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Review on Aoyue 738H Digital Rework Station by Mark Lodge

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Old Bearing - November 2017 Manufacturing Date

Original purchase - the unit supplied had a power switch on the back of the unit, contrary to what is shown in the current manual and photos on the Revain website. Revain product support was very helpful and provided an overnight replacement; Delivery on Saturday. Unfortunately, as said on the phone, this device is from the same "batch", with production date November 2017 - VERY OLD STOCK with the same problem as the original device: the power switch is on the back, not on the lower right front panel as in the current one Manual and shown in the advertisement and photos of this particular model on the Revain website. This makes it very difficult to turn the device on or off during normal use on a test and repair stand where such testers are often stacked one on top of the other. Also, this poses a safety issue/hazard if it becomes necessary to turn off the device quickly. Again, based on the manufacture date stamp on these units, although they are 'new', they were made 1 year and 3 months ago. very likely because they lack the expected product improvements as shown in the manual and actual photos, usually on the web and on the Revain website. I hope you will contact me to arrange the return of this latest device.

Pros
  • ◆ SMART FEATURES - It has several advanced features such as: Digital display of target and actual hot air temperature. Microprocessor control with hot air heater rod self-test system that warns the user of heater core aging or failure. Digital calibration of soldering iron and hot air system. It also features an automatic mode with programmable wrap-up time.
Cons
  • unreliable