Bundle Includes Soldering Station and CHP170 Cutter

No instructions about certain parts of the unit. Nothing about it on the manufacturers website. No response to emails.

Heats up fast. Great selection of quality tips. Solid construction. Nice display. Beefy metal stand. Controls are not exactly intuitive, but manageable. Excellent value; I sold my 20 year old plain-jane no-frills Weller and bought this, no regrets.

Boy do I love this product.

I wish Id have bought one of these a long time ago, its a real time saver. Heats up very quickly.

Works great

You can never go wrong with HAKKO products

Got these to use at work - loved it so much, I ordered one for myself at home.

Nice Hakko but I prefer the dial up heat. Tried to send back and purchase the other model but it was an older model and the company does not have it

This soldering iron is high quality and has sophisticated electronics to maintain temperature and reach the target temperature quickly when powered on. The stand that holds the iron is sturdy metal although the blue and yellow coloring makes it look like it could be plastic. With the free CHP170 cutters, worth about 8 dollars, this $93 unit cost about $85 itself, about the cost of the FX888 analog model with is now discontinued but still on sale for $80-83 all over the internet and Amazon, of course.. You can program up to 5 preset temperatures or simply change the temperature manually. Setup is easy, and also allows for a password to prevent unwanted use. The quality of this unit meets or exceeds other units I have used extensively, like Weller stations and Metcal towers. I opted for this unit over the Ayohue (sp?) which was less expensive but has a larger footprint despite using a similar wattage to the Hakko (75W). The Ayohue has an attached solder spool roller on the station itself, and these spools can be purchased separately, can be moved around the work area, for example, closer to the circuit board, to feed solder to the components as are they are installed or reworked. Separate solder spools are convenient, without the need to move the entire station, or pulling out long lengths of solder from the station to reach the work area, only to require winding the extra length of solder back onto the spool. Always tin your tips to prevent oxidation and prolong tip life. I do wish two accessories had been included, the rubber lip that is optional and can be used to wipe off excess solder off the tip, and also, a heat resistant pad to facilitate the changing of solder tips when they are still hot.

Increible soldering iron.