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X-Tronic XTS-8080 -- Is it safe?

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cdev:
My Hakko soldering iron was bought on sale for $89 and shipped it came to $99, which I don't consider to be that expensive. It came with a nice 2 mm chisel tip.

Many cheap soldering irons are safe. Many cheap soldering irons are quite good- for their price. My last one was $39 and it had a digital temperature readout which seems accurate enough for daily use. Tips for it (counterfeit Hakko tips) could be bought for almost nothing. They also worked fine. I also got a deal on a bunch of genuine Hakko tips, which fit on it. that was an upgrade that lasted me a while. So for around $55-60 I had a semi decent soldering setup. Which is pretty good value, IMHO.

However, certain things were still not working so well. The temperature wasn't coupling to the tip as well as on my Hakko fx-888D. I had to ride the temperature control when I was trying to solder some things. Which was annoying.

Thats the main difference.

SpinDoctor:
as james said. Thanks for all the help. I used the station todsy a nit. went ok. I did retest the case for ground, this time not with the painted metal but with each of the screws, as well as the tip of the heat gun snd soldering iron. All had continuity to the ground pin on the plug

Y3s the hakko 888d can be fairly cheap. But the hot air units are more expensive.

nanofrog:

--- Quote from: JJST on November 08, 2018, 07:30:28 pm ---The only "reputable brands" that we know of are Hakko, Weller and JBC -- all three of whom are cost prohibitive to beginner students like my brother or myself.

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Both Hakko and Weller offer entry level professional stations for $100 in the US, so the claim they're cost prohibitive isn't accurate.

As per the Quick reviews, they're overwhelmingly good. There was a complaint or two about kinked hoses (product was recently released IIRC), but nothing major nor in anything remotely close to large numbers. I've not seen such complaints in a couple of years or more, so it seems they got it sorted at the factory.

westfw:

--- Quote ---Both Hakko and Weller offer entry level professional stations for $100 in the US, so the claim they're cost prohibitive isn't accurate.
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Don't forget that we're talking about a station that has BOTH an iron and Hot Air capability...

SpinDoctor:
so I've been using it for a few days now, seems to heat up fast and hold temp well. Am assembling a diy radio kit as practice project.

One thing i have noticed though is that i can smell burning from the heat gun - but not the soldering iron.

Is that normal?
i cant get the screws off to open the handle, every time i try i get closer to stripping them

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