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A lot of you have made a good point about buying high quality tools to try out a hobby. The experience is vastly more positive when using proper tools. That's why you should do yourself a favor and get something like a Weller WES51. I picked up a WES51 years ago when I wanted to try soldering and I'll never have a reason to replace it.
Edit: I had this window open for a couple hours and in that time Danlab mentioned the same thing I just said no one mentioned =\ Should have refreshed before I started typing.
Edit: As Danlab mentioned and I mentioned on some other threads,,, get .015 (wire) or .020, .031 (joints). The solder in this kit looks to be .060 which is way to thick for small electronics. It's also 1/16 the amount of what you would normally get for $20.