I don't know about you, but I certainly don't spend enough regular time behind a soldering iron to keep my skills sharp. Earlier this year, MAKE Magazine published a series of writeups on the topic; ...

At this point you’ve almost certainly seen one of these low-cost portable soldering irons, perhaps best exemplified by the TS100, a pocket-sized temperature controlled iron that can be had fo… ...

Learn about soldering with an iron and hot air, and see an Aoyue in action, in the Sparkfun soldering tutorials. Are there any tool reviews you’d like to see?

The iFixit FixHub is a portable soldering iron that heats up fast and can be repaired. Here's how it compares to bench-top models.