“I tried fitting a couple these (male and female) with the Jig, both with limited success.
In the first instance not all the pins went into the holes, a couple pushed back through the plastic so they did not give good contact so had to solder them anyway.
In the second case I got all good contacts but the pins were bent.
The pins on these hammer headers are not as strong as the solderable ones and seem to be easily bent.
Also frequent removal and replacement of my hats soon bends them too.
I'm not sure I'll bother with them again, as they are just not strong enough.
Guess I'll have to learn to solder.”
“the instructions are slightly different to the reality.
it actually comes with a few nuts that you should use to hold the pi in place.
also, the pi and the plastic started to bend, after a bit of hammering, because there is a noticeable gap underneath which is introduced by the screw heads. i found i had to put a bit of folded paper between the screw heads to actually get the the pins to slot into the pi, instead of just bending in the middle.
but otherwise no problems, simple stuff”
“Honestly, just solder pins on. Don't misunderstand these work but they don't work as hastle free as you think it would. If you are really bad at soldering then yes, this might be a good answer for you so you don't have solder all over the gaf. For me though all it did was break the plastic camera port insert and as far as I can tell no one sells spares of that piece.
If you can solder, don't bother buying this, if you have trouble soldering or just want a solder free solution, give this a try.
One thing I will admit though, it is faster than soldering.”
