Re: [AH] Looking for desoldering station

From Tristan
Sent Sat, Mar 10th 2018, 02:53

Hi David,

I ended up going for the FR-410 but the FR-300 should be fine for your application. Note that the latest model 
is the FR-301 which may have slight improvements over the FR-300.

Regards, 
Tristan

On Sat, Mar 10th, 2018 at 12:42 PM, David Bivins <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm about to undertake removing all the switches from a CR-8000 and think I
> need to take my relationship with tech gear to the next step and get a
> desoldering station. I don't need to do bulky jobs very often (this is the
> first very large project I've encountered), so I think the entry-level
> Hakko FR-300 is adequate despite the poor reviews (seems like heavy users
> are pushing it beyond its limits). But I wanted to check here first in case
> someone has recently upgraded and has something that I could
> purchase/inherit.
> 
> Also any advice is welcome. Again, I don't think I would use it that often;
> usually I use a hand pump or copper solder wick for one-offs.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David
>