Magnetic Helping Hand, Soldering Helping Hands, PCB Circuit Board Holder with 3X LED Magnifying Lamp, Flexible Metal Arms Heavy Duty Base Electronic Repair Tool (Magnetic with Lamp)

The magnifier is super clear and powerful. The helping hands and circuit holders work well and the arms hold there place and are not floppy. This has helped me be able to solder circuit boards and build radios overcoming my own physical issues. This is a must have for soldering work.

Me gusta que la base metálica sea pesada ya que esto le agrega robustez y hace que el conjunto no se mueve fácilmente, pero lo que me preocupa es que las luces leds de la lupa se calientan bastante.

Love that the configuration is customizable and the product components are well made. Many ways to setup support for a variety of soldering jobs. Would have given it five stars except that the cord for the lamp is USB and no wall wart was provided. My work bench is not close to any computers, and had to purchase a wall wart to power the lamp.

I bought it but was skeptical. Got it in the other day, and it really is nice, well thought out, engineered. I haven’t use the light and magnifying glass, but this is just such a genius solution I can put the printed circuit board in almost any position, and have it be solid. The clamps are well done, they won’t bite (though I think I can remove the plastic or rubber pieces that make them just clamp if I need for some reason alligator clips) and also I think they fit the standard so you can change them out for specific reasons on some jobs.It’s solid, and if you attach the rubber feet, it doesn’t slip. Gooseneck clips, as well as four pointed ones where you can align them so a circuit board with four holes can sit in it, only improvement I can think of is to somehow make it so if you use the pointed pieces you can secure it down. But it’s not a complaint, just a suggestion. Well worth the money!

It's the way that the clips sit in the holes of the arms that I don't care for. They are never really tight. Good for all the rest, so far. I use it maybe once a month.

I purchased the version that included the light:For some reason the size of the very heavy duty base plate is incorrect (as of 7/21) in the description and product photos, you can easily see the dimensions vs. proportion are off. The actual base plate size is exactly 6"X9". A very nice size for soldering PC boards, wire leads, etc.. It's thick heavy powder coated ferrous metal, not stainless as in the description and the magnetic bases stick to it quite well.Some reviewers complained the clips have a hollow core and are hard to tighten securely.. well, take some 8 or 10awg wire- solder it into the clip... then cut it off flush at the end. You then have a solid core clip that you can tighten as much as you need to without damaging it.FWIW- the light is really nice to have with a good quality lens, spend the couple of extra bucks now vs much more in the future to buy one separately.

Was soldering a lot of wires and looked for some extra hands. This magnetic helping hands nailed this need! It is solid, lots of arms, the arms stay where you put them, has a light and the magnets are strong. I absolutely love this and it made my soldering job sooooo much easier. But, a couple of improvements are needed.A. The light needs to be brighter. On full bright, it needs a little more.B. The alligator clips covered in shrink tube really don’t have much strength, and they either the shrink tube removed or need to be stronger. (I’ll probably remove them)All-in-All, great tool to add to my tool set! Happy with my purchase.

Great soldering work station.

As a newbie to the RC world I had started soldering with increasingly better and more satisfying results HOWEVER....not having helping hands when soldering is like not having milk when you make custard.This station is fantastic. the magnets are string and yes, the clips are a bit weak when screwed to the arms but as someone mentioned, find something solid the same diameter and shove it in the clip . Then you can crank them right up and voila....no movement.Solidly made and worth the money