[ryandamm]

I'm hardly an expert, but when I switched to lead-free solder (for the same reason, had a young kid around), the only change that helped me was soldering at a significantly higher temperature. The lead free stuff still doesn't behave quite as well as the leaded stuff -- hey, lead is useful! -- but I do feel a lot better about my garage. Though I did backslide when I had a project that required about 500 manual solder connections; after a few days of frustration I guiltily went back to lead, briefly.

[breckenedge]

Ditto. I switched to lead-free for custom keyboards and it didn’t seem too terrible, just had to dial in the temperature more closely to avoid damaging components.