Hakko FX951 Professional Thermally Controlled Soldering Station & Soldering Iron with Tip Set Kit – Compact 75W High Power - Interchangeable Composite Tips – 91 Varieties (5 Included) - UK Plug

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Hakko FX951 Professional Thermally Controlled Soldering Station & Soldering Iron with Tip Set Kit – Compact 75W High Power - Interchangeable Composite Tips – 91 Varieties (5 Included) - UK Plug

Hakko FX951 Professional Thermally Controlled Soldering Station & Soldering Iron with Tip Set Kit – Compact 75W High Power - Interchangeable Composite Tips – 91 Varieties (5 Included) - UK Plug

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The manual says to check the tip is inserted correctly and to measure the resistance, should be 10 Ω ±. There is a raft of counterfeit Hakko stuff out there in addition to the clones and unless you are absolutely sure that a comparison was done against a genuine product, it probably isn't a review worth considering. The T12 clone takes less than 10 seconds, like you also noted, and the element is fused with the tip (like you well know), so the lag is much, much smaller and thermal regulation is unsurprisingly better. I soldered many audio cables, jacks, pots, and lots of other miscellaneous joints with it and only a couple of hakko chisel tips over the years. The test demonstrates that when outputting the same amount of wattage through the tip onto a joint, the T12 clones must be set to a higher set temp and suffers greater "thermal drop" in its control circuit and/or firmware.

We apologize for the previous misdescription in the HAKKO FX-952 Instruction Manual, which has been corrected. In the Pace I can change the temperature easiest than Hakko, but the presets are the same to change or worst and really I use the presets all the time, never I need to change the working temperature in 2 degrees, If one preset it's not ok I take the next one. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. It uses a special handpiece made of aluminum and the station and stand are all metal construction nothing matches it for a couple of hundred bucks. I have the analog FX-888 and the only iron I've personally owned that came close was an old Antex and that is probably more fond memories than reality.Hakko’s T15 Series tips for use with the FM-203, FM-204, FM-205, FM-206, and FX-951 stations -TIP,CHISEL - Note: T15-D16 is available in pure nickel construction as T15-1608 for soldering with specialize alloys. This Hakko FX-951 was my first soldering iron with regulated temperature control, now that I’ve experienced it, no going back to an uncontrolled iron. Now I keep using my Weller's for large through-hole soldering, and am trying out T12 clone station for small SMT work. Before you seriously consider the Hakko FX-951 check what I wrote about the Pace station a few posts back.

Edit: I did such extensive testing partly cuz of STJ saying multiple times T12 clone >> 888 for 2 months straight. No reflow oven or hot air station yet, but wanted to get familiar with solder paste; haven’t used yet, sticking to solder wire. Of all the supposed advantages of putting the sensor and heater "right inside the tip," this is the one that many people heap the most praise upon. The use of a “control card” to change settings is slightly awkward, but it is more intended for use in a factory where an engineer sets the settings and the technicians are not supposed to change it.

Changing tips, I see the airgap and there's the problem - you can't get good heat transfer that way, for both the sensor or the heater. Slightly modified the circuit, using only a 1 kΩ pull-up resistor on the NMOS NOR gate, and pulling it up to +5V instead of +3. The T15 Series includes almost 100 varieties of tip shape and size covering any soldering or rework application.

FX-888 is a high quality soldering station, don't get me wrong but compared to Weller, Metcal and FX-951, overall it is dissapointing for me. Batter Fly has been present for years within the MePa, the electronic market of the public administration. There was more thermal drop in the T12 clones, using the same tips; the T12 stations had to be set higher and had to be turned up higher and/or more frequently when encountering heavy joints, using the equivalent tips. It comes supplied with the FM2028 soldering iron which is an easy to use lock type iron which allows for quick and easy switching of tips.In general terms I prefer my hakko essentially because I have been using them for years (actually in the 951 were months ) but Pace seemed like a good solder station, it honors the brand, but nothing I have tried seemed really better than in Hakko or others brands. It would suit you perfectly if you just came from the Hakko 936 which was a great station in itself. You can get a 936 clone, some use thermocouple heater/sensor assemblies but others can use the genuine thermistor-based Hakko heater/sensors too.



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