Am I the only one who finds conical soldering tips stupid?

 Am I the only one who finds conical soldering tips stupid?

No, you are not. I do not like them. Screwdriver aka chisel tips give you a flat surface to make better contact, causing better heat transfer.

Also the slant-cut cone tips are good for soldering surface mount ICs.

These are employed in a method of soldering called drag soldering, used on SMD IC pins.

https://youtu.be/hoLf8gvvXXU?t=6m41s

I hate that every soldering iron these days seems to come with a tiny conical tip. The really pointy ones do a terrible job transferring heat, and the solder wants to pull away from the very end.

I’ve been soldering since I was preteen, professionally since I was 19.