I’d been thinking about adding wood-burning to my list of hobbies for a few months and struggled to find reliable products and resources. A few weeks ago I was watching a showcase video of the TruArt kits so I checked out other reviews, pictures, videos, and quickly decided that I’d go with this one.

I am super happy. It arrived quickly (did not pay for priority shipping or anything) and I tested it right away. It’s straightforward and easy to use, works great, and is super comfortable to work with. Aside from the product itself, TruArt provides great video walkthroughs and such and the customer service was excellent. The only things to watch out for are:

1) the brass tips are quite malleable when heated at the higher setting [mine was a tiiiny bit crooked by the time I finished my project], but that’s to be expected and not the manufacturer’s fault, plus they do an excellent job at warning you and giving you tips to prevent it with little notes inside of the kit. I just applied a little too much pressure at one point, which it does explicitly advise against doing
And 2) after using the wand for a prolonged period of time, the plastic between the metal piece and rubber grip gets pretty warm. It doesn’t bother me as I’m used to heat on my hands and not very prone to burns – plus I’m not sure if it gets hot enough to burn – though I’d recommend using a thin pair of gloves if you plan on taking on something more time-consuming! Again though, I don’t think that’s a fault on the manufacturer’s part, just a note to other potential buyers for the sake of convenience 🙂

I 100% recommend this if you’re looking to get into wood-burning!