Any good discount electric desoldering pumps?

[SluggerB]

I see these listed for as cheap as $40 all the way up to over $200. Does anyone have any experience with any of the discount units that actually work well?

[stj]

Re: Any good discount electric desoldering pumps?

zongdi ZD-915 is good.
costs about €60 if you look hard enough - average price €100

[sam_sam_sam]

Re: Any good discount electric desoldering pumps?

zongdi ZD-915 is good.
costs about €60 if you look hard enough - average price €100

I second this but I would recommend this

If you buy one make sure that you buy extra filters and tips you will need them

The only other thing that I will tell you the more flux you suck up into the gun the more than likely will clog the tube in the gun but if you happen to do take the tip off and use a 1/16 drill bit if the cleaning rod does not clear the tube

Here is one on eBay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pro-Vacuum-...-/302470622082

MPJA electronic store sometimes they have but they have been out of stock for quite some time now but this has happened before

[stj]

Re: Any good discount electric desoldering pumps?

filters are a robbery, you can make your own better ones.
that said, thereare a number of threads here about "upgrades".
from changing the fan and it's power, to making filter discs, to adding an inline (fuel) filter as a backup/pump-saver

[dicky96]

Re: Any good discount electric desoldering pumps?

Pretty much what the others say

I have this one which is same as / clone of Zongdi 915

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000...archweb201603_

And it's just wonderful to use

I find a combination of hot air wand in the left hand and this desoldering tool in the right hand will work even on motherboards with heavy ground planes

One bit of advice - when you finish desoldering, push a cleaning needle through the tip several times before you switch it off. They are a bugger to clean out if you let solder solidify in the base of the tip!