Hakko FX951 Professional Thermally Controlled Soldering Station & Soldering Iron with Tip Set Kit – Compact 75W High Power - Interchangeable Composite Tips – 91 Varieties (5 Included) - UK Plug

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Considering the majority of people who tried them are absolutely excited about those T12 clones, is there any chance that YOU did something wrong, and not that everyone else is stupid and doesn't know how to set their temperatures properly? This Hakko FX-951 was my first soldering iron with regulated temperature control, now that I’ve experienced it, no going back to an uncontrolled iron. I had the opportunity to do a lot of production soldering of the same exact things I do with the 888, over a fairly long time period of 2 full months.

A nice feature is the solder pencil goes into sleep mode when placed into the solder stand, this helps extend tip life. A solder station it's not an Android tablet with fancy software, it's a tool to solder at any adjust. Not a fan of the digital interface, with a cumbersome button user interface replacing the intuitive analog temperature control dial. Don't get fooled by what the ADS200 looks like, it's a powerful high end station and has a very easy to use interface (unlike the Hakko FX-888D and FX-951 digital interfaces) even easier to use than a T12 clone and WAY safer.

You can get a 936 clone, some use thermocouple heater/sensor assemblies but others can use the genuine thermistor-based Hakko heater/sensors too. However I really miss the potentiometer control, Hakko could have at least added a up AND down button. FM-206 3-Port Rework Station This tutorial will discuss the features and benefits of Hakko's FM-206 3-Port Rework Station, as well as the several handpiece configurations and replacement parts available. It will discuss the features and benefits of the station, cover the power and temperature specifications and display the setting and changing of the temperature.

The Hakko compact, yet powerful soldering station that is ideal for a wide variety of soldering applications for both hobbyists and professionals.This type has a shape like a cone or column cut at a slant, which allows users to select the cut surface size depending on the workpiece. In general terms I prefer my hakko essentially because I have been using them for years (actually in the 951 were months ) but Pace seemed like a good solder station, it honors the brand, but nothing I have tried seemed really better than in Hakko or others brands. The T12 clone takes less than 10 seconds, like you also noted, and the element is fused with the tip (like you well know), so the lag is much, much smaller and thermal regulation is unsurprisingly better. I opted out of purchasing the lower FX888D model, because I didn’t like the tips that you use with this type of soldering iron.

Can be used in combination with the HAKKO 490 smoke cleaner or the HAKKO 494 smoke absorbing system for line-production. The FX-951 is, and if you don't want to spend that much on it, you can get one of the Chinese T12 soldering stations (which work reasonably well - much better than the FX-888).Add fact that T18 tip is twice the mass, and they all go roughly to same max temp of more or less 480C with roughly similar wattage rating, if/when push comes to shove, I will not be inclined to think the T12 clones can do much than the 888 cannot. Both stations permit change the temperature, in my hakkos I set the presets when I use the first time and never touch temp again. Testing unsoldering, worse grip than needle nose pliers, not unexpected so still keeping pliers in toolkit. I not use any T12/15 tip that need to be compensated yet, but probably I would not compensate it for normal use neither. Well, compared to Weller micro pencil, I'm sure this is a major improvement in thermal performance, esp with some of the tips I gave.