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Which Soldering Iron to Buy?
Nephasth:
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Wow, that is quite a soldering station. How well does that smoke absorber work?
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Very well. It gets 95+% of the smoke during heavy soldering sessions. Love that feature. It comes up to temp in about 30 seconds. And it's nice having the hot air blower too.
lcmgadgets:
I hate soldering. After struggling with a few different electric irons (admittedly, all elcheapos), I bought a Weller Portosal. I still hate soldering, but less. & I use sal ammoniac to clean the tips (as I always say, if u go this route, get a filter mask or other ventilation solution--the fumes off that stuff r nasty).
yotsuya:
I bought that Hakko this summer and will never use anything else. I just used it this weekend to repair a Centipede to JAMMA adapter as well as solder some wires to an audio potentiometer. Pull the trigger on that sucker.
brad808:
I'm very happy with the "bang for buck" of the Aoyue. Mine doesn't have the smoke absorber but it's still a nice digital station. Comes up to temp in no time. I haven't had mine long enough to speak on the longevity of it but it doesn't feel cheap at all.
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jasonbar:
I love my Weller WESD51. The digital display is handy. The warmup time is short. The tip has not worn one bit. I've had it for almost 4 years.
-Jason
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