Weller WLACCHHM-02 Helping Hands with 4 Movable and Adjustable Magnetic Arms for Multiple Configurations

You would expect a Weller product to be thoughtfully designed, but this is not the case here. Two major issues with this product, make it unfit for purpose: 1. The magnets are positioned 1+ mm away from the base plate, resulting into a very weak magnetic bonding with the base plate. It appears as if the gap was left intentionally to protect the magnets (from getting shuttered accidentally) and allow for a self-adhesive felt or rubber piece to be attached, to absorb any shock and noise caused when you attach the helping hands to the metallic base plate. However, no such rubber or felt stickers were included in the packaging. As a matter of fact, the magnetic bonding is so weak that there is no need! 2. The helping hands are fairly rigid and strong. This is a good thing. but they are too long for the small size of the base plate. I struggled to put them into the right position and that would leave only 5 cm of working space, i.e. only to fit a tiny PCB. If you take away two helping hands, you have more working space but, then, why pay much more for 4 helping hands if you can only use 2 of them? If you already have a large, thick base plate, these helping hands will be more useful. Overall, I cannot recommend this item. Weak magnetic bonding and too small base plate make it unfit for purpose.

As a user of weller products for year all I can say is I’m disappointed with this one. The base is so smooth and the magnets so weak that one little nudge and everything slides all over like a hockey puck on an ice rink . The bendy arm are near impossible to bend in to the shape / angle you want and as soon as you let go they just about spring back to where they started . Even if you can get your work clipped in a position you like the arms are under so much tension it either bends the work or the magnet lifts . I tried using just 2 arms which although the clips and arms are easier to set your work up 2 magnets won’t hold anything . If you touch it with your finger tip the magnets just come off . So I’m sorry weller it’s a great looking bit of kit but the magnets are the biggest downfall they are just not strong enough and the whole product is not up to your normal standards

The base is heavy and solid and heavy which is great and the clips quality is excellent but the magnets are too weak making the arms easy to fall and hard to manipulate

Terrible product, magnets couldent hold a one pence coin. Awfully dissatisfied with this product. WELLER DO BETTER!!!!

It has a strong grip, as you'd imagine. Don't use it for anything delicate unless you have some sort of protective layer.

good third hand for soldering but a bit stiff for smaller parts, works as intended

Fajny pomysł ale słabe wykonanie. Duży minus za słabe magnesy. Ramiona nie są elastyczne.

Son fuertes, soportan bien los componentes. Me gustaría que la placa de metal fuera ligeramente más grande. Considero que su precio está algo elevado pero no tiene muchos competidores. Compré otros sujetadores similares y aún que funcionan no tienen la misma calidad tacto-visual que estos.

Könnten aber etwas Biegsamer sein - habe allerdings keinen vergleich zu anderen Produkten

Eccellente prodotto. La base in ferro è grande, pesante e molto ben piazzata, con piedini in gomma che non scivolano. Le aste pieghevoli sono di due diverse misure e hanno base magnetica quindi si possono spostare e togliere quando non servono. I coccodrilli hanno rivestimento gommoso, utile anche come isolante termico. Il sistema di fissaggio in posizione dei coccodrilli funziona bene. Ho già due “terze mani” di quelle con 2 coccodrilli e lente di ingrandimento, ma non c’è paragone con questa base. Una cosa che mi piace moltissimo è che il pcb da lavorare risulta ben rialzato (circa ad altezza viso) e questo fa sì che i fumi del flussante se ne stiano lontani, a differenza di quel che normalmente accade quando le saldature le faccio ad altezza tavolo nel qual caso spesso i fumi tendono a salire verso di me. Infine devo dire anche che la posizione mi permette di essere più preciso nel saldare ed è molto veloce modificare l'orientamento del PCB durante la lavorazione. Ottimo, consigliatissimo.