Grandma Shark 20 Quid Soldering Station

I bought a soldering iron for £20 from Amazon. Is it any good? Does it even work?

While shopping on Amazon late one night I found a soldering station for £20. It’s a clone of a popular Chinese model, and for some reason has been branded with a really odd name.

I decided to buy it, because for £20, why not? I can buy a single temperature iron from a local shop for about £8, so it can’t be too much more effort to add a variable temperature control to them.

I decided to make a video about it…