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Looks neat. I might have thought web features were cool ten years ago but no longer want any more devices with wifi and possibility of telemetry in my house. Not to mention having to bring up a browser to configure instead of pushing a physical button. No desire for limited Tesla-like design.

Is that the case, or did I misunderstand?

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I completely agree and love buttons and knobs. In this case, we didn't think the setting was necessary at all. It's very rare that you need to change the soldering temperature. We found that most of the reasons that people historically change their setting is because their iron isn't responsive enough to the actual workload.

With 100 Watts of power and an ultra-fast response time, you can flow the joules that you actually need into the material at the temperature you set.

Give it a try! If you still feel like you need a temperature knob, we'll refund your purchase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30LOTlQ3Cc8

Hmm, the power supply has a knob, that’s ok. Why does it mention a web console? Video didn’t mention.

No wifi - it's web serial so connects locally via the USB connection when you plug the iron (or base station) into your computer. It's only "web" in the sense that it uses a browser and web technologies for the GUI, not "web" as in over the internet or wireless.

Cool, thanks.

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