Recommendations of quality soldering station and (separate) hot air station

[caprider]

Hey,

I’m looking for some recommendations of a decent quality soldering station and a separate hot air station. I’m just a hobbyist, so even if (ultra)premium tools are not required, I still want some good tools. They should be available in Europe.

I now have a TS100 and some soldering irons and looking for some better tools.

1. Soldering station, budget around 200-240€
JBC BT-2BWA seems to be a good product in the budget.

2. Hot air station, budget around 200€
Up to now I’ve found ATTEN ST-862D to be a good option.

What do you think about these products? Do you have some other recommendations in about the same budget, or lower budget if you think I get about the same quality.

Thanks.

[diif]

I have the Atten, it's an awesome piece of kit.
Have a a look at the PACE ADS200, there's a big thread over on eevblog about it

[stj]

get a JBC or a clone,
you will save a fortune in tip cost compared to the pace crap.

[diif]

Originally Posted by stj

get a JBC or a clone,
you will save a fortune in tip cost compared to the pace crap.

The price is around the same for the tips for the Pace or JBC.
If the fake stations are like the one Northridgefix tried out the firmware is absolute garbage and the station was unusable.

[stj]

there are lots of JBC compatable stations now - some have great reviews.
unlike a review i saw for the pace

[caprider]

Why a knock off when you can get an original JBC at about the same price?

[ZeuzzTN]

I have a cheap ZD 8908 hot air station using it i found :
It is good for small cms components that have exposed pads...
It is really bad for chips and IC's especially in multi-layer PCBs

[caprider]

What are “cms components”?

[diif]

Originally Posted by stj

there are lots of JBC compatable stations now - some have great reviews.
unlike a review i saw for the pace

Yes, I was looking at the i2c stations which seem garbage, the Aixun stations look good though, so good I bought the T3B. Half tempted to the the T3A also.

They are about a third of the price caprider.

[stj]

Aixun reviews
https://www.youtube.com/c/Sdgelectronics/videos

[Eddy the Mad]

Im looking for an update on my KSGER T12 also, T3A T245 clone, Pace ADS200 or save up for the real deal? (JBC)

[diif]

The T3B beats the KSGER on power and doesn't have an iffy power supply. I've also bought a T3A after being impressed with the T3B. Watch the review stj links.

[Eddy the Mad]

Originally Posted by diif

The T3B beats the KSGER on power and doesn't have an iffy power supply. I've also bought a T3A after being impressed with the T3B. Watch the review stj links.

Thanks, indeed looks half decent to me!