I am not making a video on this item because quite honestly, this thing is complete trash. As you can see, the title clearly states it is made out of Aluminum and if you look at the pictures, you can clearly see it is NOT made out of aluminum.

I had high hopes of using this holder to help in soldering a lot of different items from battery terminals to bullet connectors. When I received it, something just felt off with it. It wasn't as heavy as I thought it would be. So I took it out of the package and I took it apart like I do with just about everything. That is when I noticed all of the cardboard that was stuck to the paint because they sat it down with the paint still wet. Just unacceptable.

The next thing I noticed was with the black paint. They put the black paint on before the red paint had dried. This caused the paint to crack and just look like complete crap.

I tried to put in some of the chinese T Plugs or Deans Plugs, and the ones with the grip on the outside will not fit. I tried these in a more expensive holder, and they would not fit in there either. Not a big deal there. But the XT60's were not fitting correctly because of the horribly thick paint and the flashing they painted over.

But I was still coming back to it not feeling right. If you clank the two pieces together, it just doesn't sound metallic. Maybe because of the paint thickness which is WAY too thick... Maybe. But I had to know for sure.

That is when I went out to the shop and I chucked up a small brand new drill bit in my drill press. This press spins a little faster than I wanted it to, but with high feed rates, I was able to get a good curled chip out of it. The rest was almost powder. But I kept going down, and nothing but black PLASTIC was coming out of it. This thing is absolutely NOT aluminum.

I have already sent an email to banggood about this one. This is clearly false advertising and they are trying to put one over on people. I hope this article and corresponding thread in the forum will keep others from purchasing this holder. There is another one like it that IS aluminum, it just doesn't have as many holes in it to hold the bullets, but it is machined, not cast. Or it looks machined in the pictures. I don't have one in my hands quite yet. But I'm trying.

So do not get this holder. It WILL melt and destroy your bullets, you can't just solder the male end of a deans plug even if you could get the good ones to fit because it is not deep enough.

Below are some pictures showing the absolute crap quality of this item. There is also a link so you can see the listing of the item, but whatever you do, do NOT purchase this item. HIGHLY NOT RECOMMENDED!!!

QX Aluminum Alloy Multifunctional Soldering Station XT60 XT90 T Banana Plug

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