Weller Genuine 120v Bench Top Smoke Absorber | WSA350

Bought this to use for my pryography. Stronger fan means I don't have to hold it directly next to my work. Very happy with it so far. It keeps the smoke and fumes out of my face. Doesnt do anything for the smell, but I can live with that.

This is a great little unit for the money!While someone who solders every day/all day (or with lead-free solder, which creates more fumes) will probably want something more powerful/bigger than this, this extractor does a fine job of sucking up flux fumes for hobby use or occasional soldering, which is more my application (I'm a soldering novice who bought it for audio electronics work). I'm not working in the most well ventilated room, and this thing does just fine keeping the air clean.It feels like a good quality, well made unit with a bit of heft to it. It's not terribly loud, but not exactly quiet either. You do need to have it fairly close to what you're soldering for it to suck up all the fumes - it won't work as well from several feet away (it also helps to point the fan inlet directly at what you're working on). So it's fine for things from quick and simple jobs up to component replacement on a smaller to medium sized PCB board.I'd say in the grand scheme of things, it's probably a 4/5 score - but I'm rounding up to 5 due to being a good value for the money IMO. Just be realistic about what a tabletop unit like this can do and you won't be disappointed.

I was looking for a smoke absorber for some soldering I was doing. This device is simple to use, not too loud , and I have a lot of confidence in the Weller brand. It came with an extra filer as well which was nice. Great purchase.

I got this to be safe while soldering keyboard kits and it's definitely better than the cheapo one I tried before it, but I have to assume there are better options.It's very big. If you have a small workspace, this might be tricky to work around.It's loud. Not surprising, it's a fan and you need lots of suction to whisk the fumes away so I wasn't surprised by that.For it being so big and loud, it doesn't seem to have a lot of suction if you're not directly against the fan. For instance, I had it tilted down toward the board I was soldering, and if I wasn't 2-3" away from it, the fumes would still come up toward my face. It seems like the front of the fan could be changed to create more of a vacuum where as the wide front it does have doesn't really direct the power of the fan if that makes any sense.I've found that I almost need to have the fan tilted forward and my soldering job be almost underneath it. That makes soldering a bit tough so I have to get a lamp to point under there so I can see. It's not ideal, but it's better than sucking in bad fumes.

I've used these units at work for two activities. One is the intended application of soldering. It works fine for that. The second is to remove the smell of epoxy, when potting parts for cross-sectioning. The epoxy really smells up the lab and this little guy takes care of it, as long as the mixed epoxy is placed near the air inlet/filter.This is a simple device. Just a fan and a carbon filter. Not overly quiet, but not overly loud either. It comes with 3 filters and each seems to last a while. Extra filters are pretty cheap. Nothing like a product that doesn't cost a bundle and does what it's supposed to.

Needed this fan for the pyrography projects I work on. This fan works great for this, I set it up behind the project I'm working on and it draws any smoke away.The fan is relatively quite also it is solid and the base allows it to stay in place.

Hello,Among all orders we have purchased in the recent past, the Smoke Absorber (and the soldering device device ) doesn't work for some reason. I;m curios to know if we are missing something and how we can move forward?Thanks,Firas

Product exactly as advertised. Works very well.