He is just a mouthy tw@t with little real knowledge, just a youtube channel to promote, together with advertising income from his blog.
And seemingly indifferent to how his inane comments might affect businesses who are actually very good.
What did he expect, to plug a 110V iron into 240V ?
That somehow some magical fuse was supposed to save him from his utter stupidity ?
Then keep going on about it.
It’s not like laptops, or ’phone chargers, that consumers expect to just work, anywhere, on any voltage, so they are designed to do so. But they don’t have to use olde fashioned fixed voltage copper wire and iron transformers to convert the AC, ultra-reliably, for professional work, in a small volume, at the necessary power levels. Nothing more reliable than copper and iron/steel, though it is expensive nowadays.
A Weller iron is a serious professional bit of kit, used by people who are expected to know the difference between 110V, and more than twice as much, and the probable consequences of plugging something designed for the first into the latter.
I’d no more expect to plug e.g. a USA 110V travel hair-drier into an EU 220V outlet (240V in UK), and expect it to work, though many do try this every year, with predictable results.
I pay no attention to him. He is frankly an ignorant, potty-mouthed, self-seeking individual, who contributes nothing to the grand scheme of things.
I think Weller have been very patient, even offering to send him a new iron suited to his AUS voltage (how long has he lived there, what was he doing with an old 110V iron), but instead he just keeps on ranting ungratefully. Keeps the youtube and blog hits and adverts coming though.
Just ignore him, don’t encourage.
