2 in 1 SMD Soldering Hot Air Rework Station + Stand 3 Nozzle 5 Tips 852d+ Iron Mark Ethan

This station is a solid device for it's price. It was shipped quickly and arrived with everything in order. I'm currently using it for soldering SMD components onto custom circuit boards, and it works very nicely in that regard. There are only a couple of minor things which keep this product from being a 5-star:It is a little bit noisy (compared to a similar model of rework station that I used previously)The air gun doesn't automatically turn off when holstered - this was/is a feature on some other brands and it is very nice to not have to flip a switch in order to turn off the fan.The air tube is fairly thick and takes up a lot of room on the desk since it can't be wound as tight as a thinner tube, though it is reassuring that I won't burn my arm accidentally.The soldering iron tip has a +- 2mm give when I press it against a board. Nothing crazy but it is a little annoying when I press down and feel like I'm bending the iron back.Other than that the rest of the set is great. The tips come in handy but right now I'm just using the screwdriver tip, which works well for fixing up bridged pins. The temperature control is nice as well. It is a great station especially for a small shop or home that wants to miniaturize their products to circuit boards.

I bought this to get started soldering in general, and more specifically to tear down a Razer Blackwidow Tournament Edition Chroma that no longer works due to Razer's terrible quality and useless warranty. I've used the hot air to desolder surface mount components (specifically USB ports). I'm brand new to soldering but I'm already making perfect solder joints. I desoldered all 87 keyswitches on that keyboard and it worked great. It comes with lots of tips for the solderer and air gun, a typical stand + cleaning sponge and some weird for-like dual tined thingy on a plastic handle. I have no idea what that is or what to use it for. I love being able to tweak the temp of both parts of the machine, and I'm so glad I didn't cheap out and buy a $30 direct-plug soldering iron.I don't know what makes a soldering station great, but I can't imagine that you get much more than this from a pricier unit. It might last longer and be more reliable, but as a casual user that doesn't matter that much to me. I'll change my tune if the reliability is so poor that it breaks down even with casual use, but for now this thing is great.The only thing I don't like so far is that you can't unplug the air gun and the giant cord tends to get in the way, especially since it doesn't feel like it fits well into its holster. It would've been nice if the soldering stand was nicer and if it came with one of those metal cleaning sponges instead of a standard yellow sponge, but I'll probably buy a Haako one aftermarket.

I really liked it at first. You have to realize you're purchasing an inexpensive piece of equipment, so don't expect industrial/commercial grade quality. I never used a rework station before and it worked pretty well at first. You have to remove the screws first (just follow the instructions it's easy). I used it probably fewer than 30 times. Well, tonight the air gun thing caught on fire. I used it how I normally did. Nothing different or abnormal. I even turned the air down on low before it happened. I hope I am able to return it, but if you're on the fence about buying a rework station, you really can't go wrong with this. It's inexpensive enough to take a chance on. If component repair isn't for you, then whatever not a big loss. If board repair is your thing, then you can upgrade and have this as a spare/backup. I think the one I had was somewhat of an anomaly so I'm not mad about it. I've had some bad luck lately too so I wasn't surprised when I saw it catch fire. I wouldn't say it was a low point in my life, but I'm not writing home about it or anything. Anyway, buy it, try it out. You'll figure it out.

It burned out and then failed to generate any heat after 45 minutes of use at around 415C. Seller and MFG failed to provide any support.Switched to an Aoyue 968A+ and it's been working great for about 24 hours of use so far - and the Aoyue came with a fantastic amount of extras - extra heating coil, metal stand for the soldering pen (though I don't use it), various extra tips, the hot air nozzle fastens securely instead of falling off... I ran the numbers and to get the same amount of stuff with an 852 it would be around $300 - and you'd still be stuck with worse design, loud noise, etc.So, save yourself some money and go with the Aoyue. So, so worth it!

I bought this item exclusively for the hot air station, which was great - it heated up quickly, allowed fine control of the airflow, and came with a useful array of nozzles.However, the hot air no longer works, and rather than try to replace the triac (as done by others on youtube) in the hopes of fixing it, I'm just going to buy a more robust hot air gun to replace it.

I have not had a chance to use the station much, so I'll update this review once I have.I have used the needle tip solder point to do some circut board soldering and for that, it works just as expected. I ended up cranking the temp right up to 500 but it works.When it came time to soldering thicker (14 guage) wire onto a bullet plug the iron had a hard time with it. even the big tip just doesn't hold enough heat to sink it into the thing you want to solder together. Then you have to wait for it to warm back up and melt the solder. So i'll probably keep my 40 watt weller iron around for doing those jobs.I have not really had a chance to use the hot air gun ether. But I did use it to shrink heat-shrink tubing onto wires and that worked just fine.