Magnetic Helping Hands Third Hand Soldering Work Station | EXtra Large & Heavy Duty Base Plate | Flexible Arms | 360 Hot Air Gun Holder (Helping Hand with Magic Hand)

He’s y duty. The magnetic pillars are great. The arm for a hot air gun or a microscope is a wonderful addition. Great product. Very versatile.

The longer arms are pretty weak at holding anything in position. The clips constantly moved on me and would spin when trying to solder. The hot gun glue holder would constantly come unscrewed from the the base. I bought this because of all the positive reviews. Maybe I got a bad unit. Not worth the money.

Im using this for electronics work and its amazing. Ive been using a set of those cheap handy hands things forever and while they are better than nothing they were never great. Being able to easily manipulate the distance between the hands has made life so much easier. Also the bullet style mounts are great when working with strip board. Allows you to flip the board over and solder without having the components hitting the bench causing the board to be lopsided.

I love the magnetic setup and the flexible arms are easy to manipulate and rigid enough to hold stuff well. I use this for soldering as well as some other craft projects so I was hoping the hot air gun holder would be a good arm for holding some heavier art projects. It holds things fine, but the ball joints are not made well; parts on them twist as if you should be able to tighten and loosen the ball joint, but it doesnt actually do anything... Another note is that the protective bits over the alligator clamp teeth is not super heat or abrasive resistant and began showing wear after one night of soldering stuff (it looks like its just small pieces heat shrink tubing or something)

I bought this to use as a ground plane for a 2m/70cm magnetic mount antenna, and use the arms and other accessories it came with on my quad hands. This base provides a solid attachment for the antenna and 5 watts through the antenna from my base (mobile) is loud and clear to the local repeater. Until I can get a proper antenna installed in my attic, this setup will do nicely.

I am very impressed by the quality, everything was well packaged and in their own plastic bag. The magnets are very strong, I almost could not remove it from the plate. The plate is just the right size for what I need to do.

I feel all fancy now soldering my little projects. The clips stay where I put them. It even came with an extra alligator clip and set screw. I might even be able to use it for TIG welding small items.

Very high quality strong magnets and tight grip o. Whatever your working on

I wish Id had this before I screwed up this tiny board, now that I have it I may be able to save it. Extremely stable and flexible. I also ordered the magnifying glass which is also invaluable with these tiny electronic components.

Cant believe I ever worked without this!! Magnets are very strong. Little plastic clamp handle covers pop off but I used a touch of adhesive and no further issues. This thing is everything the ad says and more, huge thumbs up!