Soldering Station?

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ToeNee

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I'm looking to purchase a new soldering station to use at home. At work I use some solomon soldering station which is to expensive for me for home use. At home I use some el-cheapo radioshack iron which doesn't give off enough heat. I do alot television repair and occasionally recapping motherboards.

So far I have the Hakko 936 station in mind. I'm wondering if there's any better station within that price range? $100?
 
I would not cheap out too much on a soldering iron i just have on of the ones we dont use at work anymore. So i have a metcal(which is now OK International). It was 500 bucks at one point.
 
I use the Aoyue 936, basically a Hakko knockoff. Possibly made in the same factory even.

It's perfect, I love it. No issues at all.
 
Well, is there any meaningful advantage to the digital versions or is it just a pretty LCD display?
 
I prefer the knob ones. You can set the temperature in one twist, instead of tap-tap-tap-tap-tap-....

I guess it's the same reason I won't buy a car stereo that doesn't have a volume knob.
 
You can always cruise Ebay. Metcal stations can be found for 100USD, they are the best things I have ever worked with.
 
Hakko 936 user here.
wes51 should be comparable to the hakko.

I've heard good things of the hakko knockoffs though.
Circuit specialists, Aoyue, Chicago electric(harbor freight), are some of them.
All of them are manufactured by the same company afaik and are rebranded per distributor.
 
I use one of those Hakko knock-offs. Been using it hard for about 5-6 years and it's stood up pretty well. The LED display is starting to get a bit jittery, but the function is still fine. It's a darn good little inexpensive station.
 
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