“Tired these and found them to give intermittent connections on some pins. I discovered they weren't quite installed correctly (my fault). You have to be quite careful to get it right and you need the a jig (of some sort) to install them properly.
After all that messing around getting them installed, even without my mistake, I found it would have been better, quicker and easier just to solder them in to be honest.
Thanks,
James”
“Be careful these solderless headers are so easy to use and work so well your brain may take a holiday and you end up putting yor headers on the wrong way up!!!
Ignore previous review”
“Great idea and very useful, have a problem with the Automation pHAT the relay on the pHat board is in the way of the hammer plate of the jig. However as it is a female header it is relatively easy to use the jig without the m3 screws and hammer plate and just use the base of the jig and careful hammering. What I did was push the header on by hand until the pins protruded slightly, I then used the base of the jig on a hard flat surface and using the slightly protruding pins of the header located it on the jig. BE VERY CAREFUL at the end by the relay as it would be very easy to give it a knock, which I am sure it wouldn't enjoy.
Other than that these headers are a brilliant idea and ideal for us decrepit old men with shaky hands:-)”
“Since I don't have any solder skills, or equipment for that matter, this is a lifesaver tool!
In a few minutes, I managed to fit the male header on my Pi Zero and the female on the Scroll pHAT.
Truly amazing kit, excellent idea, made me buy my first pHAT.
Great work Pimoroni!”
“Well let's all remember the Raspberry Pi was designed to get kids into coding and now IoT (Internet of Things) but I always felt reluctant to allow my 9 year old daughter anywhere near a soldering iron, now she can come and help me build my projects with the GPIO Hammer Header (Solderless), also means I can build things quicker as I don't have to mess about soldering all the pins and messing them up.”
“This is a brilliant little idea for those without the skill (me) or the time (also me) to solder. Buy the kit, put your Pi Zero in the acrylic holder, place the acrylic plate over the guide bolts and across the header and tap away. I'm now using the header to accommodate a Picon Zero.
The Bilge Tank episode above will show you exactly what to do. I really can't stress enough how this placed something beyond my immediate reach firmly within my grasp. Thanks Pimoroni, the solderless header (and kit) is truly exceptional!”
“Bought the full kit (jig and headers), and the quality of parts is amazing. Laser cut jig is neat, and easily put together, pins are straight and very sturdy feeling.
Can't believe it's only ВЈ6 to be honest.
If you follow the instructions (via the YouTube bilge tank) you can't go wrong.
Keep up the amazing work guys! :thumbsup:”
