Lead solder vs lead-free solder vs silver solder

One of the very popular statements regarding soldering, especially on a hobby-grade usage, is that lead-free solder sucks and what you need is an excellent Sn60Pb40 lead solder! Everything else does not want to flow, clods and such lead-free solder joint is garbage. Hobbyists should forget about lead-free solder! Last time I checked (a few years ago), it was the absolute truth. All the lead-free solders I tested back then were crap.
A few years passed, and I decided to check what changed on the field of soldering. I went shopping, got a brand new Sn60Pb40 solder, lead-free with copper (Cynel Sn99,3Cu0,7), and lead-free with silver (3,8% of silver) and checked how they behave. The results are not that obvious like years ago...

Cynel Sn99,3Cu0,7 Lead-free solder
Cynel Sn60Pb40 Lead solder
WBT Ag3,8 Silver solder

0:00 Intro
4:22 Lead solder test
6:03 Lead-free solder with copper
9:36 Lead-free solder with silver
13:47 Outro

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