On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 2:33 PM RETRO Innovations <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I thought Hakko had tweezers as well, though maybe not for all base units.
I see them for the FX-888 base. Unfortunately I'm still rocking my decades-old 936 system. Between the upgrade to an FX-888D and adding on the tweezers, I'm looking at a bit over $300. Hmm... > Good point on budget. I used a Weller for many years (still have it, and it > worked fine), before I switched to a Metcal. Seems like everyone went the > Hakko route, though, so I veered left... I've seen plenty of folks who use Weller over Hakko. I followed my dad's lead when I went for a "real soldering iron" since the price was right at the time. -Josh
