Off Topic: Hakko soldering station.

SamL · « **on:** 29 Oct 2004, 04:12 am »

Just found Hakko soldering station from this site.
http://www.computronics.com.au/hakko/soldering/

Their price is very attractive and is not much from the none station version. The next question is - have anyone deal with Computronics before? Are they reliable? There's a lot of Hakko clone around now a days and I can't tell which is which.

TIA,
Sam

ginger · « **Reply #1 on:** 29 Oct 2004, 06:09 am »

G'day from Oz,
I have just gone thru' the exersize of purchasing 5 new soldering stations for our production lab - where we build all the electronics for our Laser Aiborne Depth Sounder. We looked at a heap of units before settling on the Hakko 942.

Why?
Its got enough heating grunt to handle the new lead free solders
Its got the best range of tips for surface mount work.

About 50% of the work we do with them is neither lead free soldering or surface mount BUT we are very happy with them. We ditched some "long in the tooth" Wellers for these new babies.

Like any tool you purchase buying something a little up market is often the best policy. It will do the job properly and continue to do the job for many years. Buying cheap tools almost always comes back to bite you on the ar.. er rear most part.
Cheers,
Ginger

Snapper · « **Reply #2 on:** 29 Oct 2004, 07:09 am »

Hi Sam,

I bought my Hakko 936 from Computronics over the Web about 6 months ago. Their service was prompt and everything arrived in Canberra in good condition.

I had one service problem: an email I sent with information they requested wasn't responded too and my purchase hadn't arrived. I rang them and they hadn't received the email but we sorted it out there and then and I got my goods soon thereafter.

I also bought some miscellaneous supplies from them later on: there were no problems and their service was again good.

I can't comment on their after sales support.

Cheers

Mark

SamL · « **Reply #3 on:** 29 Oct 2004, 08:51 am »

Quote from: ginger

About 50% of the work we do with them is neither lead free soldering

Is there an official date where the lead will be totally removed from solder? I read that lead free solder are harder to melt - can I just crank up the tempreture or I do need a new station & tip for it?

Quote from: ginger

Like any tool you purchase buying something a little up market is often the best policy. It will do the job properly and continue to do the job for many years. Buying cheap tools almost always comes back to bite you on the ar.. er rear most part.

Totally agree. I currently using Goot soldering iron and they are quite good except I can't change tip or tempreture. The Hakko 936 ESD is what I have in mind and I really like their wide range of accessary.

Quote from: Mark

I bought my Hakko 936 from Computronics over the Web about 6 months ago. Their service was prompt and everything arrived in Canberra in good condition.

I had one service problem: an email I sent with information they requested wasn't responded too and my purchase hadn't arrived. I rang them and they hadn't received the email but we sorted it out there and then and I got my goods soon thereafter.

Thanks for that Mark. Good to hear that they sort out the problem. Not like my purchase of SACD disc from AcousticSounds.com. They acknowledge my email but don't bother to reply or do anything. Guess they can afford to lost a customer.
As for soldering station, I'll make the order as soon as my cheque arrive.

Cheers,
Sam

Lost81 · « **Reply #4 on:** 29 Oct 2004, 09:27 am »

I love my Hakko 936 ESD.
Highly recommended.

-Lost81