10 Best Soldering Fingers And Helping Hands

Best soldering helping hands-fingers (1)

We have covered best Soldering Iron, Soldering Pastes, and wires but we missed the soldering fingers and helping hands to the list. To round off our soldering equipment, we have now compiled a list of 10 best soldering helping hands. These come in “handy” when you need to do extra fine work and the use of 2 hands requires a little more help.

Pro’sKit 900-015 Helping Hands Soldering Aid(13$)

Pro'sKit 900-015 Helping Hands Soldering Aid

These are two simple alligator clips which are mounted on a base to aid in soldering operations. Good built quality
You can get one here

Hobby Creek Helping Hands (45$)

Hobby Creek Helping Hands

This kit has four flexible arms. The base is made from aluminum ensuring stability, alligator clips are also covered with heat resistant material
You can get one here

QuadHands Four Armed Helping Hands for Soldering(48$)

QuadHands Four Armed Helping Hands for Soldering

Like no.9 these are also four flexible helping hands. But the base on this kit is much heavier and covers more surface are thus ensuring stability even with heavier circuits.
You can get one here

Elenco Soldering Station with LED Illuminated Magnifying Lens (49$)

Elenco Soldering Station with LED Illuminated Magnifying Lens

This is actually a low-end soldering station rather than just soldering helping hands. The magnifying glass on this also is a plus, though the alligator clips are not flexible like the last one.
You can get one here

ML TOOLS 3.5x12x 3rd Helping Hand (17$)

ML TOOLS 3.5x12x 3rd Helping Hand

Almost similar to no.7 but at a much more affordable cost.  This station also has built-in LED lights, therefore superior visibility.
You can get one here

Helping Hand with Magnifier(6.22$)

Helping Hand with Magnifier Soldering Fingers And Helping Hands

At just 6.22$ you can get one of the best soldering helping hands. It has a 2-1/2-Inch, 2X Magnifying Glass which is of far superior quality as compared to others.
You can get one here

SE MZ101 Helping Hand with Magnifying Glass(5.10$)

SE MZ101 Helping Hand with Magnifying Glass

This tools has a 4X magnifying glass. It is made by one of the popular manufacturers “SE”, which means there will be consistency in quality and durability.
You can get one here

Docooler Helping Hand (8$)

Docooler Soldering Fingers And Helping Hands

A flexible neck  adjustable magnifying glass on this one gives it extra point. The alligator clips are also coated with heat resistant material along with LED’s for better visibility.
You can get one here

SE MZ1013FL Helping Hand Magnifier with Flexible Neck LED Flashlight(12$)

SE MZ1013FL Helping Hand Magnifier with Flexible Neck LED Flashlight

This helping hand is also made by SE one of the premium manufacturers. This model has a 8″ flexible neck flashlight with a super bright LED and a heavy duty cast iron base.
You can get one here

SE MZ101B Helping Hand with Magnifying Glass(6.7$)

SE MZ101B Helping Hand with Magnifying Glass

This SE model is an Amazon.com best seller. The 2 alligator clips are mounted on 4-way swivels which give the equipment flexibility in work.
You can get one here

Which Soldering Fingers And Helping Hands is more of your style?

3 comments

  1. Hung Hoang Reply

    Thanks, your information is actually very helpful for everyone related to soldering. You have shared a great collection of helping hands.

  2. Rick Kraft Reply

    I can tell you the helping hand units with small bases are less useful than ones with big flat bases. I have #1 but it’s finicky and easy to turn especially for people with larger hands. The magnifying glass would have been better on a metal gooseneck!

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