[chbot] Recommendation - replacement soldering station

Charles Manning cdhmanning at gmail.com
Mon Feb 11 20:14:48 GMT 2019


You don't really say what your needs are. If you solder 5 hours a day then
clearly you'd want to go a bit more upmarket.

I have an SLD936. Low cost, works well. Wide range of replacement bits
almost free on aliexpress.

That's probably a good fit for the Weller style range of devices.





On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 9:07 AM Mark Beckett <m.beckett at amuri.net> wrote:

> I have one of these.
>
>
> https://nz.element14.com/tenma/21-10130-uk-eu/rework-station-900w-220v-uk-eu/dp/206263302
>
> Seperate controls for each.
>
>
> May not outlast a weller, but I can replace it three times, rather than
> pay OTT prices for parts.
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
> On 12/02/19 08:41, Robin Gilks wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> My 'old' Weller WTCPN series soldering station is finally showing symptoms
> of age.
>
> I'm looking for recommendations on what to replace it with.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andrew
>
>
> I bought a Kada rework station 3 years ago - no longer available but I was
> advised to get one where the hot air pump was in the main unit and not
> just a small fan in the hand piece.
>
> Closest I can see now ishttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/QUICK-706W-Digital-Display-Hot-Air-Gun-Electric-Soldering-Iron-Anti-static-Temperature-Lead-free-2/32852197932.html
>
> (note the thick pipe going to the hot air gun). You'll probably want to
> shop about for better freight costs than that one though!!
>
>
>
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