2 in 1 soldering/desoldering station

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dragonbat13
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2 in 1 soldering/desoldering station

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I was watching a video of a fellow restoring a gaming console and he had a cool desoldering iron I've never seen the likes of before.

Checked into it a little bit. He was using a 4 in one setup that is 300 dollars. I can't afford that.

But my trusty weller WES51 is starting to act up and I figured it would be nice to have a digital dial. I found this on Amazon:

https://a.co/d/2mQBRe3

Anyone have any experience with this brand?
Anyone know of a solder/desoldering station like this that's worth buying in this price range?

I'm also willing to repair my weller and stick with it, and buy a stand alone desoldering station that uses this concept. The old blue plunger sucker thing is not my favorite tool in the stash. I would like a one hand operation like this tool provides.

Any suggestions?

Here's the video if you would like to watch it. Pretty impressive to me:

https://youtu.be/K-gO5FPuHuw?si=YNolYpeclWoHS-ad
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Re: 2 in 1 soldering/desoldering station

Post by jbrrrrr »

FWIW, Yihua is one of the better of the Chinese AliExpress brands that I've bought soldering stuff from - one of my soldering stations is a Yihua. It seems to be about as close to Weller quality as you can get from a cheaper import product. I would also check on AliExpress, because sellers sometimes charge an Amazon tax on the same items for the people who feel that ordering from AliExpress is too risky.

Same product, just probably housed in a warehouse stateside and marked up before getting listed on Amazon. You might find the same thing for quite a bit cheaper.
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