The shape of your tip determines how much surface area touches your work. The more contact, the better the heat transfer.
These have a flat, slanted face that can hold a "pool" of solder, which is great for drag soldering multi-pin surface-mount (SMD) chips.
These are often the "default" tips included with irons, but they are actually less efficient at transferring heat because only the very point makes contact. Use these only for extremely tight spaces.
The shape of your tip determines how much surface area touches your work. The more contact, the better the heat transfer.
These have a flat, slanted face that can hold a "pool" of solder, which is great for drag soldering multi-pin surface-mount (SMD) chips.
These are often the "default" tips included with irons, but they are actually less efficient at transferring heat because only the very point makes contact. Use these only for extremely tight spaces.
