YIHUA 948 Upgraded 2 in 1 ESD Safe 80W Desoldering Station and 60W Soldering Iron- Desoldering Gun and Soldering Station °F /°C

I needed something like this for years. I have dreamed of a desoldering tool that actually works, and I now have one. It is well worth the money and it seems to be very sturdy. I’ve done a lot of desoldering with it since receiving it and it seems like it will hold up very well. I’m 100% satisfied with this desoldering tool.

I’ve been restoring old audio equipment for a while now and have always used a cheap solder sucker and soldering iron to remove components. I decided to pick this up and holy smokes, why in the heck didn’t I buy one years ago. No more messed up solder pads. This thing works amazing, it’s incredible, and worth every penny! Only gripe is the soldering iron plug is different than the same brand soldering station so the irons are not interchangeable, it’s stupid. Like why use a different plug when the irons are exactly the same. Anyway, still worth it even if it was twice the price I had no idea these things work sooo good.

So far I have used it one time and I must say it made the job incredibly easy. Suction was great control of temperature for soldering was excellent. Very easy to use very satisfied at this point.

The media could not be loaded. Purchased this yesterday brand new. I have a 4.0 in Logic Circuits from years ago - still get confused by schematics. I don't repair electronics professionally - but do have Airframe Power Plant - and spent some years working on Commercial Jets. Not an Idiot.Working on a persons car - just to help them out... repairing an electronics board - and have over 85 pins to desolder just to be able to split the board half's and get to the defective relay.Set stuff up this morning - and the Vacuum pump would not come on... Turns out - this was because the temp setting (in Desolder) of 716 to 754 is useless. Temp must be at least 755F. Found this out doing testing - because I eventually turned it up to 840F - got the pump working... and then decreased the temp in a few increments...Got looking at some other desolder units such as Hakko - thinking to possibly purchase one. Said - lets give this another chance - and to my huge surprise - it now refuses to even Heat Up. Keep in mind - this has only been ON for like 3 minutes total. Most of thiat is time to have it heat up. If I wasn't having it heat up - or for just the 5 seconds or so - trying to get it to Desolder - it was OFF.OFF!!Now - after watching some YT vids - decided to give it another go & set the temp to 760F - and it DOES NOT Heat up. Took the tip off... looked at it; put the tip back on... Tried it again. Took the tip off again - wiped the heating element - made sure the tip was back on fine... It turns on; lets you set the Temp - and then does NOT heat up. I'm done. This is going back. Useless junk - which I hoped would be better. It did suck up my tinning solder when I finally got the pump to go on at first... but NOW - I'm done. It is plugged in (of course) and I checked the desolder plug in port, etc. It no longer works at all. If this is their quality - I don't need it.

So where to begin with this item. When it works, it's great. But owning this for less than a year I have already had to replace the gun. Luckily the gun can be purchased seperately, and it is not terribly expensive, still, the fact that they do sell the gun seperately tells me they know this thing will fail. My second gun is having issues already.. It still sucks but it seems like its getting clogged easier and easier during use.. I have to constantly clean it during use to keep the suction. And the suction is also hit or miss on this it seems. Sometimes its great and I can do a job very quickly. but there are too many times where its been subpar and I've struggled way more than I should have. I will probably buy one more gun for back up and if I run through 3 guns in less than a year.. I will be replacing this with something better.

I’ve been an electronics technician for 50 years. This desoldering station work great and is comparable to much more expensive units. I’m glad an assortment of consumable parts are included. I use this desoldering station to service my tube guitar amplifiers.

The shipping was fast and it was well-packed along with other stuff in a bigger box. The desoldering station’s own box was very well constructed and all of the components are as they left the factory. I tested some 3rd-party replacement tips on the iron to confirm fit and they work fine. The station itself appears to be very well constructed. I just rebuilt an old (ancient?) Wxxx PU1 soldering station and this units quality is at least the equal of the old-school soldering station. This is designed for light duty work however, so I don’t plan push it too far. I like that it has easily available spare parts. I’d buy another as a present as I think this one will last me a long time.

Very good unit of the money. The other unit I really wanted was us$1,000, so I decided to look for other options. This one looked to be the best value for money, so I bought it.Minimal controls, and a very minimal manual, but works well. Can't use the iron and desolder at the same time, but that's OK. Desolder nozzle takes time to get to temperature, so be a little patient.You can see a video of my impressions of the unit by searching YouTube for "C.K. tries a Yihue 948 solder/desolder station"