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. There was also the Hakko 701 unfortunately the desoldering iron tips are fairly obsecure these days to find. Specially designed handle and tip provide improved workability when mounting minute, high-density electronic components.

Although a relatively simple circuit, time spent including redesign, desoldering, soldering, troubleshooting estimated about 4 hours, a good test of using these new tools in a practical application for a serious project. The Hakko compact, yet powerful soldering station that is ideal for a wide variety of soldering applications for both hobbyists and professionals. Product that complies with the regulated values of 10 substances prohibited by the european rohs directive. Not a fan of the digital interface, with a cumbersome button user interface replacing the intuitive analog temperature control dial. Doing a few odd joints at say 350C will not highlight appreciable differences as clearly as soldering repetitively or doing challenging thermal joints.KL27x, I don't know who SJT is or which T12 station you've tested, or even if the performance varies that much between them, but mine is so much better than the FX-888, it's unbelievable. You can get a 936 clone, some use thermocouple heater/sensor assemblies but others can use the genuine thermistor-based Hakko heater/sensors too. Edit: I did such extensive testing partly cuz of STJ saying multiple times T12 clone >> 888 for 2 months straight. This makes the soldering station ideal for places to which unauthorized persons may also have access. Please complete the purchase (or remove the quote – don't worry it's still available in My Account) before adding these additional items.

Before you seriously consider the Hakko FX-951 check what I wrote about the Pace station a few posts back. Other than the spatula tip and TWO lengths of bent conical, T18 has slighty better, slightly more comprehensive variety of tips for general SMD soldering, IMO). A production solderer solders in a day what a repair guy does in a month; not that I have to solder multilayer mobos with a micro pencil-dick tip; different needs, for sure.That is more likely to factor in the Pace ADS200s power and recovery speed, plus the extra mass over the heater on the ultra performance series of tips. Assembled the iron, inserting the tip into the sleeve then the sleeve into the handpiece, threaded through the heat-resistant pad, then plugged into the station. I doubt you are going to get people argue against the benefits of a desoldering iron, if you are doing a large amount of desoldering it's a huge time saver. Both stations permit change the temperature, in my hakkos I set the presets when I use the first time and never touch temp again.

In my Hakkos or in the Pace that I test I set one temp and solder almost all of the components without compromise. Another is Edsyn, I have one of their older Loner models I bought used probably 20 years ago and it has served me well.Of all the supposed advantages of putting the sensor and heater "right inside the tip," this is the one that many people heap the most praise upon. 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. It comes supplied with the FM2028 soldering iron which is an easy to use lock type iron which allows for quick and easy switching of tips. No reflow oven or hot air station yet, but wanted to get familiar with solder paste; haven’t used yet, sticking to solder wire.