Toolbox Thursday # 6 898D Soldering Rework Station

Good afternoon folks and welcome to another Toolbox Thursday this weeks tool is 898D Soldering Rework Station

How my toolbox Thursday reviews work the first thing I will talk about is what its like to setup  then I will move on what its like to use and to where you can get one from (there may be an affiliate link if you would like to help me out ) and if its good value for money and the last thing in the review will be my overall rating of the item it will be a 5 star system with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest .

Setup 

Setup for this is simple the only thing that you need to do is attach the heat gun holder which is done by removing two screws that are on the right side of the station then use the screws to attach the holder ( I found laying the station on its side makes it easier to do this) .it also comes with three tips for the heat gun which fit on with a simple push and twist action (I found the medium size tip worked best for me )

Use 

it is a very simple tool to use it has a very easy to read display .setting the temperature is controlled by two buttons on the front marked up and down so you cant get simpler than that it has range from 100c to 450c the machine heats up fairly quick as for the air flow is controlled by a knob marked 1 to 8 I found that for smd soldering(the main thing I will use this for ) I that 3and half with a temperature  of 150c was perfect . The gun is very easy to hold and use it fits into the holder nicely when the it is the holder it starts to cool down which I found to be very useful . I have also tried the station on heat shrink which worked great then I tried it with lead free solder and a through hole components which it did do but its defiantly not something I'd recommend doing  although if you your trying to heat up cold joints it does work well.

Where can you get one 

Ebay

Amazon

Banggood

Rating 

I would recommend getting one of these if you are planning on doing a lot of smd soldering .Overall this is a great little station that's well worth picking up I going to give this 4 and half  stars

Thanks for taking the time to read this if you liked what you've read then please check back tomorrow after 17.00gmt for another update thanks again. Dobby