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Weller WSP80 (new) + Station WS/PU81 for 150$ - is this good occasion?
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adamskyyy:
Hello, I am beginner and searching some new soldering iron. I can buy from my friend Weller WSP80 (new) + Station WS/PU81 (used but in very good condition) for 150$. Mostly I will use this set for electric guitar effects. What about Your recommendations (and the price)?
Psi:
WSP80 uses the previous generation tip technology.
Newer irons have tip+element as one piece which gives vastly better thermal performance since there's no air gap between them.

In my opinion, some sort of clone that uses the newer tip technology is better and maybe cheaper.
Especially if a genuine tip is used on the clone iron.

Others may disagree though?
adamskyyy:
Thank You PSI. Do You have some Yours recommendation in this price class?
tooki:
I think it's not worth $150, especially not used. I think it'd be much wiser to buy a new Ersa i-Con nano (€219 at amazon.de) or for a bit more, the Pace ADS200: https://pl.farnell.com/pace/8007-0581/soldering-station-with-isb-tool/dp/2893441?st=ads200
Doctorandus_P:
I do have a WSP80 Weller with the short flat tips and it gets the job done, but I'm not very happy with it.
They are way to expensive for what they deliver.

If I were to buy a new soldering station now It would probably an EUR 50 TS100 or a EUR30 T12 from Ali / Ebay / China.
The TS100 is a very nice and small iron but it's tips are pretty long and it needs an extra power supply. The TS100 is popular for mobile soldering from a Li-Ion battery pack.

The T12 (Hakko clone?) also has uC controlled temperature and there seem to be a much wider range of tips available.

If you're doing a lot of rework it is also very handy to have 2 irons, so you can easily desolder resistors and capaciors on both ends at the same time. If you do not like your TS100 or T12 you can always buy a more expensive iron later, and use it for the occasions where having 2 irons is handy.

If you really want to buy tye WSP80  then also buy a spare sleeve. This makes it a lot easier to exchange tips while the iron is hot (which I do quite regularly with SMD work). The plastic ring on the nut makes it easy to exchange tips without risk of burning your fingers. You simply remove the hot tip with sleeve and set it in the stand to let it cool, drop the 2nd tip in the second sleeve and screw it on.
A disadvantage of this procedure is that the tips tend to go loose because of expansion when the sleeves get hot. This is a design flaw in the weller Irons. There should have been some kind of spring in the sleeves to allow for thermal expansion without the tips loosening.
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