The Best Soldering Stand

**A Review of the Omnifixo Soldering Station**

As an electronics enthusiast and hobbyist, I'm always on the lookout for tools that can help me streamline my workflow and improve my overall soldering experience. Recently, I've had the opportunity to try out the Omnifixo soldering station, and I must say that it's been a game-changer for me.

**The Design and Features**

One of the first things I noticed about the Omnifixo is its sleek and compact design. The base plate has a metal construction with rubber pads underneath, which provides stability and prevents it from slipping on any surface. The plate also has measurements marked on it, making it easy to adjust the position of the jaws. One of my favorite features of the Omnifixo is its magnetic attachment system. The ball head is securely attached to the base via a strong magnet, allowing for a wide range of motion and ease of use. Additionally, the jaws are parallel to each other, rather than angled or pitched, which provides even pressure on small objects.

**Conductive Jaws**

Another feature that I really appreciate about the Omnifixo is its conductive jaws. These allow me to hook my power supply directly into the clips themselves, making it easy to test power through them without having to disconnect any connections. This has been a lifesaver for me when working with small electronics and LED lights, as it eliminates the need for separate power sources or probes.

**Portability and Storage**

But what really sets the Omnifixo apart is its portability and storage options. The base itself can be easily removed from the plate and stored in a compact box, making it easy to take on the go. And speaking of storage, I recently printed out a user-designed storage box using Thingiverse, which has been a great way to keep my soldering iron and electronics organized while still being portable.

**Hands-On Experience**

In terms of hands-on experience, I've found that the Omnifixo is incredibly reliable and durable. The jaws hold even small objects securely in place, even when working with thin wire or delicate electronics. And despite its compact size, it's surprisingly powerful – I can easily hold multiple leads together while soldering without worrying about them coming loose.

