Westcott So Cool! Low-Temp Glue Gun for Young Crafters, Assorted Colors

Like: Shape of gun facilitates use in close quarters, includes features that most other guns offer so no biggy there.Dislike: Protective sheath on discharge nozzle which all other brands have (with one exception) that prevents the use of the gun to redistribute or smooth out the hot glue already applied. The inability to shape and form the deposited hot glue precludes its use in well over half the projects I have completed over the years. The usual projects are often just decorations of some sort. Many of my projects include various materials (Cardboard, wood of various shapes & sizes, plastic sheets, metal sheet & foil, salvaged toy parts & motors, and even some heat sensitive styrofoam materials. Projects include a color slide to digital format apparatus, several lap desks with various accoutrements, a coil winder, a four story plastic gerbil cage with changeable floors of various arrangements, specialized small parts cabinets (specialized both in drawer shape ÷rs and the outer configuration to fit into and around computer or other equipment), aquarium equipment, and potting small specialized electronic circuits to contacts that connect to a 9v battery, and many other prototype experiments.The heat shield on a glue gun also prevents the use of the gun to form a fillet in a joint corner or to spread the adhesive to be later reheated with a hot air gun. (This last is used to minimize the thermal mass while maintaining the temperature when gluing to styrofoam ) While a soldering pencil can be modified to do these jobs, having the glue gun heated and already in hand is very convenient. If you ever decide to have a hot nozzle of the proper shape, let me know and I'll buy one. D.H.Orts

If you already have a glue gun then you probably won’t appreciate this. I thought it might be easier to hold and control but really it’s only great selling point is the nozzle is smaller so you can be a bit more precise. Loading the glue sticks is kind of a pain in the neck. It’s using a sort of screw type trigger and needs reset far more often than should really be necessary. All in all, not a fan.

Use is great for small items control of glue is easy

Only used it a few times, definitely thought it'd be like writing with pen but having issues with how to load sticks so I don't have to push down to get it in all way

I really really wanted this product to be as awesome as it looked and so I've waited until I had used this quite a few times to write this review. I love the design and how the glue gun (pen?) fits in my hand. I also like that the amount of force needed to press a button is much less than a traditional glue gun. That said, the effort to pull up the prongs to get the glue stick under pressure to use said button is not easy and more often than not pulls up the second glue stick causing you to need to press the glue stick down whole pulling up on the "prongs" or handle. My more unpleasant discovery is that the part you hold onto gets rather hot even through the silicone grip if you are crafting for a prolonged period. My third observation is that glue leaks from the tip constantly even when the pressure is off the glue sticks. Not sure if it's because it gets so hot or if it's a design deficiency but I ended up with a paper plate covered in glue when I was cleaning up my workspace. My conclusion is that this product is not worth the hassle or stress it caused.