Benm
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What he's saying is that normal regulated irons use overpowered heating elements so they can heat up quickly and maintain heat when doing a lot of soldering. Using this approach, you cannot get the heating element any hotter than it did before or make it heat up any faster, you can only lower the temperature.
Indeed.. the regulation is nice because you're soldering kit will be at working temperature in record time, and will supply additional power when you're trying to solder something large (a heatsink flange, copper-clad boards to eachother etc).
I suppose circuits like these are still good if you have an iron that runs too hot for your liking as it is.