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Offline peterthenoviceTopic starter

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« on: April 11, 2013, 12:46:38 am »
i now own a hakko fx-888d. it works fairly well.
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Re: the new gear
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2013, 12:49:34 am »
Quote from: peterthenovice on April 11, 2013, 12:46:38 am
i now own a hakko fx-888d. it work fairly well.

Cool. I got the now obsolete 888 a couple of months ago, believe it or not - on purpose. I just wanted that knob. Old school :) I guess.
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Re: the new gear
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2013, 02:38:32 am »
Quote from: xrunner on April 11, 2013, 12:49:34 am
Quote from: peterthenovice on April 11, 2013, 12:46:38 am
i now own a hakko fx-888d. it work fairly well.

Cool. I got the now obsolete 888 a couple of months ago, believe it or not - on purpose. I just wanted that knob. Old school :) I guess.
the new user interface is a little hard to figure out first go,I had to consult the "paper of knowledge",which most like to think they don't need, but that temp LCD is comforting.
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Re: the new gear
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2013, 12:25:46 pm »
Quote from: peterthenovice on April 11, 2013, 02:38:32 am
the new user interface is a little hard to figure out first go,I had to consult the "paper of knowledge",which most like to think they don't need, but that temp LCD is comforting.

I got a Hakko FG-100 tip thermometer off Ebay, not because I needed it but because it was so cheap - $17 - I couldn't pass it up. Well, it's probably a "fake" but it works great. When I tested my non-digital 888 with it, I set the knob to 350 deg C.

You know what the FG-100 read?

Exactly 350 deg! Not one deg off.

I was shocked.
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« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2013, 01:42:21 pm »
Shocking
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Re: the new gear
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2013, 02:12:43 pm »
Quote from: ddavidebor on April 11, 2013, 01:42:21 pm
Shocking

There is noting wrong with your english Davide.
woops sorry off topic.

Sounds great.
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« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2013, 02:16:26 pm »
What strange i've say?
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Re: the new gear
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2013, 04:46:48 am »
Quote from: xrunner on April 11, 2013, 12:25:46 pm
Quote from: peterthenovice on April 11, 2013, 02:38:32 am
the new user interface is a little hard to figure out first go,I had to consult the "paper of knowledge",which most like to think they don't need, but that temp LCD is comforting.

I got a Hakko FG-100 tip thermometer off Ebay, not because I needed it but because it was so cheap - $17 - I couldn't pass it up. Well, it's probably a "fake" but it works great. When I tested my non-digital 888 with it, I set the knob to 350 deg C.

You know what the FG-100 read?

Exactly 350 deg! Not one deg off.

I was shocked.

what you got is a Fakko, the Hakko is slightly more expensive

http://www.amazon.com/Hakko-Tip-Thermometer-FG-100-Fahrenheit/dp/B000PDWE6A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365828140&sr=8-1&keywords=FG-100

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Re: the new gear
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2013, 02:45:23 pm »
Quote from: xrunner on April 11, 2013, 12:49:34 am
Quote from: peterthenovice on April 11, 2013, 12:46:38 am
i now own a hakko fx-888d. it work fairly well.

Cool. I got the now obsolete 888 a couple of months ago, believe it or not - on purpose. I just wanted that knob. Old school :) I guess.

Dont feel bad. I got 2. One for the house, the other is on my service truck.
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« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2013, 06:05:46 pm »
Oooh do you have a service truck? Niiice, post a photo somewhere!
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