Thanks to my father, I've been soldering since I was 6 years old. I imagine that's the norm in an amateur radio household. Practice aside, I've only ever used cheap Radio Shack pencil style irons and the occasional Craftsman gun (the 5lb mini-sledge of soldering). I'd like to finally buy a real solder station but don't know exactly what I need. Wattage/temp needs to be high enough for lipo power lead work, but with quality equipment, I don't know if you have to throw the same wattage behind the tip. I see Weller has a 50W station, but my initial reaction is that may be under powered. The Hakko stations seem like they are a little non-intuitive on the power supply side of things, but a regenerally a little more powerful at a similar price point.
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