Are you freaking kidding me?
$520
size of an UPC
dicky button UI
cant even reach set temperature at 1/3 airfrow
Its an expensive toy for people collecting expensive toys. Will look good next to makerbot replicator.
And owner says he never uset hotair for real before, no wonder he doesnt see anything wrong with it :/ ....
Get yourself on of those shitty looking chinese $60 (Its $30 on Aliexpress, $33 in Poland) hotairs Dave tested, whatever_brand_name 858D. They might look shitty, but they push hot air and work just the same. There is no thermal capacity issue like with traditional soldering irons, so there is no incentives to overpay for metcal/pace.
Meanwhile if you mean business $300 gets you 1kW 120L/min service center work horse, Quick 861 for example, that will solder on (haha a pun ..) 12 hours a day without breaking a sweat.
Seriously, W T F Metcal? Is this thing for working with wax? For small woman hands? Whats the reason for this product?