This is not a conversation about guns. This is a conversation about items that have withstood abuse that are near unbreakable.

Some items I have heard referenced as AK47 of:

Gerber MP600: It’s a multi tool

Old Thinkpad Laptops

Mag lights

Toyota Hilux

  • dangling_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Pinecil soldering iron. Cheap (only $26!), open source, portable, usbc powered. Even more powerful than $100 ones. I love that thing

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      Thanks for the suggestion, I was looking at buying another soldering iron. I’m using a really obscure brand one that I got from my dad and that I have been using since I was around 8 (30 years ago).

      I can only get replacement tips in South Africa so was looking for something with more support.

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        It has a display and even bluetooth. The Firmware is open source. The schematics are available.

        Imo open source is not that important for an iron unless you want to add a klingon translation. But the iron is pretty good, although it is often rather >50 bucks including shipping.

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        It has some fancy features to allow for custom heating presets among other things. Also, it means you can easily repair/modify the hardware for whatever reason you might come up with.

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          Also, it means you can easily repair/modify the hardware for whatever reason you might come up with.

          The ironic part is that you’d need a second soldering iron to do that.