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| SLJ:
Per the Hakko web site it looks like the Hakko FX-888 soldering station has been discontinued and is being replaced by one with a digital control, the FX-888D: http://www.hakko.com/english/products/hakko_fx888d.html The minus for some is it's digital. The plus is it will be available in gray not just the Fisher Price blue and yellow. Let's hope they keep the price where the FX-888 was. |
| IanB:
--- Quote from: SLJ on November 15, 2012, 02:04:18 am ---The plus is it will be available in gray not just the Fisher Price blue and yellow. --- End quote --- That's actually a reduction in choice, so it would seem. The FX-888 was manufactured in several different color schemes, not just two, although only the blue/yellow one was available in the US market. |
| benemorius:
I don't mind a digital temperature setting, but I definitely mind the lack of a rotary encoder knob to conveniently adjust it. Even worse is when the lack of a knob is combined with a really clumsy way of using the buttons to adjust it. I watched the video and wow that's bad! |O This is clearly intended for production environments, which, if I'm not mistaken, leaves Hakko without a single iron that isn't designed with production assembly in mind. :-// |
| nanofrog:
--- Quote from: benemorius on November 15, 2012, 02:53:03 am ---I don't mind a digital temperature setting, but I definitely mind the lack of a rotary encoder knob to conveniently adjust it. Even worse is when the lack of a knob is combined with a really clumsy way of using the buttons to adjust it. I watched the video and wow that's bad! |O This is clearly intended for production environments, which, if I'm not mistaken, leaves Hakko without a single iron that isn't designed with production assembly in mind. :-// --- End quote --- The presets might make it acceptable for most DIY users however. For me at least, they make changing between commonly used temps easier than a knob (WD1, which uses dedicated buttons for each preset). Not exactly an inexpensive station by most people's definition though... |
| amyk:
That didn't last long... the 936 was around for over 10 years (earliest references to it I can find are 1996, correct me if I'm wrong) but the FX-888 barely made it over 4 (manual is dated 2008, couldn't find anything earlier.) |
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