Time I upgraded/replaced my Ebay solder station. It's going OK, but I would like something a little better quality (but I have not won the lottery!)
Any suggestions? I am looking for a soldering station with hot air gun for the bench and a separate 2230v, adjustable heat 'general use' iron as well. Probably 40W?
That solder station with the hot air gun is the one I have now.... works fine, just wondered if there were any better ones around that didn't cost silly money.
Only thing I had to do was extend the maddeningly short soldering iron and hot air gun leads.
I may just grab another one of these maybe, and a cheapy adjustable 120w stand-alone iron from Amazon then for when I am not at the bench.
Solder? Recommendations? Rosin, lead free? Mainly for light electronics. I never seem to buy the same one twice.
With a bit of care you can get some good used equipment. I purchased a complete Hakko 852 for about $75.00 to my door about 2 years ago. A week later I found a weller WESD51 for about $55.00, it still looks new. The 852 did not come with the hot air tips but that was minor as I have them for another unit. It looks brand new except for some added tags which would easily come off if I wanted. To be safe be sure you can return it if you are not happy and most important see what the cost to ship it back will be.