HAY GUISE! SPARKFUN ADDED AWESUM NEW STUF 2DAY. DA PICTURZ WERE SUPER BORING NERD STUF SO I ADDED SUM AWESOME KITTEHS TO THEM. THA WUN ABUV IZ AN ADORUBLE RED HAIRED KITTEH OVER DA SPARKFUN SOLDERING IRON KIT! IT’S SUPER KEWLS FOR SURE.
HAH, I DUNNO WHAT THIS DOES BUT LOOK AT DAT KEWT KITTEH DAT JUS OPEN ‘IS LIL EYES. SO KEWT!
LAST IS DIS KITTEH. HE IS IMPRESHED BAI DA SPARKFUN MAGIC BLUE SMOKE REFILLING KIT. I DUN RELLY UNDASTAND DIS, BUT I THINKS DAT WHEN NERDS PHAIL DIS BLUE SMOKE COMES OUTS N DATS WHAT MADES DAT PUTER STUFF WERK. I DUN RELLY GET ITS CAUS’ I GETS DA LIBRARY LADY HELPS ME WID DA PUTERS.
FIRSTEST!!!
T3H LIEZ!!!11!
ohnoway kitties !
makin the electronics, look at them go
SO KEWT!
Sometimes we just need a laugh instead of a hack? I guess so ;-)
I guess the real april fools joke is that they lied about the previous joke being the last :P
It strikes me as odd that one would need a soldering iron to assemble the soldering iron kit.
danks foe youseing lanquage i understnd
APRIL FAWLZ GUIS!!!!!
@Thopter
Long ago, the first soldering iron was hatched from an egg. From that iron, all others have been created.
OH MY GOD! Your not goint to start hacking kittens now are you!?
PS, thats a realy nice soldering iron controler, I have the same thing basicaly, looks exactly the same appart from the lable, the Quick 936A, both of coarse are knockoffs of the Hako 936A. either way, this makes spares and tips cheap and easily available. I’ve left mine on overnight without burning out a tip…
Sad thing is this, this would be a best seller if it did exist and I know I would have 5 of them.
Blue smoke that is.
April Fools? More like April FAILs amirite?
Is it me or the cat shit completely fucked up the joke and is in no way deceptive as per April’s Fool Rule #376:
“Thou shalt not make it evident it is a joke.”
MAD SKILLZ!!!
geeez *(rolls eyes)*
is there nothing more lame than
suburban white boys trying to sound “ghetto” ?
#1 – Lolcats – Funny 5-10 years ago.
#2 – DON’T waste your money on Hakko 936 knock-offs – The real thing is WORTH it! If you want new, buy one from a place like all-spec that has specials regularly. Otherwise, buy one secondhand on eBay. The knockoffs have horrible irons, the handles get so hot at higher temps that you can’t touch them. Hakko models use the same tips, so if you’re a cheapass, get a hakko 936 and buy cheap tips!!! I prefer the nice tips because they last waaaay longer if you take care of them.
WHAT THE HELL –
I just checked sparkfun’s website, they are asking MORE for a crappy Aouye 936 knock-off than all-spec sells a BRAND NEW HAKKO FOR!!!
Wow, sparkfun. F you. Those stations are worth $35 max. WTF?????
STAY AWAY FROM SPARKFUN!!! HOLY FREAKING RIP-OFF!!! OH MY GOD. How have I not noticed this before!?!?!?!??!?!?!
That one well deserves the LOLKIT tag!:)
@Hirudinea
What do you think CAT5 is made of…
@Kyle
It is of course an April Fools Day joke.
@Thopter I like that the link to the product they recommend to help build it is itself.
ahah cat5 .. rofflecopter
I knew before even checking my rss feeds that most content today was going to be April Fools related, so I expected very little in the way of substance, and boy did I get it. =P
At least the comments have been really fun to read today.
I have the SparkFun 936B iron and it works fine, I’ve run it at full temperature for hours and the handle does not get hot at all. The real model number is Atten 936B (that’s what the boards inside are labeled as). I got mine for free on Free Day and it is a very good iron for the price (even at $40) when compared against cheap RadioShack irons that I had been using.
hahaha?
@G
I’m not talking about the April Fools joke – I went to sparkfun’s website and saw the *real* price on a hakko knockoff soldering station – Sparkfun is asking more than the real thing costs!!! I knew their prices were very high for a lot of stuff that they sell, but damn!!!
YAY KITTEHS!!!
I would like to know where can I get an Hakko 936 for 30$, really, show me that and I buy 2, even in ebay they are like 70-80$ and want like 60$ to ship to Europe, really…
I was pleasantly surprised to see that the Rotary Encoder Breakout and the Audio Frequency Multiplexer were very real.
Much LOL @ the Magic Smoke Injector Kit
lol bluesmoke and all dof thing are april fools jokes obvi
ROBOKITTEH NEEDZ HIS NOMS AND HIS NOMS ARE BATTERYS LOL
@hekilledmywire
I have purchased two on eBay in the last year for under $35 each. One came with an iron, one didn’t. No big deal, irons are cheap. The fact of the matter is that sparkfun is asking $79.95 for a crappy knock off of this very model, when you can get the real thing online for $69.99 + S/H!!! That is hilarious. I guess they must get a lot of suckers for them to keep the price that high. It’s a shame if you ask me.
pudding!
Lol this isn’t an april fools joke, just a simple attempt at trolling.
Aren’t April fools jokes supposed to be intelligently thought out so that you’re left scratching your head wondering if the joke is actually real?
This is plain shit.
I wish it worked. I could really use some.