[AUS] Hakko Spares

[dave_k]

Recently I bought a Hakko FR-400 de-soldering station (very happy with it) and now I need to buy some new filters for it. The unit was purchased from RS but bizarrely they don't stock very many spares .. poo.

Specifically looking for part number A5019 and A1519.

Looking for recommendations for an Australian company to buy genuine spares from. Any ideas?

[dave_k]

Posted too soon .. found Mektronics in Sydney

https://www.mektronics.com.au

Seems they don't put all the spare parts available on their site, but were able to help over the phone.

 

[digsys]

We use both Mektronics and Oritech. https://www.oritech.com.au/  Oritech have a broader range of tools etc

[wasyoungonce]

Upton has Hakko A1549...

http://www.uptonaustralia.com.au/catalogsearch/result/?q=A1519

Ohhh...forgot...good old WES

https://www.wes.com.au/

[all_repair]

I bought a FR410, I am facing the same problem as you.
I am not sure is Hakko wanting to seriouslu sell this or not.  or  they are facing problem because of their very high price of acessories of this new family.  I want to stock up the nozzles.  The nozzle price is very high compare to their old family.  I wrote to the local Singapore office, there was no reply.  So I put a note at the hakko main website to the japanese.  Then I managed to get a reply from the Singapore asking for my list.  I gave her an order list of 2 of each nozzles, and told her to bring in for me.  But there was reply fom Hakko Singapore for 6 months now.  Now Hakko is playing a silly game to control their pricing worldwide, I used to buy direct from US or from China as I could get better price and service.  For the new FR410 and FR400, the price in Japan and Singapore is better, but they still many time that of the old nozzles.   I think I have placed too much faith in Hakko this time.  My FR410 is an white elephant now.  Just found that my old 474 could be repaired as the silicone film were damaged.