Lytool Helping Hands Soldering Station, Third Hand Tool with 3X Magnifying Glass Dimmable LED, Flexible Helping Hands Soldering with 4 Flexible Arms for Welding Repair Hobby DIY

As a longtime tech this device is a great aid to securing the ever-shrinking boards and material for soldering. The base is heavy enough to keep it stable and weight can be added by simply gluing some heavy washer on to the bottom. Adding a magnet to the bottom to the cup will help keep things in place. The flexible arms are sturdy enough to support most things including cables and small boards. Not necessarily an everyday use tool but very handy when needed.

It works really well and is great for the price. I use it for lots of things. I didn't know how useful a magnifying lense and alligator holders could be. I don't do much soldering but I have used it for soldering and it worked well and held up mechanically. It's in storage for now but I'll be taking it out of storage when it's time to really build out my SBC-based prototype. Thanks.

Looked pretty good. Unfortunately it came broken. Didn't work to assemble it correctly.

Muy útil cuando necesitas más de dos manos para sujetar y por ejemplo soldar una pieza.

I was wondering whether this helping hand devise would live up to its promises. I am disabled and have very painful and weak hands and have been finding soldering very difficult, hence the purchase. The device arrived in a sturdy box, it had a little book with 2 pages of instructions per language, not that it was ever going to be difficult to put together. The items to be put together were all nicely packed to protect them, and it took me only 10 minutes to put together. The crocodile clips have rubber shrunk wrapped onto them to protect the items being held, which works well, the bendy arms all hold well and the position they are put at is where they stay, which is a must in my book. The light is very good and has 3 colours, very white, slight warm (which I like most) and very warm which is easy on your eyes at the end of the day. Light intensity is variable over a wide range and gives all the light you will ever need. The magnifying glass is of good quality and I found it to give enough magnification to see even very small details, I was pleased that it did what it should do unlike many lenses that promise but never deliver. I would have liked the lens to have been of a larger diameter, maybe 4 cm, but that is just my preference, it still does it's job very well. An improvement to the design would be a ball joint from the magnifying glass to its arm, just to make placing of the lens a little bit easier, it's not hard but for my hands it would be of some help, for most people I don't see it as a problem. The unit came with 2 spare Croc clips that was a nice touch. Conclusion; A very sturdy, and useful helping hand, it has made a significant improvement to my soldering and it lives up to its hype. I would recommend this to anyone who needs a helping hand while soldering or indeed any other craft pursuit etc. The alterations to the device I have suggested are all down to personal preference, if that was taken out of the equation this would be perfect. I give this a score of 9.9 out of 10, I love it.