Got mine today and did the first tests. I'm very happy with it, it allowed me to actually solder some smd stuff I couldn't do by hand (or with a very very bad 'yield' and much frustration). So it fulfills its first duty. I used the 'reflow' for this.
First impressions:
* it's very well done, it looks solid, the firmware is easy to get
* out of random, i took the 'brass' version. It's reassuringly heavy and seems very easy to clean, especially as the plate can be removed
* not that i really care, but it looks cute/beautiful, especially with the color screen
* according to the firmware 'info' screen, i have the hardware version "0.70", while the screenshots in the manual display "1.0". I feel bad about this. This corresponds to the pcb photos posted on the minios ticket though, and i have yet to note any kind of problem.
* the 'soldering zone target temperature', which corresponds to the top temperature of the reflow profile, can't be set lower than 230°C. I dislike it, the soldering paste i'm using is marked 183°C, and the components are delicate
* there are other places where the allowed values are weird/unpractical, such as a minimum of 100°C in (constant, no reflow) heat mode
* funny detail, there's a sensor to detect when the plate is not horizontal anymore, and stop heating for safety
* as done with mhp30 and other miniware gears i guess, but new to me, it uses dfu for updates; the config "file" can be seen (and modified) in the 'usb drive' appearing when connected to a computer
* i tested with usb-pd until 12v (i dont have more), but for real testing, i used an old laptop power supply that was largely enough (~80W). My mhp50 was delivered without any power supply.
* you can add (not change) a boot logo, though it's not as easy as I would have loved (I give details here
https://freehackers.org/thomas/2024/01/31/custom-logo-on-miniware-mhp50/)
* I still find it too small, and somewhat expensive for what it is