I got a bit angry yesterday using my Atten AT201D. Soldered a few snap-in 6800µF caps, and I couldn't keep the solder molten all around one pin at once! The specs claims it's 60W, but the thermal capacity is a joke! The solder stuck to the cap's pin while I had the soldering tip on the other side of it!
So I ordered a blue Hakko FX-888D yesterday, plus som extra tips. From Batter Fly
Well, I too have been searching for a 220V version and BatterFly are the cheapest I've found. Currently 98 Euros + 16.60 Shipping to the UK + 22% Italian VAT. At today's exchange rate, that's just under £100 GBP delivered. The UK Official Agents want £130. I'm going with BatterFly. There's no way any company that was an official distributor of a product would risk losing that status by being stupid enough to sell counterfeit copies as well as the real thing. How would they even do that ? An official distributor that sells you a fake?... What are they doing with all the genuine ones then ? - or are they the only Official Distributor of a product that never actually orders anything from Hakko ?
I think some people need to stop being so paranoid !
I think he got banned (if he is) for advertising in a thread that's not in the "for sale" section ...
And also for posting the same thing in two threads...
And also for posting the same thing in two threads...
Why do they do that spamming instead of proper sponsoring? That makes me think suspicious about them.
Dunno why he was banned. The whole thread belongs under Buy/Sell/Wanted, not test equipment.
People asking where to get genuine hakko.
Dunno why he was banned. The whole thread belongs under Buy/Sell/Wanted, not test equipment.
People asking where to get genuine hakko.
By resurrecting a thread that's been dead for months?
And also:
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