**Final Thoughts**

Overall, I'm thoroughly impressed with the Omnifixo soldering station. Its design is both functional and convenient, making it a must-have for anyone who regularly works with small electronics or LED lights. The conductive jaws, magnetic attachment system, and portability make it an invaluable tool in my workshop. If you're in the market for a new soldering station, I highly recommend checking out the Omnifixo – I think you'll find that it's well worth the investment.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey everybody it's Norm from tested and I have a really really quick tool tip a tool recommendation for you today a couple weeks back I did a Model making project which involved some soldering and I saw a few people ask as I showed the soldering process what was the soldering stand that I was using I realized I hadn't talked about this yet and it is one of my favorite things so even though it's not the end of the year yet we're going to talk about one of my favorite things of this past year which is this the omnifixo soldering stand and it's a small compact soldering station I think great for small workplaces like I do on my cutting mats on my workbench um we've seen dozens if not hundreds of different soldering stands that you can buy Adam has his favorite we have the one in the tested workshop and by and large you know you're looking for something that can hold a small piece of electronics or wire steadily in place maybe multiple items in place as you solder them together a lot of them have you know these kind of flexible arms or gooseneck arms and then you have like your standard alligator clips I can't stand alligator clips for soldering I hate the pinch point I hate sometimes that when you get really thin wire like these micro LEDs they actually don't stay very well in place and the long goose necks actually make it difficult for me to place small objects close together I see sometimes a little bit of wobble a little bit of flex maybe great for larger objects but for the type of small tiny LED soldering that I do really inconvenient and so pick this guy up omnifixo it's been out for a couple years but I just discovered it this past year and it's it's simple so there's a metal plate here that sets has a little you know some rubber pads underneath sits here yes you got some some measurement on the side your millimeters your inches and it comes with the four of these little uh these holders these are magnetically attached so this really strong magnet in this Yellow base here see that that plops down pretty loudly there you go and then you have this ball head which just sits on the magnet it's not tightened or anything it literally just sits on the magnet and gives you this wide range of motion which nice but my favorite thing number one is that the Jaws here are parallel you see parallel Jaws not angular and pitch or and Pinchy but parallel so that when I have a piece here it's not it's going to apply relatively even pressure across even something like Electronics board here and look at that range of movement look how steady that can be I'm not soldering these things together but just demonstrating the even when I'm talking about really thin wire this lead here holds that firmly in place I need to solder that to something else these grips have some cushioning which you can remove sometimes I find myself preference to remove them but they're fine you can actually replace them as well and very easy to move these around with both the ball head and the Magnetic base now the other thing I also really love about this is that they're conductive so you can actually if I clip let's say a lead here and a lead here this is one of the reasons I would not use the pads you can actually hook your power supply right to the ends of the clips and run power through them to do your power test uh to you know to gauge your your amperage all that right on the clips themselves let me actually get a USB power supply demonstrate here let me get a USB power supply to demonstrate so if we remove this sleeve and I'm just holding this right here and right here I can actually clip the alligator clips from my power supply let me turn that on to create the correct voltage so I can then just clip the alligator wire from my power supply onto here and light up my tiny LED and then still move this around without disconnecting that connection again super convenient you can also one other neat trick really thoughtful design is you can take one of these flip it upside down and place it on the circle here and you can run power from this connection through it or through or make it your ground so I can make that my ground clip on here and then whatever I clip to the top of this these Jaws will end up being grounded uh my last favorite thing is how portable this thing is so the omnifixo also if you go to their website you can pick this up you can also download on printables or thingiverse a user designed storage box I printed this just out of some pla with carbon fiber so very nice and rigid and this can store my soldering iron foreign here you can store some electronic bits and Bobs now if I have some some wire I need to put in here I can put these grippers in here maybe separate them from the base there goes my soldering station and then the omnifixo Nestles in and you can attach magnets to it and becomes a portable soldering station that you can take with you on the go love this design I cannot say enough good things about it I've been really enjoying using this for the past couple months if you're going to see this in future videos and I highly recommend it if you have a small working environment if you're going to be soldering small LED lights um and you want to check this out I'll include links to where you can pick this up in the description below totally worth it and you're getting one of my favorite things earlier in the year so thank you so much for watching happy soldering and we'll see you next time foreignhey everybody it's Norm from tested and I have a really really quick tool tip a tool recommendation for you today a couple weeks back I did a Model making project which involved some soldering and I saw a few people ask as I showed the soldering process what was the soldering stand that I was using I realized I hadn't talked about this yet and it is one of my favorite things so even though it's not the end of the year yet we're going to talk about one of my favorite things of this past year which is this the omnifixo soldering stand and it's a small compact soldering station I think great for small workplaces like I do on my cutting mats on my workbench um we've seen dozens if not hundreds of different soldering stands that you can buy Adam has his favorite we have the one in the tested workshop and by and large you know you're looking for something that can hold a small piece of electronics or wire steadily in place maybe multiple items in place as you solder them together a lot of them have you know these kind of flexible arms or gooseneck arms and then you have like your standard alligator clips I can't stand alligator clips for soldering I hate the pinch point I hate sometimes that when you get really thin wire like these micro LEDs they actually don't stay very well in place and the long goose necks actually make it difficult for me to place small objects close together I see sometimes a little bit of wobble a little bit of flex maybe great for larger objects but for the type of small tiny LED soldering that I do really inconvenient and so pick this guy up omnifixo it's been out for a couple years but I just discovered it this past year and it's it's simple so there's a metal plate here that sets has a little you know some rubber pads underneath sits here yes you got some some measurement on the side your millimeters your inches and it comes with the four of these little uh these holders these are magnetically attached so this really strong magnet in this Yellow base here see that that plops down pretty loudly there you go and then you have this ball head which just sits on the magnet it's not tightened or anything it literally just sits on the magnet and gives you this wide range of motion which nice but my favorite thing number one is that the Jaws here are parallel you see parallel Jaws not angular and pitch or and Pinchy but parallel so that when I have a piece here it's not it's going to apply relatively even pressure across even something like Electronics board here and look at that range of movement look how steady that can be I'm not soldering these things together but just demonstrating the even when I'm talking about really thin wire this lead here holds that firmly in place I need to solder that to something else these grips have some cushioning which you can remove sometimes I find myself preference to remove them but they're fine you can actually replace them as well and very easy to move these around with both the ball head and the Magnetic base now the other thing I also really love about this is that they're conductive so you can actually if I clip let's say a lead here and a lead here this is one of the reasons I would not use the pads you can actually hook your power supply right to the ends of the clips and run power through them to do your power test uh to you know to gauge your your amperage all that right on the clips themselves let me actually get a USB power supply demonstrate here let me get a USB power supply to demonstrate so if we remove this sleeve and I'm just holding this right here and right here I can actually clip the alligator clips from my power supply let me turn that on to create the correct voltage so I can then just clip the alligator wire from my power supply onto here and light up my tiny LED and then still move this around without disconnecting that connection again super convenient you can also one other neat trick really thoughtful design is you can take one of these flip it upside down and place it on the circle here and you can run power from this connection through it or through or make it your ground so I can make that my ground clip on here and then whatever I clip to the top of this these Jaws will end up being grounded uh my last favorite thing is how portable this thing is so the omnifixo also if you go to their website you can pick this up you can also download on printables or thingiverse a user designed storage box I printed this just out of some pla with carbon fiber so very nice and rigid and this can store my soldering iron foreign here you can store some electronic bits and Bobs now if I have some some wire I need to put in here I can put these grippers in here maybe separate them from the base there goes my soldering station and then the omnifixo Nestles in and you can attach magnets to it and becomes a portable soldering station that you can take with you on the go love this design I cannot say enough good things about it I've been really enjoying using this for the past couple months if you're going to see this in future videos and I highly recommend it if you have a small working environment if you're going to be soldering small LED lights um and you want to check this out I'll include links to where you can pick this up in the description below totally worth it and you're getting one of my favorite things earlier in the year so thank you so much for watching happy soldering and we'll see you next time foreign\n"