NTE Electronics SW02-10 No-Clean Solder Wick, #4 Blue, .098" Width, 10' Length

I have an older Onkyo stereo component that was clicking incessantly and I had narrowed it down to a bad relay. Got the replacement part but didn't have any de-soldering wick to simplify removing the old relay that had 9 solder points. Nobody local carried it, even major electric supply house. So i ordered this and waited another few days for delivery.E. A. S. Y. Peasy! I just put the end of the wick onto the joint being de-soldered, applied the hot iron tip for a few seconds and could see the solder wicking up into the braided wick! Using wire cutter, I cut the used 3/4" or so off every couple joints to get fresh edge/end. After maybe 3 minutes, simply pushed out the old relay. Then using a fresh edge of thenwisk, kinda "hot mopped" each point with the wick and iron to clean each point. Slid the new relay through the board and soldered it down.Whole thing done in about 7 or 8 minutes. And that old Onkyo is back in service!I'm by no means a technician or repair guy but have always been one to DIY things and have a very broad knowledge base on basic repairs of different things. This was my first time de-soldering with wick, and not sure why I didn't get this stuff before! Works great.

This solderwick simply performs and OUTPERFORMS ALL OTHERS I'VE USED. True messless and no clean solder wick makes everything faster and neater. Usually if you're wicking solder you're already going about fixing a problem or mistake and the last thing anybody needs, is solder wick that won't absorb solder, that smokes excessively and stinks, and that leaves puddles of sticky goo all over the PCB and the solder joint. Highly recommended, from a 17 year professional in the electronics industry.

I'm new to soldering, so I can't really say much about its capabilities compared to other products. But I found this really easy to use, and it did its job well! Little bit of heat, and it sucks away all the solder that it can. You'll know when to move to another part of the strand when the previous one is completely silver! Again, since I'm a newbie, it took me a bit to understand how to completely use it, but it suited my needs 100% and I will get it again in the future for sure.

Branding is often snake oil but every now and then you really do get what you pay for.This stuff's the real deal.IME it works far better than the "eh it's all the same" stuff you can pick up for half as much (or less).I've had a handful of rather stubborn PTH boards with long DIPs on my bench that got pretty jacked up and needed a lot of repair after using cheap braid — even with the assistance of a flux pen — that came clean almost effortlessly with this stuff and the same flux. The wick was the only variable.YMMV, though for my money keeping one of these on the bench and one replacement on hand is a lot cheaper and less frustrating than accidentally overworking a board.

My first time using a solder wick and I am very impressed. It does a great job removing solder from surfaces as well as from through-holes.

I used this for 60/40 resin core electrical solder. Wicks nicely and the right size for guitar electronics. I recommend it. Also, Not from China which is a plus. Especially with compliance and our economy in mind.

If you are a tinkerer and do soldering/rework as a hobby, you have probably had a terrible experience with solder wick. The cheap stuff that comes with most "kits" is cheap garbage. It's either oxidized, or has crappy flux (or none at all), and is way too coarse of a braid.This stuff is the real deal. It's expensive, yes, but it works. It does exactly as it claims to do. With a properly heated iron, it sucks up solder like nothing else. 2 stars on value for money, but 5 stars overall because it's worth the price.

This de-soldering wick works good. Much better than the generic stuff that comes with soldering irons. This wick almost immediately soaks up the solder which is great so you don't have to hold the hot iron too long on the item you're trying to fix.