YIHUA 948-II Desoldering Station SMD Hot Air Rework Station Soldering Iron Station Suction IC Extractor 4-in-1 with 3 User Channels, AUTO/Manual Modes, Calibration Function(UK Plug)

first class

All functions work as well as you could reasonably expect at this price point. The desoldering tool works better than my old "duratool" station did and that lasted 10 years..so if I get anything like the same service life from this unit I'll be more than happy at this price.Minor complaints:My unit came missing the suction tools for the component pickup. The wand is there but the angle part and the suction cups themselves are missing.It really could use a separate stands for the iron and the desolder tool, they seem to expect you to use the same stand for both...but if you are cycling between both tools where do you put the other one when it cools down? (fortunately I had a spare stand from the station I was replacing)The hot air gun doesn't have as much airflow as the type where the pump is in the base...it's ok though as generally with these too much airflow means you end up heating components around the part you are working on.Main power switch would be better on the front.

It is a true soldering station because it incorporates most of the required equipment needed when soldering SMTs and also through-holes. I sent an email to Yihua customer care through Amazon and they replied to me within 48 hours with helpful information. They also gave me a black Friday discount which was not listed when i bought the item.

good job

A real strugle to use the de soldering tool as the vacuum is very poor even from brand newIt will get worst whit use

We've had ours in our small lab for a couple of years and it gets used daily. Great that you can use the iron and hot air gun at the same time. Despite coming with loads of spares nothing has failed. The only problem we had was a melted heat gun support but it was our fault, didn't seat it back into the support properly and the auto shutoff didn't kick in. The de-soldering gun is effective but you do need to wait until it is fully hot before using and keep it on the joint for sufficient time otherwise like all desoldering guns it will solidify the solder in suction path.

As another review says, the desolding tool barely works from new and becomes almost useless after the first use. The heat gun for SMT work on my unit never seems to heat up and the soldering iron works as you'd expect from one 8 times cheaper than this.I'm going to return mine as faulty if I cannot get it to desolder after next use.

The product is well made. Easy to set up and use.The only thing I am disappointed in is that it doesn't come with any extra/different soldering tips or any soldering gauge wire.But as it combines most of the functions that you would use in a soldering lab it's a good equipment to have.