If you have ever tried to solder a wire on a windy job site, inside a ute, or halfway up a ladder, you already know how annoying cords can be. I learned this the hard way while fixing a broken LED strip on a caravan outside Perth. The extension lead kept pulling loose, and by the time I finally got power, the joint had cooled down. That day I decided a cordless soldering iron was not just a nice thing to have, it was a must. That is where the milwaukee m12 soldering iron really starts to make sense for people working across Australia.