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Price: $17.99
(as of Dec 15, 2024 23:01:47 UTC – Details)
Product Description
Bendable Gooseneck
The flexible hose has good flexibility, you can bend it at will and adjust it to the right angle
Heavy Duty Base
The base is heavy enough that the tube bends to the perimeter to clamp the board without tipping over
360° Adjustable Alligator Clip
There is a circular gear on the gooseneck that you can turn to adjust the orientation of the alligator clip.
Rubber Cover
Insulating rubber cover keep the circuit board from scratching while you work and won’t cause a short circuit
Helping Hands Soldering Station: Soldering kit, Great for Soldering, Assembly, Repair, Styling, Hobbies, Jewelry and Crafts soldering kit. With sturdy and flexible metal hose arms, the circuit board can be held in the best position you want.
Sturdy Gooseneck and Insulated Alligator Clips: 2 Adjustable 9.44″ and 2 Adjustable 7.08″ Metal Gooseneck Arms (Solder Hands), which lock tightly to the base with screws. Alligator clips can be rotated 360 degrees, then positioned and locked in place. The clip comes with a rubber sleeve, so you can avoid scratching the polished surface of your jewelry or shorting out the circuit board.
Heavy Duty Base: 7.87″ x 5.51″ rectangular painted steel base ensures your soldering station won’t tip over. There are 4 non-slip rubber pads on the bottom to prevent the welding assistant from sliding on the workbench.
Gift: If your husband has a big hobby of welding, or is in the welding industry, I think this is a great gift option.
Package includes: 1 solid metal base, 4 flexible arms with alligator clips, 4 Phillips screws, 1 mini Phillips screwdriver.
Customers say
Customers appreciate the sturdy build quality, functionality, and value for money of the soldering station. They find it useful and better than expected. The rubber feet and aligator clips are mentioned as positive features. Customers also like the ease of assembly and weight. However, opinions differ on flexibility and assembly instructions.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
Vickey RDecember 15, 2024
Better than expected, good design and would recommend
The base is steel, not plastic or aluminum, so has some weight to keep everything stable. The two lengths of flexible arms are more versatile than if all were same length.The flexible arms are not “floppy” … stiff enough to hold objects of reasonable weight for soldering, painting or inspection, but still easy to position without needed 3 hands!This would not be suitable for operations that require some force be applied to the object held … i.e. sanding, drilling, polishing, Dremel tool type stuff. It’s not intended for this and absolutely won’t work well.I also liked the fact …. it came with 2 extra alligator clamps … a cheapo screwdriver for assembly in case someone didn’t have one …. and a “Thank You” card in the box.
salvadorDecember 15, 2024
Comes in handy often
The rubber socks for the claws are whatever but I always find myself using it
Riley R.December 15, 2024
An upgrade from old helping hands
I got these to replace my old helping hands. These are far better because they are easier to use, more adjustable, and less awkward overall. The assembly is easy and the clips come with a rubberized coating, ensuring they also have a softer contact and firm grip.Despite that, they are still a little awkward to use at times. The arms can sometimes not hold right and droop. Other than that, I recommend these.
J. Darrel GowerDecember 15, 2024
Sooo much better than the old school version of Helping Hands!
