Efficient and Safe American HAKKO FR301-03/P ESD Portable Desoldering Tool with Precise Temperature Control in °F/°C Review

I was old hardened Hand solder sucker Copper braid It took forever to remove the components. I've removed the fuses that were soldered in, but to no avail. When the Hakko arrived it took about a minute to heat up and about 10 seconds to siphon off the solder and remove the fuses. yes fuses However, I clogged the nozzle due to removing a large amount of solder. However, it is quite easy to clean the nozzle. Simply heat up and insert the cleaning pen through the nozzle. Remove the cleaning pen…

Feels stupid not to buy something like this sooner. This thing makes desoldering jobs a breeze! I LOVE this tool! Bought because I had a very rare expensive damaged video game. I was able to solder both the EPROM onto the damaged game and onto a cheaper donor game to use the donor board. It literally took 2 minutes to desolder all the contacts on all four microcircuits. It would take me a good half day to persuade them all with a wick and lightbulb or a spring-loaded suction cup. I literally…

I'm quite a layman. I have both a solder wick and "manual" suction tools. This thing is a revelation. Reviews saying this thing is difficult to clean or not worth the effort didn't study this tool to understand how it works, how to maintain and clean it etc. I love remodeling McIntosh amp covers. I have basic soldering skills and a decent under $100 station. Those are bee knees. You need to understand how it works and clean the solder pre-filter regularly, but to be honest I don't understand…

I recently completed a preamp project and made a mistake on a small dt05 op amp board that was soldered to the motherboard. This op amp board is soldered with 6 pins so desoldering was a nightmare. I've tried soldering a wick, soldering a suction cup, etc. and nothing has worked. It just wouldn't go away. I spent almost $500 on this kit, so I didn't want to spend it all on a $10 op amp kit that had to be stripped out and rebuilt. I love Hakko products so I took a chance and tried this soldering

The manual says to clean the tool after every use and I couldn't figure out if that's after every vacuum or every soldered component or every meant meeting or something. I think I learned the hard way that this is the first. This thing died for me trying to solder the second item: a 16-pin microcircuit. The first were burrs connecting the baseplate to a 1980's computer, and the tool did an excellent job. But now, in the middle of the desoldering process of this second element, the barrel was…

Completely clogged the gun and didn't know what to do. Revane helped me contact Hakko's representative to tell me how to unlock the weapon. The nozzle (the tip of the pen) and heating element (the long, shiny metal part) can be removed by holding the gun in your left hand, pointing the gun to the right, grabbing the shiny metal part, and twisting it to the left. Please look at the picture I've attached to understand the order of the parts when opened. Use cleaning pens (a screwdriver-like thing

Doesn't happen often, but I love the new tool. This is undoubtedly the best tool for removing lead-free solder from circuit boards. Literally one pull of the trigger and BAM, the solder is removed. There is no sign of a rupture. What remains is the unequipped circuit board. Cleaning 5 minutes or less. Supplied with case and 1.0mm tip. Tips for this are expensive, but worth it. So if you're tired of overheating circuit boards, erasing traces, or pumping a handheld vacuum 20 or 30 times only to…

I've used a Weller DS 600 desoldering station in the past and it does an excellent job with single or double layer boards. Since it is no longer produced and parts are only available on the remainder market, I decided to buy a new soldering iron. Hakko has almost always received rave reviews. The only negative I saw is that people didn't keep the iron clean, this is especially important without lead solder as it connects the device faster. I've tried the device on a few single and dual layer…

I hesitated to buy one of these for years until I started doing some extensive Hi-Fi review projects. Once you use any of these, you'll curse yourself for wasting time and energy on manual spring-loaded suction pumps, absorbent braid, etc. I was concerned about the suction power of a manual device in a device, but this is just amazing. It heats up FAST, doesn't clog if you let it steep for a second after each puff to clear the tube, and the filter works without much attention. The biggest and…