NEWACALOX Magnetic Helping Hand, Soldering Helping Hands, PCB Circuit Board Holder with 3X LED Magnifying Lamp, Flexible Metal Arms Heavy Duty Base Electronic Repair Tool (Magnetic with Lamp)

Good solid platform with strong magnetic attachments. The light is very handy with multiple light settings.

As a newbie to the RC world I had started soldering with increasingly better and more satisfying results HOWEVER....not having helping hands when soldering is like not having milk when you make custard.This station is fantastic. the magnets are string and yes, the clips are a bit weak when screwed to the arms but as someone mentioned, find something solid the same diameter and shove it in the clip . Then you can crank them right up and voila....no movement.Solidly made and worth the money

Was soldering a lot of wires and looked for some extra hands. This magnetic helping hands nailed this need! It is solid, lots of arms, the arms stay where you put them, has a light and the magnets are strong. I absolutely love this and it made my soldering job sooooo much easier. But, a couple of improvements are needed.A. The light needs to be brighter. On full bright, it needs a little more.B. The alligator clips covered in shrink tube really don’t have much strength, and they either the shrink tube removed or need to be stronger. (I’ll probably remove them)All-in-All, great tool to add to my tool set! Happy with my purchase.

I purchased the version that included the light:For some reason the size of the very heavy duty base plate is incorrect (as of 7/21) in the description and product photos, you can easily see the dimensions vs. proportion are off. The actual base plate size is exactly 6"X9". A very nice size for soldering PC boards, wire leads, etc.. It's thick heavy powder coated ferrous metal, not stainless as in the description and the magnetic bases stick to it quite well.Some reviewers complained the clips have a hollow core and are hard to tighten securely.. well, take some 8 or 10awg wire- solder it into the clip... then cut it off flush at the end. You then have a solid core clip that you can tighten as much as you need to without damaging it.FWIW- the light is really nice to have with a good quality lens, spend the couple of extra bucks now vs much more in the future to buy one separately.

This is a very helpful tool for my soldering wire harnesses and circuit boards. I would have given 5 stars, but the magnifying glass is too small and the magnification is too high making it difficult to focus. The light on the magnifying glass is helpful though. I bought a larger, 1.5X magnification lens that works much better.