Looking for a budget hot air soldering station for hobby use

[deep000]

Hi,
I'm looking to get on Aliexpress a hot air soldering station for hobby use, nothing too fancy, just something "reliable" and budget-friendly.
Any recommendations for a "good" cheap one that gets the job done?
Thanks in advance

[stj]

to do what?

[deep000]

to do what?

Mainly for small electronics repairs and DIY projects (soldering or removing SMD components on PCBs ...)

[stj]

not exactly the answer i was looking for.
it's like this,
the cheap 30€+ stations are fine for most things but NOT for BGA work or trying to change USB-C/HDMI connectors.

if your doing that you need a lot more airflow and your looking at 160+ type prices.

[sam_sam_sam]

Here might be an option I just bought one and it very versatile

HERCULES 1700 Watt 14 Amp 108 Temperature High Output Heat Gun

https://www.harborfreight.com/1700-w...gun-57988.html


This is the first heat gun that you can actually control the temperature and the fan speed with the controller on this heat gun

This only issue it seem to have is that the cool down function could be on for a little longer because the minimum temperature of 120*F it should have been a lot lower than that

It would been nice if the fan speed could have been a little slower but overall it is a good idea for using to remove surface mount components that are on large ground plane or on power rail plane where a normal heat would have issues doing or just would take to long to just getting it done if you want to reuse the device

One word of caution about using this heat gun will go to a 1000* F for the highest level possible so please keep this in mind when setting the temperature that it can get this hot

[Garret Matt.]

I originally started out using the big brother variant of this quick station and switched over to this one because I was looking for something to recommend to students. The noticeable difference is the spool up time for the heating coil, and the max temp compared to a Quick 861 (~$300). Currently I use the 957 as my daily hot air station in a repair shop. As a standalone hot air station it can handle most work I do with the exception of heat efficient boards like 3070 GPU's or Xbox Series X's.

Quick 957DW+ Hot Air Station (580 Watt) | TEquipment