@Felthry i... umm, hadn't ever thought to use anything other than a heat gun. interesting.
@patchwork We use a heat gun most of the time but when we can't be bothered to get it out and deal with how loud it is and how it has to continue being loud afterward to cool itself down, we have a bic lighter in the lab
we are very much not in the "touch it with the soldering iron" or "carefully use a blowtorch" camp though, both of those have too much risk of damaging or burning stuff
we've never used a flameless butane heat source either but that's just because they're not common anymore
-F
@patchwork yeah soldering irons are a bit too intense for most heatshrink (though we got this one type once that we couldn't even get to shrink with a soldering iron, only managed to make that shrink by holding it in the flame of a lighter for several seconds)
the usual way to use a lighter for it is to just sweep the flame back and forth so you don't have it in one spot for too long. it's quite easy actually, works really well
-F
@Felthry @patchwork yeah seconding this. The biggest hazard for me is burning my fingertips.
:thinking: mini heat guns should exist.