Helping Hands Soldering Circuit Board Holder Magnetic Third Hand Tools with 3X LED Magnifying Lamp, 360 Hot Air Gun Holder, Flexible Metal Arms Heavy Duty Base Electronic Repair Tool Magic Hand

Bought this to accompany a new soldering station and couldn't be happier with the product. Comes with a heavy-ish bottom plate and some rubber feet to help keep the base steady, even when the arms are bent out at an angle. It comes with a great ring light and magnifying glass that has a long flexible arm and a magnetic base that allows you to easily position the light over your work. There are a couple of long arms and a couple of short arms that have insulated alligator clips on the end, great for clamping wires or small circuit boards. The flexible arms allow you to position the workpiece in pretty much any direction. Theres also an adjustable rigid arm with a clamp for bigger pieces but I really haven't used that accessory much. Overall, it's a great addition to my solder station. Highly recommended!

I have tried a few of the cheaper helping hands setups before and always been disappointed, but I'm really impressed with this one. The base plate has a decent amount of weight so it doesn't slide around on you. The magnetic bases are strong and solid. The flexible arms are properly stiff and stay where you put them, but still flexible enough to reach however they need to. The small "hand" clamps are really just alligator clips, but with two or three of them clipped to a work piece, it holds nicely in place and resists moving under pressure (doesn't move when using a soldering iron, etc). The posts work well for holding items both with their tips and sides so they're pretty flexible. The magnifier isn't large, but has a reasonable magnification, and the light source could be a little brighter, but is generally adequate for supplementary light if you've got other ambient lighting in your workspace anyway. The large clamp is actually very useful. It can hold a hot air gun, as suggested, but I found it was also great for holding probes in place, or even more cumbersome work pieces. I also discovered it works perfectly to hold my 7-inch-screen digital microscope, actually making this thing better than the stand it came with, and making it so much easier to see everything when working on small fiddly bits! Note: The single knob on the clamp arm does fully tighten _all_ the joints. However, you may need to really crank it to get everything properly tight. When I did this properly I found it could actually hold a fair amount of weight without moving, too. The only negative I've found so far is that the light uses a USB power cable, but does not come with a USB power supply to plug it into, so you will need to supply your own (but nowadays who doesn't have a few of those floating around?)

Great product, I needed something that was small for my desk, but still was big enough for me to be able to work. the peace that comes with it. They are super great, the vice holds easily and firmly, and the arms are great. Everything is not locked in one place, so you can work around or even not use pieces as you see fit. I 3d print, but after I print out my peace i needed a place to work on them more. I make pieces for the project I'm working on and then put them all together. pant them and so on. I also make custum peaces i need to work them out and piece them together. This little work station is a Big help. for my small Art projects. I am not including a picture because the product pictures show it all as it is.

Look no further than this for a great professional helping hands kit. The magnets are very powerful which hold the metal bendable stands.. This would probably hold a whole Xbox 360 slim board without heat sync not that it was intended too.. The light with magnifying glass is not a cheap gimmick its actually a really complementing touch and the light has 3 modes its powerful and great Hope this review helps extremely satisfied!!

Amazing set! Very helpful not just with soldering, but with many other tasks (cleaning small parts, etc). I wish lens was better quality, but for the price - VERY STURDY set! The metal base is heavy, has 3m rubber legs if needed. The arms work great 10/10!