Vent: The guy at Micro Center who told me my soldering iron was 'trash'

I was buying a replacement tip for my Hakko at the Micro Center in St. Louis, and this random dude in the aisle starts going off about how I need a $300 JBC station or I'm wasting my time. I told him I've done 4 Switch shell swaps with my cheap iron just fine and he just scoffed and walked off. Has anyone else had someone gatekeep your tools like that at a store?

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adam_hernandez18d ago

oh man i feel that. i had some guy at a maker space tell me my ts100 was a toy once. i was like yeah well it runs on usb c and i can throw it in a backpack so whatever. for me what worked was just ignoring them and keeping on with what i was doing. i mean i've done some pretty clean work on a cheap 10 dollar iron from amazon for years before i upgraded. maybe it's just me but if it heats up and doesn't kill the board it's fine for most stuff.

michael_patel18d ago

Heats up and doesn't kill the board is basically my whole soldering philosophy right there.