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That $40 soldering station from Amazon almost ruined a vintage receiver
Bought one of those cheap digital stations thinking it was a steal, but the tip temperature was jumping around so bad I lifted a pad on a 1978 Marantz. Has anyone else had luck with the Hakko knockoffs or should I just bite the bullet on the real thing?
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harper_wells1mo ago
Read that Hakko clones are a total crapshoot sadly.
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scott.grace1mo ago
Yeah a buddy of mine bought a cheap one off Amazon and it died in like two months. He tried fixing it but the heating element was just trash. He ended up just buying a real Hakko after that.
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