900-015 Helping Hands Soldering Aid

I looked all over Amazon and retail stores for one of these to help me solder (I make and modify "electronic cigarette," personal vaporizer box mods.I have no idea what the negative reviews are talking about. I paid as much for this as one of those flimsy "octopus" bendable 4 post alligator clip holders that I see around frys and other places. It is definitely a sufficiently heavy metal base to keep it from falling over. It arrived put together but loosened and took a few seconds to tighten into working order. It is extremely easy to move each part and is an average size for the helping hand tools. I found one at a retail store that was a little bigger with a little heavier base but also cost almost 100$ for a product that works virtually just as well. I don't use it everyday, but when I do, it's constantly being used and manipulated for hours at a time with no evidence of any problems. The elbow joints and little rotators have not had a single problem or become loosened, none of the threat stripped, nothing. The teeth line up on mine very well and the alligator clips are firm and open wide but aren't difficult to open nor mar a printed circuit board (Sometimes I also put electrical tape between them just to be sure though). I've had it a few weeks and it's worked amazingly well. I paid a little extra because I REALLY did NOT want the silly magnifying glass that some have and would gladly buy again and already have recommended this product to friends. Any mass produced item will have some that get through quality control but 90% of the time, when an item fails it seems to be a problem with the user not the product. I haven't had it long enough to know whether it will continue to last through the years like the very expensive one my father has had, but for 10$ I don't really care if it doesn't either. It's already lasted long enough and performed well enough as any "third hand" to have been well worth the money so I'll order another one any issues arise as it gets older.

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Exactly what you see and quality is good!

La herramienta que me hacía falta. Buen peso, buena calidad de los materiales, acabados razonables y con bastante flexibilidad. Muy recomendable para trabajos electrónicos.

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