Hot Air Rework Atten 858D
Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 9:08 am
Here is something I can personally recommend: The Atten Hot Air Rework Station 858D.
It is sold under a bunch of different names, mine is branded W.E.P., and on Amazon you can find it i.e. under Uvistar 858D. I paid roughly 35 EUR for it. It is surprisingly well built, temperature and air flow can be preselected and it automatically disables, when you put it in the holder. It comes with some nozzles in different sizes and a small tool (constisting of wire and handle, forming a fork), that can be used to lift SMT ICs. The latter is quite handy, you push the the thin wires under the IC and start heating it up. As soon as it is melted the weight of the handle is enough to lift the part up.
So far I desoldered some SMT ICs with it, which worked really well. It is also handy for shrinking tube.
Some of the first models appearantly had an issue with bad power wiring, but mine was perfectly fine. In addition, there are some mods out in the wild that enhance the temperature selection and fix a slight overshoot when heating up. I did not consider this as a real problem, so I didn't bother.
Dave from EEVblog tested this as well, here is his review:
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So far I desoldered some SMT ICs with it, which worked really well. It is also handy for shrinking tube.
Some of the first models appearantly had an issue with bad power wiring, but mine was perfectly fine. In addition, there are some mods out in the wild that enhance the temperature selection and fix a slight overshoot when heating up. I did not consider this as a real problem, so I didn't bother.
Dave from EEVblog tested this as well, here is his review:
But you are right, better be careful and check if your's is wired correctly. Which would be wises suggestion for everything cheap from china