PepeGodzilla, 10 months ago I just started soldering. It’s not too difficult and super useful. Also adds a lot of options that are usually cheaper than hotswap. A pinecil is 25$. add another 25 for solder, flux, a pump and copper desoldering braid and you’re set up. I found hotswap is increasingly difficult to get once you’re looking for non-massmarket stuff outside of 60 or 65 keebs with ANSI Layout. It’s just faster to solder than to search for non-standard hotswap. And with millmax, you can make any solderboard hotswap if you fancy.
I just started soldering. It’s not too difficult and super useful. Also adds a lot of options that are usually cheaper than hotswap.
A pinecil is 25$. add another 25 for solder, flux, a pump and copper desoldering braid and you’re set up.
I found hotswap is increasingly difficult to get once you’re looking for non-massmarket stuff outside of 60 or 65 keebs with ANSI Layout.
It’s just faster to solder than to search for non-standard hotswap.
And with millmax, you can make any solderboard hotswap if you fancy.