Hakko FX-888 cheap for 220-240v countries

[stj]

Re: Hakko FX-888 cheap for 220-240v countries

the way i see it, it's not important who makes it if the design is good.

it would be interesting to find these clone hakko's had unlocked microcontrollers.
then the software could be improved.

DX does not have this anymore btw,
but they have cheap tips.
handy if they fit the real iron.

[Opensourceyourmind]

Re: Hakko FX-888 cheap for 220-240v countries

Hello. It seems that all this fanaticism about this iron have made chinese to counterfeit this product like crazy. I have ordered 2 irons from china which were described original and turned to be fake. I shipped them back and costed me a fortune. I am 99.9% sure that every Hakko from china's market is fake.
Please see this link http://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews...-220v-version/ , they also copied the foam in the handle and the heater.
I see that there is an other japanese company called Goot which is not copied so much like Hakko ( or not at all? ).
I can't find any teardown photos of Goot station but i have noticed that most of them are made in Japan except of the gas irons ( Ireland - Portasol ) and some pliers.
Can someone who has a Goot soldering station make a teardown and tells us what he thinks about this brand? ( reriability ? )
I have seen that Goot is more expensive than hakko but in my opinion better chance to get a real thing.
Thank you.

[retiredcaps]

Re: Hakko FX-888 cheap for 220-240v countries

I'm not saying the FX-888 at DealExtreme is fake or not because I don't know, but DealExtreme DOES sell counterfeit capacitors. Details at

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16344

[mariushm]

Re: Hakko FX-888 cheap for 220-240v countries

No, I didn't buy it from Dealextreme.

There's a very low chance it's a fake, but if it is it's a VERY GOOD fake.

It comes with Chinese manual and everything the regular Hakko FX-888 comes.

[eurotek_user]

Re: Hakko FX-888 cheap for 220-240v countries

So let me understand do you have this iron bought from dealextreme.com or not ?

[mariushm]

It looks like Hakko created a version of FX-888 for the Chinese market, which runs on 220v
People with mains voltages between 220v and 240v can just buy this one and cut/change the cable or use a plug adapter, instead of buying the proper European version of the solder station, which is 2-4 times more expensive.

Right now, you can buy it on Dealextreme now for about 112$ with free shipping, which imho is very cheap:

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/hanko-f...ac-220v-126505

It's 80$ in US, but if I were to order it from there, it would cost about 60$ to ship it here where I live, and then I'd have to pay 24% VAT at the customs office, so 112$ is really a great deal (customs don't bother with Chinese packages as Dealextreme usually marks them as 10-20$ "toys" on the customs form).

For those that don't know, Hakko FX-888 is the successor of the popular Hakko 936 and it's a very good soldering station - it's way better than those cheapo soldering tools that go straight into the mains.



I'm almost sorry I got a Hakko 936 a while ago from eBay.

ps. Discussion on eevblog about it: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/product...88-replica%29/