Engineer SS-02 Solder Suction Device

Good quality and worked very well. It was a little smaller than I expected but I found I liked it better than my clunky old radio shack sucker that this one replaced. Suction was good and it cleared solder from pin after pin without much fuss. I did not have any issues with it clogging. Keep the iron at 350 C or lower if possible to preserve the silicone tip. As others have stated, the silicone tube should be no longer than the distance the rod that clears the solder extends from the tip when the plunger is fully depressed. There’s a reason it comes with the tip cut that length from the factory. The unit comes well packaged with instructions on the card (see pics). It comes with one spare silicone tube, which I don’t think was stated in the item description when I bought it, but is nice to have. Additional tubes can be purchased in a twin pack (although they are rather expensive…) Overall, it’s a nice little unit to have in my soldering toolkit.

If you need a solder sucker do NOT buy anything else. Buy this one and buy an extra. Ive tried so many and this one is the first one that works perfectly and has replaceable silicone tip

This is the best solder sucker Ive ever used. The thing works fantastically with really good build quality. I can suck molten solder from 1/4 from the component Im desoldering, its not meant for that, but I did it to see how powerful it really was. Forget those cheap blue barreled ones, this thing is worth the price. It will save you a lot of frustration and time.

Very well made tool , with THIS on the bench if I only have a few pieces to do ? I dont even plug in my Hakko 808 anymore . Not saying Id never use it again , but it has to be something big like rebuilding a whole board or something . The Engineer would do a good job there too but would take longer . Great tool for the money !!

After years of using wicks because I had only used melted solder suckers before, a friend of mine recommended this. Oh my word, what a wonderful device. I have seldom held such a well built tool. Every detail on the thing seems to have been made with precision and purpose. Plus it feels amazing to hold. This is a must-have for any electronics tool kit.

This is a very well built desoldering pump. Excellent design, high quality, feels durable (Im sure it is made to last). But there are too many drawbacks for such a nice tool: It is too small it makes a difficult task handling it (I am 6 0) Plunger is too hard to push, resulting in stress to your hand in continuous use. It also gets stuck sometimes. Nozzle is too small it makes cleaning in hard-to-reach areas a pain. Silicon tip makes complicated its self-cleaning feature. Other than that, if you are a hobbyist, and do not care about speed, this is the right tool for you. I highly recommend it.

This thing just rules. First time I used it I was like Oh Damn! Then the rest of the day I walked around work showing people my Solder Sucker. Much of which was because I liked saying Solder Sucker. If you care about your soldering work then buy this. Wont let you down.

Weve ordered two of these and both have completely locked up within a month of use. Solder appears to become lodged in the nozzle when using (accumulating over time), rendering the device completely useless as theres no way to remove the solder without attempting to reflow it (by heating up the entire nozzle and blowing on it).

Has the feel of a high grade product. I am very pleased I have now used this to repair one circuit board. I needed to unsolder a 5 pin device, a 4 pin device, and a 3 pin Triac. All three devices leads were cleaned off very well and made it easy to remove the devices. Every two or three operations, a tube of hardened solder appears in the orifice and must be removed by hand before using it again. It sticks out of the orifice and I just pull it out with my fingers. I do not have to disassemble the unit.

This tool feels very nice to use, and a Im sure Ill get used to the triggering mechanism. Im more used to the cheaper plastic kind with a large triggering lever on the side, whereas this one has a small button you need to find with your finger. Not a big deal though. Once triggered, it has good suction and is easy to clean out.