Category: Tools

If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Here’s everything you need to know about the history and usability of our favorite tools, so you can pick the right one for the job.

Tools

Meet Megalodon: The Home Repair Kit We Kept Wishing We Had

We make repair tools for a living, so when something breaks at home, we reach for our own kits. But one problem kept coming up. You know the jobs. Clearing…

July 1, 2026

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Product Design

How We Built a 100-Watt Soldering Iron During Supply Chain Hell

Last year, we released our first-ever electronic tool, the FixHub Portable Soldering Iron, and we’ve been honored to see that the tech community has shared our excitement about it. If…

October 10, 2025

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Scandal

Are These Multi-Billion Dollar Companies Ripping Off iFixit?

Companies copying other companies is nothing new. Sometimes it’s trivial, like when Dell copied Apple’s terrible naming scheme. Sometimes it’s annoying, like when Huawei decided it was a great idea…

July 24, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Skills

Why All Musicians Need a Good Soldering Iron

Hey musicians! Instead of letting the GAS get the better of you and buying yet another guitar/synth/FX box that you’ll spend time learning and then sell on in a few months, why…

July 11, 2025

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Tools

FixHub Is Here: Our Sold-Out Portable Soldering Line Is Shipping Now

UPDATE: As of August 28, 2025, FixHub products are back in stock across all iFixit.com stores: US, CA, AU, EU, UK, DE, FR, and IT. After months of demand and…

July 1, 2025

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Repairability

Apple Finally Admits That The iPad Is A Beast To Repair

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers’ Conference is going on now. But we’re still reeling from some other recent Apple news: Apple has finally completed its multi-year plan to provide parts and…

June 9, 2025

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

iFixit

Which iFixit Toolkit Should You Buy?

This post was originally published December 2020; it was updated in January 2025. You can get great values out of the tool and driver combos in our toolkits, but sometimes all…

January 22, 2025

by Craig Lloyd - iFixit

Tools

Introducing the Pro Tech Go Toolkit

Your stuff doesn’t wait for the perfect time to break, so why should you? Whether it’s a buzzing laptop fan right before an important Zoom call, a drone acting up…

January 7, 2025

by Manuel Haeussermann - iFixit

Tools

How, and When, Our Smart Iron Outputs 100 Watts

We’re really excited about FixHub, our new smart soldering system. In a new series of posts, we’re going to take a deep dive into how it works and some of…

January 3, 2025

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Tech News

We Are Shipping FixHub Preorders

Today is a big day for us here at iFixit—and for you. After years of development, testing, and invaluable feedback from the repair community, our FixHub Portable Soldering Station, Smart…

October 15, 2024

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit