Ron, For regular soldering I've been using an Edsyn 951SX for the last ten years or so and it's been flawless. You can buy various different tips for it (they're held in place by the collar on the iron and not a screw (a good point brought up by Eric). I also have the Aoyue and use it for hot air rework on SMD stuff. The hot air is also very useful for shrink wrap tubing too...for the price, it's a nice piece of kit and has worked well for the last three years for me with pretty regular use...the soldering iron on it is a bit cumbersome as others have mentioned.
Cheers, Nick On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 10:12 AM, blkadder <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings All, > > I am hoping you can help me make a decision. I have been using my Radio > Shack 25w soldering iron for a few years now, and it is time to upgrade. I > have been scouring boards and other Interwebz sites, and I think I have > narrowed it down to two. > > Here are the ones I am looking at: > > Hakko FX888D digital soldering > station<http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AWUFVY8/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3VUV96XRTQWGX&coliid=I1NQBCOEOQSSAF> > > Aoyue 968A SMD Digital Rework > Station<http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006FA481G/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3VUV96XRTQWGX&coliid=I348QKU3RA8ENW> > > I have been looking at the Hakko for a while now, but then I found the > Aoyue setup for not a lot more money than the Hakko. I am curious if > anyone out there has any experience with either of these, and maybe give me > a bit of insight. If you have suggestions for something else, that would > be okay too. > > Thanks for any insight you guys might be able to provide. > > Ron > > ...Semper Fidelis... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f76a9748-0ec4-40bd-a22e-087daacde863%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOX%2BRHK%3Dt2DcbwUgJT2wM%3Dt8NKpvyYAgN7UY5rA3iFF9%2BfjMFQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
