maybe I am a bit naive?
If you think it is genuine, you are naive;
If you think you may be naive, you are not naive enough,
No one, other than the manufacturers (Weller or the people faking Weller irons) can tell for you. But chances are that they are fake.
The only sure way is to ask Weller.
maybe I am a bit naive?
If you think it is genuine, you are naive;
If you think you may be naive, you are not naive enough,
No one, other than the manufacturers (Weller or the people faking Weller irons) can tell for you. But chances are that they are fake.
The only sure way is to ask Weller.
Good point!!
Yeah its 4x the price in this country for an Iron, I did think they are fake looking at the cable as it's different to mine, but maybe Weller has cheaped out on cable as even on the Weller website the cable isn't as good as my current WSP80 which is a few years old!
I did think they are fake looking ...
I would agree as well.
However, I am not totally sold on the "genuine" fetish: if a fake works as well as a genuine, does it matter that it is not a genuine?
I have used a few fake 936 stations, made quite a few of them for me and my friends. I would say that based on my experience there, I would NOT pay top dollar for a genuine station.
Now, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't as I have no experience with this particular iron. Depending on the economics and your risk tolerance / expectation, it may not be a bad idea to buy a fake iron ***knowingly***.
I did think they are fake looking ...
I would agree as well.
However, I am not totally sold on the "genuine" fetish: if a fake works as well as a genuine, does it matter that it is not a genuine?
I have used a few fake 936 stations, made quite a few of them for me and my friends. I would say that based on my experience there, I would NOT pay top dollar for a genuine station.
Now, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't as I have no experience with this particular iron. Depending on the economics and your risk tolerance / expectation, it may not be a bad idea to buy a fake iron ***knowingly***.
Clone and fake of some items are okay and i've bought a few different things. However this isn't a cheap station, think it cost me around £400+ but that was a few years ago.
If the heating element was cheap I'd buy a knock off iron and put a genuine heating element in it, but they are near the price of a new iron!
What a rip off!
Does anyone use this iron for long time? I bought it as reserve iron, tried and stay to use as main iron. During last several months it works perfect, exactly as original I have. Heating speed and/or heat power, mechanical robustness, all is ok