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Hey friend. So I’ve never soldered before really. I was looking at harbor freight and they have two types could you verify if I could use the cheaper one? I don’t fully know the differences.![https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/c5fa90cd-305e-499a-90ee-e1a9897793bc.jpeg](https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/c5fa90cd-305e-499a-90ee-e1a9897793bc.jpeg)
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Hey! You can definitely use the cheaper one, it's still a lead-free rosin core, but just doesn't come with as much solder as the more expensive one. And you'll use very little for a Tsop flash, not even a quarter of what's in the cheaper one (even less than a quarter of it)