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hot air station
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IbeSial
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I have been trying to find a good comparison of the FR-810 and the WHA900 and you are the only person who has spoken to that. Louis dose a great demo of the WHA 900 but to my knowledge has not posted a video where he uses the FR-810 side by side with the WHA900. For the low price + good quality range under $1000 I have been back and forth on choosing these two, but I think you just tipped the balance and I am now thinking I will go with the FR-810. The two things that I noticed from the specks was both that the heat and the air flow.
Heat was close, but the air flow was almost double.
FR-810 WHA-900
Heat 1124 F (600 C) 1000 F (~538 C)
Air Flow 5-115 L/min 5-50 L/min
My big question is how big of a difference does this make? Are there other things that make the Hakko better than the Weller?
I am so curious as to how the system runs. The reviews of the product that I have seen do a poor job of explaining the ways to change temperature and airflow. They talk about pre programed this and that and all the new bells and whistles but there is not a whole lot out there on the basic controls.
Can you adjust up and down on the air flow with more accuracy than 1-9 amounts?
- example - say can air flow be 5.7 or 1.4 or can you only jump by 12 L/min increments of flow? Does that matter?
Can you adjust the heat on the fly while workin? what is that like? Can you only adjust to preset amounts?
How important is it to be able to, adjust your machine on the fly?
Any thoughts on what would be a better machine in the $1000 range would be welcome.
Thanks.
Heat was close, but the air flow was almost double.
FR-810 WHA-900
Heat 1124 F (600 C) 1000 F (~538 C)
Air Flow 5-115 L/min 5-50 L/min
My big question is how big of a difference does this make? Are there other things that make the Hakko better than the Weller?
I am so curious as to how the system runs. The reviews of the product that I have seen do a poor job of explaining the ways to change temperature and airflow. They talk about pre programed this and that and all the new bells and whistles but there is not a whole lot out there on the basic controls.
Can you adjust up and down on the air flow with more accuracy than 1-9 amounts?
- example - say can air flow be 5.7 or 1.4 or can you only jump by 12 L/min increments of flow? Does that matter?
Can you adjust the heat on the fly while workin? what is that like? Can you only adjust to preset amounts?
How important is it to be able to, adjust your machine on the fly?
Any thoughts on what would be a better machine in the $1000 range would be welcome.
Thanks.
FR-810 is much more powerful than the WHA900 but the WHA900 is easier to adjust.
The $600 hot air stations are the "cheap" ones. If you want expensive look up the JBC JT-A. I love that station.
The weller is just old shit. It's usable old shit, but still old shit. It makes the lights flicker in the room when I turn it on, it's too stupid to know when I press the button to run cold air through for a minute before turning off, and it costs $500+. Weller really should update their lineup with a different hot air station.
To my knowledge the FR-810 has only 10 adjustments for hot air speed and this is fine for me. The more skilled you become the less you care about fine adjustments in things like this, 99% of the time I am using the JBC on 90 or 100% air and I don't have problems. If you are blowing shit away this is a skill problem not a station problem(also need to use 4mm or bigger, if you are using some 2mm nozzle you are just shooting components off the board not soldering)
The $600 hot air stations are the "cheap" ones. If you want expensive look up the JBC JT-A. I love that station.
The weller is just old shit. It's usable old shit, but still old shit. It makes the lights flicker in the room when I turn it on, it's too stupid to know when I press the button to run cold air through for a minute before turning off, and it costs $500+. Weller really should update their lineup with a different hot air station.
To my knowledge the FR-810 has only 10 adjustments for hot air speed and this is fine for me. The more skilled you become the less you care about fine adjustments in things like this, 99% of the time I am using the JBC on 90 or 100% air and I don't have problems. If you are blowing shit away this is a skill problem not a station problem(also need to use 4mm or bigger, if you are using some 2mm nozzle you are just shooting components off the board not soldering)
G.Beard
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What are you using now?
If you can't afford to buy an original Hakko once then you definitely can't afford to buy a knockoff Hakko 20 times.
Glenn
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You have a good point there. One of the reasons that i bought a China Hakko was because I couldn't find a originalhakko with 220v. But i hope i can buy a JBC this time.