🔥 CHP170 Cutter Soldering Station Bundle Review

I bought a Hakko FX-888 "regular" soldering station that had a temperature control problem, so I ended up replacing it with the FX-888D. The only difference you'll likely notice between the two is that one is digital and the other isn't. Actually the iron is the same, the weight is the same, the tip is the same, the base is the same. Also, it looks like some corners in the FX-888D's packaging material have been cut off and the DIN connector on the iron was a bit cheaper on the 888D. In terms of

This is an excellent soldering station. I used a Weller with temperature selectors that worked great. Thats much better. It is more powerful (70W) than the Weller and heats up much faster. And no tips for changing the temperature: just follow the instructions to set the new temperature and voila! The best station I've ever used. Now one thing is missing from the manuals and it's nowhere to be found (without digging around extensively on the web). Here's how to do a factory reset. As I…

I would highly recommend the Hakko FX-888D. As a hobby I build tweed and blackface guitar amps and also install pickups and potentiometers on my electric guitars. When I first started I used cheaper Weller irons but the tips wore out quickly and were expensive to replace or they just didn't work from time to time so I did a little research on soldering stations. I chose the FX-888D over the Weller WE1010NA mainly because I was dissatisfied with the cheaper models. At this point I have had the…