) deltasolder.com. Delta are Qualitek. Ok. But not expensive (i'm looking at 500g prices though!) compared to other brands.
That's the thing - it lasts such a long time you forget the cost - until next time. I suppose one big but rare pain is better than more frequent, lesser pains (which hurt more if you bought crap).
According to this very useful calculator https://www.vcalc.com/wiki/pro/GBP+per+Kilo+from+USD+per+Pound $24US per lb is £42 per kilo. Which if I divide by 2.2 give me about £19 per 500g. Still cheaper than a lot of what we get here. Cheaper than a lot of the cheap stuff, in fact, when you multiply up the volume.
MM you are right....
2.2lbs = 1 kilo, ergo 1lbs = @500g, ergo 1/2 lbs = @250g...
Mr scottle does the conversion twice.... $24 dollars per pound of solder.. = £19 half a pound will be about £8.50, which is cheap, but with shipping will be as dear..
Solder here is around £11 for 250g ( I get mine from RS ) 500g is also around £19 ~ £21 from the same place
That's the thing - it lasts such a long time you forget the cost - until next time. I suppose one big but rare pain is better than more frequent, lesser pains (which hurt more if you bought crap).