i have been looking around for a desolder station and was wondering what to look for. does anyone here have one? i saw this one on ebay:
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any good?
thanks
Looks like that one just blows hot air, which would be good for desoldering surface-mount parts. You could get a cheaper hot air gun for like $20 (no airflow control though and only 2 temperature settings).
For through-hole I imagine it'd be a lot better to have something that'll suck up the solder. It'd have a vacuum, filter, and replacable tips (since they'd get clogged with solder).
yea, that makes sense. thanks for the info.
just got this in the mail the other day:
http://www.web-tronics.com/esdsacodestc.html
works great and only cost me about 130 bucks shipped.