Cheap Hot Air

[peterfixit]

dont waste your time with that garbage, if your doing this as a job you need real hot air. buy this
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/162202056934

if you cant make back this money in the first month then your in the wrong field

 

[iambehr]

Those are valid points, thanks! I do have to be careful and preheat, but it does work. I have been able to successfully replace ISL chips and LP 8550.
Definitely a good point about durability. I hate having to figure out why my crap is broken.

My hope was that people looking for a cheap entry point wouldn't just run out and buy the cool looking completely useless auyoe thing.

 

[peterfixit]

for me the entry point was the hakko, i tried the cheaper ones , but just decided to save the $2700 for the microscope hot air and soldering stuff , had 10 fixable jobs in the first month which paid for everything