It does not have an internal battery but can use any battery pack that can do 100W output.

I pre-ordered this for a few reasons. One, my experience with butane irons was very different than yours I guess. I hated how long they took and how finicky they were. Then I had to find a safe place to put it while it cooled. This has a cap that can handle the high temp with no issue.

When I need a portable iron it’s to do small quick soldering with long waits in between. This seems perfect for that.

The deck is basically my balatro machine. It’s great for it.

The reason vscode is so popular is because it is far more efficient than the electron app it’s based on. Atom was slow and the worst resource hog I’ve ever seen.

The plugin ecosystem and great built-in support for the most popular languages keep it popular.