Typically speaking, I am terribly hesitant about buying products from China, but thing doesn’t suck. Especially for the price and quality.That being said, let me go ahead and answer the questions that I know you’re probably wanting to ask – because God knows I was asking these questions and figured I’d just buy one and see.1. Are the arms flexible enough to put where you want them, while being stiff enough to stay there once you clamp something weighing more than a feather in them?Yes. They definitely are. I figure that if I wanted to solder on something too heavy for this setup, I’d be better off just propping it against a brick on a work table in the first place.2. It kinda looks like it has two different lengths of arms. Reckon why that is?Because it does. It has two long arms, and two shorter arms. Plus, each arm can be put on whichever corner you want. So you can be the Michelangelo of your Helping Hands-gelo… Ba Dump Tsh!!3. Reckon if the base is stable enough to keep still if I’m having a bad day and engage in an uncharacteristically aggressive soldering session?Yes, with a caveat. The base is nice and heavy and the elastomeric feet are very dense yet sticky enough to stay put on your table in most circumstances, however (here’s the caveat), if you’re so unhinged about things that you end up knocking this thing around while you’re soldering, it ain’t because this is a faulty product. That’s on you. I’m not your dad so I can’t tell you what to do, but you might want to get some therapy, adjust your meds, or order a sledge hammer and go find a pile of rocks to break up. I’m just sayin…The base is some type of steel. Magnets will hold to it fairly well – in my opinion, better than a 400 series stainless steel. So I don’t think it’s stainless, but don’t quote me on that. That being said, it does seem to have a well applied coat of powder finish that should keep it looking good and professional for quite a spell. Just don’t leave it out in the yard during bad weather like that no good cousin of yours, and you should be happy with it.As for the arms and clamps, the arms are not attracted to a magnet at all. They are either aluminum or a non – 400 series stainless in my guesstimation. They are plastic coated with what seems to be a fairly durable and robust polymer. Good for those guys that decided to do that!The clamps ARE slightly attracted to a magnet, just like what I would expect a 400 series stainless to be. If you put a gun to my head, I would guess 410 stainless, but I could be wrong. Also, you shouldn’t put guns to people’s heads. That’s not nice. It sounds like something that no good cousin of yours would do…I’m not sure if this is the norm or a mistake in packaging at the factory, but I got two extra clamps with my setup. I’m a big fan of having spare parts, so that kinda may my navel wobble in a good way. And all the clamps had these little rubber-ish sleeves on the grippy end which I kinda like. Sometimes you don’t want those alligator teeth on alligator clamps to be unnecessarily digging into parts and boards that they ought not be digging into.
Emily HargraveDecember 15, 2024
How did I not have one of these until now
Iâve used a PCB clamp to solder for years, but this helping hands clamp makes a lot of soldering jobs way easier. This one is great for the money, nice weight to the baseplate, the rubber clamp tips help hold parts without scratching them, and the arms are reasonably flexible and stay in position. They even come with extra parts.
DenisDecember 15, 2024
Using soldering iron (?) – you must have this.
Bought it few months ago and you know, those stand with “new hands” been integrated to my work table so pretty, that i forgot to say anything about it! At the same time those hands are holding 120mm 12v cooler fan for me, which i using every day, while sitting at the table. I know, you’ll say: “you’re crazy, those hands made for another reasons! :D”. Yes, yes, i know, and bought it to solder some microscheme or small components too, like you do. And the helping hands does the job perfectly. They are really strong, the isolatad “crocodiles” holding very good, believe. To be honest I’ve used them once or twice while soldered DC adapter, and the rest time “helping hands” helping me to stay cool with those 120mm fan. It particularly confirms, that my example of “helping hands” is working on me more often than yours! :pOn images you’ll find some kind of sculpture, but, believe, im an electrician xDThose statue shows, that the hands holding the weight normally. Take a look at the hammer, holded by 3 hands – it’s a HAMMER.Soldering iron of 60W from the package made me feel, that I’m a fool, because I’ve ordered another 100W soldering iron. Really, all the time I soldering anything, i keep using those “regular”, but cool-at-all 60W from “helping hans”. 60W – is enough, while seller not lying about the real wattage, you know! I like, that the shop is included absolutely everything to start soldering, exclude soldering acid – and it’s completely correct, IMO. You can see the real weight on the image.All of that for 20 bucks?¡Dame dos!
AustinDecember 15, 2024
Works but low mobility and lots of backlash
Its a cheap option, but I quickly wish I bought a better one like my co-working lab had. The arms aren’t as flexible as they should be, and they are very springy making precise positioning a challenge
BigDaddyRenDecember 15, 2024
Good
Good product. It’s a soldering iron so obviously does what soldering irons do. Only concern is that the solder is not labeled and I don’t know if it’s lead free or not.