Heat guns

[Lee Schierer]

What is a good heat gun with adjustable temperature settings?

[Rich Engelhardt]

I hate Wagner stuff - but- in all fairness, my 35 year old Wagner heat gun has never let me down.

[Tom M King]

I have a number of them even including an old Master with a wooden handle that will not die. We have removed paint from whole houses using heat guns, with supplied air of course.

My absolute favorite, and the one I recommend to buy is this one. It's the only Wagner I've ever been impressed with, but it's the first one I grab now. It has a cool down function when you "turn it off". Tie the ends of the cords together so they can't come apart, which kills the cool down function.

Get this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M7OT2EM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Philip Glover]

I have a DeWalt D26960 with LCD that I have using for several years now and it has worked very well. My son uses it on skis and I use it in my shop on a regular basis.
The temperature is very easy to adjust with the LCD display.

Regards,

Phil

[Thomas McCurnin]

The Red Masters brand. You can control fan speed and heat. It also stands up.

[Jim Koepke]

A good selection here for research and pricing > https://www.jensentools.com/Search?query=variable%20heat%20gun&pageSize=36

Jensen prices may be higher than other sources, I do not know, haven't purchased from them in over 20 years.

jtk

[Clint Baxter]

I picked up this on from Milwaukee. https://www.acmetools.com/milwaukee-116amp-120v-variable-temperature-140-deg-f-1040-deg-f-heat-gun-8977-20/045242062881.html

Has worked well for me.

Clint

[Cameron Wood]

I have a Milwaukee one in the truck, but one like this in the shop- seems like it came from HF. It is very powerful, and the stand is handy- usually use it stationary like that.

Don't recall seeing any with adjustable temps beyond a two position switch, & don't see why that would be needed.

https://www.humboldtmfg.com/industrial-grade-heat-gun.html

[Tom M King]

I have several of those Masters including one so old that the handle is wooden and one of the 18.5 amp ones. The cord on the 18.5 amp one gets too hot after about a half hour running time, and needs to cool down for fifteen minutes.

The wooden handled one is decades old, and was even dropped off of scaffolding once. Broken pieces of the ceramic element insulation fell out of the end of it, but it still works and didn't need any replacement parts.

They are heavy for long term use though. The main reason I like the Wagner I linked earlier is that it's so light to use for extended periods. I like it best for stripping paint off of windows in place.

For the heat shrink/solder connectors, I have a little Wagner that is made for that kind of job. It's not that much slower for that job, but much easier to end up with a pretty connection. My first one of these was dropped off my desk and quit working. I ordered another one.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000X4SMRQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Roger Feeley]

A friend came over once to use my heat gun (black and decker) and it turned out that she needed a lot of heat and a smaller air stream. I have a harbor freight plastic welding outfit that worked for her. You control the heat by changing air flow.