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matteo_galet:
Hello,
after weeks reading through lots of topics about this hot air station, I finally bought one AT8586 from AliExpress:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/220V-ATTEN-AT8586-2in1-Hot-Air-SMD-Rework-Soldering-Station-Desoldering-Station/387167165.html

It took 10 days to dispatch the order plus 3 days to get here in Italy with DHL/DPD/BRT (yes, 3 couriers involved - God knows why), but hey, for just 62€ (78$) it's fair.
The unit came with an akward chinese power plug, took me 4 seconds to replace with a common schucko.
Well... it... works! The stylus welder is even better than my old Weller Red-series analog one, while the hot air blower really does its job!
Before plugging it in I carefully disassembled the main unit and the blower, and found very nice cabling and good PCB quality - double face, with soldermask.
Long story short, all the issues I read about seems solved, and the overall quality improved.
All metal shields are grounded, the fuse case is now embedded into the socket/switch module, no pinched wires around.
Good work Atten, I'm proud of having spent 60€ on something I really needed.
Here you are some pictures of the thing.
Ciao!












SgtRock:
Dear Monkeh:

--You said "The entire planet uses 240V 50Hz with the exception of those under the thumb of the US.". An interesting an provocative assertion. I would be very interested to see any evidence of the US forcing countries "under its thumb" to use 240V 50Hz. Do you have any similar theories about which side of an automobile the steering wheel is on?

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"
Carl Sagan 1934-1996

Best Regards
Clear Ether

pickle9000:
Canada shares the same power grid, we sell massive amounts of electricity to the states. It's basically an infrastructure issue, cheaper to keep the same system. I expect the US companies sold the same building blocks to the other countries. Is it fair to "under it thumb", I'd probably say convenient and a way to earn a buck. Why not sell equipment from your own country to make a profit (I have no problem with that)? In any case these things happened long ago.

justanothercanuck:

--- Quote from: matteo_galet on May 10, 2013, 09:24:24 pm ---http://imageshack.us/a/img803/1617/p1020799n.jpg

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Is it just me, or does the resistor in the bottom left corner look like it has a bad solder job?

Monkeh:

--- Quote from: SgtRock on May 11, 2013, 03:20:26 am ---Dear Monkeh:

--You said "The entire planet uses 240V 50Hz with the exception of those under the thumb of the US.". An interesting an provocative assertion. I would be very interested to see any evidence of the US forcing countries "under its thumb" to use 240V 50Hz. Do you have any similar theories about which side of an automobile the steering wheel is on?

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"
Carl Sagan 1934-1996

Best Regards
Clear Ether

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That's not how I meant it and you know it. But you keep looking for an argument, I'll just leave you with this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Weltkarte_der_Netzspannungen_und_Netzfrequenzen.svg/2000px-Weltkarte_der_Netzspannungen_und_Netzfrequenzen.svg.png

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