Desoldering tools

[Rowland-8]

I have been looking around for a desoldering tool for some time. The
Hakko 808 would be ideal but the prices over here in the UK are around £200.
Having searched the net there appears to be a number of clones of the
Hakko, or is the Hakko a clone itself??
Has anyone on the list any experience of the device shown at
http://us.i-phone.org/main/product.php?prod=1257&PHPSESSID=3d55e1c80ce5b41765b8d36c712ebcd7&cat=93

Any info would be helpful.
Thanks
Rowland G4APO  K2  K1  KX1

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[Tom Hammond-3]

Hi Rowland:

At 01:43 PM 9/29/2005, Rowland wrote:
>I have been looking around for a desoldering tool for some time. The Hakko
>808 would be ideal but the prices over here in the UK are around £200.
>Having searched the net there appears to be a number of clones of the
>Hakko, or is the Hakko a clone itself??
>Has anyone on the list any experience of the device shown at
>http://us.i-phone.org/main/product.php?prod=1257&PHPSESSID=3d55e1c80ce5b41765b8d36c712ebcd7&cat=93

Though I own a Hakko 808, I have no hands-on experience with the AOYUE 808.

AOYUE is a Chinese-base manufacturer. Hakko is Japanese.

Visiting the AOYUE home page http://www.aoyue.com/en/products.asp, appears
to imply that they may make knock-offs of Hakko products as their soldering
stations appear virtually identical to those from Hakko (the 936-x models
specifically).

While the case appears to be identical to that of the Hakko, so do the
desoldering tips, the 'power supply' is something new. It appears to be a
'wall-wart' type of supply, but may be nothing more than a transformer
which allows the 120VAC unit to be used on 230V as well... Uhh... scratch
the last... you may have your choice of voltage ranges, but not both...

The specs seem to indicate that it is switchable between the two voltages.
Additionally, the AOYUE seems to offer a number of additional tips can
accessories which would have been extra cost items from Hakko.

For the price, about $100 less that the Hakko price, it MIGHT be a good
buy. But caveat emptor...

Cheers,

Tom   N0SS

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[johnny-52]

Hi Tom, Rowland,

IMHO, Products from China are usually good buy.  My DMM, AC minivolt meter
and 100Mhz oscilloscope are from China and all function well.  I am now
using a Goot TP100 AS desoldering gun from Japan.  It is more expensive and
costs me HKD1,600.

I have not tried the Aoyue 808 but for nearly half of the price, why not
have a try?  At the end of the day, the manufacturing of desoldering gun
does not require top of the line space shuttle technology.  Good luck and
let us have your findings in this group in due course.

73

Johnny VR2XMC, Hong Kong
builder of s/n 1146, 4165, 4255, 4597

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Hammond" <[hidden email]>
To: "Rowland" <[hidden email]>; <[hidden email]>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 4:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Desoldering tools


Hi Rowland:

Though I own a Hakko 808, I have no hands-on experience with the AOYUE 808.

AOYUE is a Chinese-base manufacturer. Hakko is Japanese.

Visiting the AOYUE home page http://www.aoyue.com/en/products.asp, appears
to imply that they may make knock-offs of Hakko products as their soldering
stations appear virtually identical to those from Hakko (the 936-x models
specifically).

While the case appears to be identical to that of the Hakko, so do the
desoldering tips, the 'power supply' is something new. It appears to be a
'wall-wart' type of supply, but may be nothing more than a transformer
which allows the 120VAC unit to be used on 230V as well... Uhh... scratch
the last... you may have your choice of voltage ranges, but not both...

The specs seem to indicate that it is switchable between the two voltages.
Additionally, the AOYUE seems to offer a number of additional tips can
accessories which would have been extra cost items from Hakko.

For the price, about $100 less that the Hakko price, it MIGHT be a good
buy. But caveat emptor...

Cheers,

Tom   N0SS

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[Dennis Wieck]

 

> to imply that they may make knock-offs of Hakko products as their
> soldering
> stations appear virtually identical to those from Hakko (the 936-x models
> specifically).
>
> While the case appears to be identical to that of the Hakko, so do the
> desoldering tips, the 'power supply' is something new. It appears to be a
> 'wall-wart' type of supply, but may be nothing more than a transformer
> which allows the 120VAC unit to be used on 230V as well... Uhh... scratch
> the last... you may have your choice of voltage ranges, but not both...
>
> The specs seem to indicate that it is switchable between the two
> voltages.
> Additionally, the AOYUE seems to offer a number of additional tips can
> accessories which would have been extra cost items from Hakko.
>
> For the price, about $100 less that the Hakko price, it MIGHT be a good
> buy. But caveat emptor...

These look like the stations and desoldering equipment sold by Circuit
Specialists under their brand name.

www.circuitspecialists.com.


Dennis
N4ZKR
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