Soldering irons with nichrome heater

Nichrome

— nickel-based nichrome wire helix with heat-resistant properties. Such heaters often cover the body, inside which is placed a rod with a sting. The nichrome spiral captivates with its cheapness, high reliability and maintainability. The other side of her coin is a long heating time, coupled with poor adaptability to long-term intensive loads on a regular basis. Some unscrupulous soldering iron manufacturers disguise nichrome heaters as a ceramic tube.