Finally got around to replacing the battery in my Razer Nari headset, after years of it only lasting <1 hour on battery power. Couldn’t get the soldering with my old iron after over an hour of fucking with it, got frustrated and went to home depot at 8:30 at night to get an iron that isn’t older than I am and one of those little clip holder things. Took less than 10 minutes to put the last 2 wires on with a functional tool. Got a new multimeter too. Forgot to take pictures of the completed job though, my bad.
It’s turning off during charging occasionally which i think means the first 2 connections might be fucked up, so i might go back and fix those and install the USB-C port I bought for it this weekend.
Man, yeah, people out there treat soldering like it’s this mystical art form where a lot of things can go wrong or be mysteriously off or super hard.
For most easy repairs it’s very straightforward. There are tons of videos of people fixing things on Youtube and anybody can probably replicate a decent solder joint for a cable or a larger PCB component after watching a couple. Tiny surface mounted stuff may be beyond a cheap iron and some patience, but if all you need is to swap something connected with wires or replace a blown fuse you can probably figure it out.