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Pros & Cons
Pros
I was more than pleasantly surprised when i opened the package. The unit is extremely well built with sturdy steel and thick plastic construction. Shipping from the distributor was very prompt.
It works great! Been using it all day, absolutely love it. It is hands down better than any other i have used in labs at college or at work. Overall, works well.
This is a reputable copy of the widely popular hakko style iron. Also comes with the sponge bracket, and spool holder that all mount onto the iron holder itself. The included holder does work, it goes in at a angle and sets very securely.
This soldering station seems to be an excellent value. It's actually easier to learn how to solder if you get a real solder station like this, rather than a pencil or gun type iron.
This is a great station for a beginner. The sponge is thin, but who really cares at this price point. The single downside is that it comes with a sponge tray, because i always liked to used brass wool tip cleaners to lessen oxidation.
Cons
The the handle becomes too hot to handle after using for some time. This is just embarrassing for the company. Had better luck with standard 30w hardware store iron.
Highlights
Quality
I had it out of the box and my little project done within a few minutes and the quality seems good
I had a large fairly complicated project coming up and thought id upgrade a bit and it has made a tremendous improvment in both... Read More
I was going to purchase a hakko 936 but then they discontinued them and replaced them with the clownlooking fx888
Despite all the good reviews i was still surprised by the quality of this soldering station
Price
The price is outstanding and it worked perfectly on my first project
But considering the price is not much more than my crappy directplug soldering iron that didnt even come with a holder i am still happy
Shipping
Shipping from the distributor was very prompt
This is a reputable copy of the widely popular hakko style iron there are cheaper nonbranded ones available but buying it here ... Read More
I ordered an assortment of tips separately directly from sra solders website and paid very little for us mail shipping of those
Competitiveness
This iron certainly seems to be a better deal than that janky piece of plastic weller iron youd see around this same price range
Excellent value excellent product and nicely packaged plus everything youd want as a hobbiest
I understand this is a chinese knock off of a hako
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iron, great, good, quality and hot. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 120 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 4 2023.
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For a busy hobbyist you could do far worse than this one
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My temp dial wasnt accurate and was off about 510 degrees but i just adjusted it until i got the heat i need and marked it
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It got good reviews so i thought i would take a chance on it
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I cant believe all you get for the price of this
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For whatever reason mine does not get that hot
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It gets warm but no where near as hot as described
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The worst torture ive put this station through was soldering against the ground plane of an xbox360
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At one point i had to up the bore of the tip to accommodate a slight increase in radius of heating elements could just be shrinking of the metal over time
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