O'SKOOL Edge Banding Iron 100–200°C with Digital Display, Adjustable Heat Sealing Tool for Veneer & Tacking, °C/°F Switchable 110V, VL01

This iron has very good temperature control and long cord. I have used it for many jobs and it is still like new.

Reasonable price, great results & easily maneuvers into awkward sections. This is one of the easier irons to work with, professional results & very pleased with my choice!!

Used this for many hours to apply hundreds of feet of edge-banding laminate on plywood. I thought "digital" would be overkill, but it was nice to set the temp to a perfect 200 degrees Celsius per the edge-banding manufacturer's recommendation. I also like the non-stick coating. It was easy to wipe clean of excess glue.

Using a IR thermometer, I discovered that, while the covering iron temp reading is actually extremely accurate when preheated and sitting on the stand, it cools down by as much as 10-20 degrees F when used on sheeting or plywood (i.e. a fuselage or the leading edge sheeted surface of a wing), then overshoots the target temp by about the same amount when allowed to heat up again. The iron doesn't really have enough "thermal mass" to stay hot throughout a covering operation and when it heats back up again, the temp distribution is uneven since the heating element doesn't contact the whole iron surface. You could get around all these problems by slowing down and not cooling the iron off as much, which is what I did to get acceptable results, but I'll be buying a 'dumb' iron for future projects. Ultracote (or at least the one roll of white I have) will shrink slightly at 220 F and gets really sticky already at that temperature, so if the iron didn't have 'quench' issues, I'd set it to 210 or so. Your mileage may vary. Ultracote's shrinking properties are such that, once it has been exposed to a certain temperature, it won't shrink again until it gets hotter. This means that the temperature oscillating behavior is also frustrating for the final bonding to surface and shrinking out wrinkles operations. As with the initial tack down process, the key is to use the iron in such as way as to not suck too much heat from it. The iron was able to achieve the temperature required for this (250-300 F and above), but after a while the LCD starts to overheat and turn black until it cools off again. Covering irons for RC plane use are getting hard to find and this product is up to the task IF you know how to use it.

I got this iron to replace a 30-year-old one that had been dropped several times cracking all the plastic pieces. This new iron works very well; the controls are easy to use, and the digital temperature readout is nice. It heats up fast and holds the temperature well. It seems fairly sturdy and just does what I expect it to do.

The iron sock only laster 4 hours and is coming apart.

The headline here is it Only lasted 8 months- so frustrating considering the price. When I turn it on, I get an error message and it won’t heat. Up until it quit working I LOVED it! I’m a little disappointed because there isn’t anything comparable on the market to replace it with. I hate to have to continue buying these just to have them die so quickly.

Hey guys, Ifly RC planes and wings for combat, this iron works great for ceiling the laminate at 190°F and it gets up easily to 350°F for the Monaocote ceiling film that goes over the wood wings and the Balsawood fuselages Originally I ordered one that was like old-school with the potentiometer pot on the top of the iron but the last one I bought it was defective in the box so I gave this one a shot and I love it work perfect straight out of the box it even came with a sock can’t beat that best iron I’ve ever had!!

Una de mis mejores inversiones. Calienta rápido y me encanta que module la temperatura. Funciona perfectamente. El envío muy bien en tiempo y forma y llegó muy bien embalada.

This iron works great

No tengo mucha experiencia en melamina y por ese motivo compré está plancha que se supone es especial para este trabajo pero la verdad es muy incomoda por su diseño ya que tienes que hacer un poco de presión al pegar cubrecanto y es muy cansado y muy lento... Mi vieja plancha de ropa supera por mucho la hergonomia y su calor... No volveré a comprar

Boy-oh-boy..... did this ever work good! I was a little skeptical at first after reading some of the reviews. Especially about the possibility of the iron not getting hot enough. But it did. It did a great job of adhering the edge band to the cabinet front leading edge. It got plenty hot enough to ensure a super tight bond, that could well last until Jesus comes! It was easy to use in hand and I really loved how the point allowed me to get into the corners. Very pleased.

Seems to do the job works well