Original Soldering Iron Tip Replacement for TS101 TS100 Mini Portable Outdoor Soldering Iron Kit (B2-Tip)

Ok, so first off, this isn't UY Chan branded. Second thing to keep in mind is that the Open Source TS100 project created an amazing soldering iron that is being copied by many manufacturers, and most of the great points you'll see made about these kinds of tips are all the same from the open source designs. So to be fair, they get 3 stars for not messing up a fantastic design, but I honestly can't see anything better than average and the price is a rip. Keep looking, you can find sets where each tip is ~$6.

I got this tip because I had some very tiny (to me) parts to solder for a project. With having no prior SMD soldering experience, I was able to fairly easily solder the 0603 parts that the tip included with my TS100 iron would just carry away.Heats up lightning fast but lacks enough thermal mass to deal with any heavy ground planes. One cap needed this tip to solder the non-grounded side, then another beefier tip to deal with the ground plane on the other. But over all, I like this tip for intricate work.

I purchased the I-Tip from UY Chan via Amazon about 1.5 years ago. Total use time for this tip is under 1.5 hours. The rear silver band where the power is transferred to the tip broke off from the insulator. The tip had been having issues with getting to and maintaining temp. Now I know that is likely due to the faulty band. Unfortunately, this is not an easily repairable issue, so this one is now garbage. Overall, I am not impressed with the quality.

Does not maintain heat. I apply solder to it and it drops from 300 down to 200 or less making the solder stick to the tip. I will be buying name brand from now on.Update: Turns out I had a bad tip. UY Chan contacted me and sent me a new one without too much fuss. The new one worked much better and didn't drop temp like the first one. It still didn't get hot enough to melt the solder already on a Raspberry Pi 3 but that might be due to the type of solder used rather than the tip. Tip size is small enough for 26awg wire but probably not small enough for surface mount. for those curious as to size.

Like many people, I like a chisel tip of moderate size for most electronics tasks. This fits the bill perfectly. The heating rate is nothing short of amazing. You can go from cold to 310C in less than 10 seconds using 24 VDC. The temperature regulation is also excellent. Things are not as good at 12 V and it only begins to be acceptable at 18V. But give this a full 24 V and you will fall in love. How can it be so small and so good??

I have the other tips that are very fine and this 2mm tip is perfect for general purpose through-hole components and also drag soldering of SMD chips.

Easy to use and exactly what I expected. I am glad I can add functionality to what is essentially a soldering iron. I struggled with my Radio Shack iron for 20+ years until my mind got blown with my ts100.

Works like a charm, use the right tip for the right job and plenty of Flux. Less headaches. Remember to leave it tinned for it to last longer.