Author Topic: Stand alone Hot Air station recommendations please  (Read 1566 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline kPATmTopic starter

  • Regular Contributor
  • *
  • Posts: 110
  • Country: gb
Stand alone Hot Air station recommendations please
« on: September 20, 2017, 02:42:50 pm »
Well after my post about solder station recommendations I ended up going for the TS100 which as you know ISN'T a solder station :-)

Anyway now Im looking at picking up a seperated Hot Air Station. I will probably wait till my birthday and ask the Mrs to get this so im not in a huge hurry. My budget is about £50. Thanks
 

Offline daybyter

  • Frequent Contributor
  • **
  • Posts: 397
  • Country: de
Re: Stand alone Hot Air station recommendations please
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2017, 11:19:54 pm »
One of those 858 clones?



I got mine for about 30 bucks and it works great so far.
 

Offline kPATmTopic starter

  • Regular Contributor
  • *
  • Posts: 110
  • Country: gb
Re: Stand alone Hot Air station recommendations please
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2017, 11:33:04 pm »
Thats what Iv been looking at. Been going through the thread about custom firmware for these. Someone mentione that they bought a more recent model and it seems to be ok without the need for the costom FW??

Im also prrety cautious about the grounding problems as tbh I wouldnt really know what to look for to make it safe
 

Offline daybyter

  • Frequent Contributor
  • **
  • Posts: 397
  • Country: de
Re: Stand alone Hot Air station recommendations please
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2017, 02:43:21 am »
I just checked with the continuity buzzer, whether the tip was grounded, and mine was ok.
 

Offline kPATmTopic starter

  • Regular Contributor
  • *
  • Posts: 110
  • Country: gb
Re: Stand alone Hot Air station recommendations please
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2017, 05:53:27 am »
Is the Youyue varient of the 858d supposed to be the better version?
 


Share me

Digg  Facebook  SlashDot  Delicious  Technorati  Twitter  Google  Yahoo
Smf