Electronics Soldering Kit

Opened it up. Soldering looks quality.

Having relied on others' XLR cables on numerous occasions until I got one with bad connections and no soldering kit available, I decided to get my own cable for audio recording on film shoots. There are lots of cables out there, even cheaper ones that are good enough to get the job done, but I chose this cable because of the different colors available. Every location I've been, it's always black XLR cables, but to see a different colored one, blue, in this case, it's easy to spot my cable and for it to not get mixed up with someone else's kit. I inspected the soldering on both ends and it looks solid. The piece that clamps onto the cable housing when tightening the cap on the connector really clamps tightly causing a depression mark on the cable housing as opposed to some knockoff brands I've seen that allows it to have some play when tight eventually causing separation of the soldered wires. I figure they call it Star-Quad because both ends have dual wires soldered to each tab and one thicker gauge wire soldered to the ground tab. The clamping piece also separates from the 3-pin housing allowing for re-soldering if necessary, but I doubt I'll have to do that anytime soon. Glad I got this.

The most needed tool for soldering jobs.

Easy soldering job and worked great!

I bought this as a backup to the battery charger that came with my kit.� One thing I learned years ago with electronics is you should always have a backup battery.

I bought this as a backup to the battery that came with my kit.� One thing I learned years ago with electronics is you should always have a backup battery.� I was amazed at how tiny it is, but it has certainly held it's charge with extended use.

Quality electronics.

A must if you work on electronics.

Easy to replace with basic soldering skills. Good work Sennheiser.

Perfect if you just wanna to hook ready cables, and don't have experiences of soldering!