08/02/2019
I wasn't expecting much considering how little I paid for it, but again Banggood have surprised me! So I paid about £8 UK, inc P&P etc, it arrived surprisingly quickly, attached with a two prong unfused plug and a unfused UK adaptor, but I plug these things into a short lead fused extension then into a RCD adaptor, so I at least have the minimum protection just in case. I've use d it a few times now, it's sold as a 36W 220V device and mine draws 34W, so I'm happy with that, They do state the voltage is +/- 15% which at 240V is within it's tolerance range. The hollow tip takes about 4mins to warm up to a temperature where it can melt lead based solder, push the solder sucker plunger down, apply the tip to the joint, wiggle it a little, press the release button and slurp, the solder's gone! If you don't succeed on the first attempt, such as if your doing a multilayer motherboard (where all the layers act as a heatsink), a item that's been produced in a solderbath, or one whos solder is lead free, then consider applying some lead based solder first, that works a treat. I could never afford (or justify) an expensive vacuum pumped desolder station, as much as I would love one, so this is the poor mans version, but it's working a treat and has allowed me to make a very tidy job of removing capacitors from around a CPU and remove some IC's in a fraction of the time it takes with a normal solder sucker since the heat at the tip is there all the time. It feels comfy to hold and to operate, I place my pinkie under tha cable and the rest of my hand above so that my thumb operates the plunger and button. It has a good stroke to suck the solder in, and is well sealed so you get good pressure, and with the button placed at the top means you get less of a 'kick' at the tip. The one downside so far is that it gets quite warm at the body where the heating element meets the body, and at 36W it is quite toasty, so it will be interesting to see if this heat causes any fractures or deteriorates the plastic. The instructions are on the packaging, and are in Chinese, but no matter. to empty the pump, turn it off, allow it to cool, then twist the top where the button is, anticlockwise about 30 degrees, then left apart. It is a neat little device :D I hope you find this review helpful, if you have any questions that I can answer, do get in touch and I'll try to answer them for you.
I wasn't expecting much considering how little I paid for it, but again Banggood have surprised me! So I paid about £8 UK, inc P&P etc, it arrived surprisingly quickly, attached with a two prong unfused plug and a unfused UK adaptor, but I plug these things into a short lead fused extension then into a RCD adaptor, so I at least have the minimum protection just in case. I've use d it a few times now, it's sold as a 36W 220V device and mine draws 34W, so I'm happy with that, They do state the voltage is +/- 15% which at 240V is within it's tolerance range. The hollow tip takes about 4mins to warm up to a temperature where it can melt lead based solder, push the solder sucker plunger down, apply the tip to the joint, wiggle it a little, press the release button and slurp, the solder's gone! If you don't succeed on the first attempt, such as if your doing a multilayer motherboard (where all the layers act as a heatsink), a item that's been produced in a solderbath, or one whos solder is lead free, then consider applying some lead based solder first, that works a treat. I could never afford (or justify) an expensive vacuum pumped desolder station, as much as I would love one, so this is the poor mans version, but it's working a treat and has allowed me to make a very tidy job of removing capacitors from around a CPU and remove some IC's in a fraction of the time it takes with a normal solder sucker since the heat at the tip is there all the time. It feels comfy to hold and to operate, I place my pinkie under tha cable and the rest of my hand above so that my thumb operates the plunger and button. It has a good stroke to suck the solder in, and is well sealed so you get good pressure, and with the button placed at the top means you get less of a 'kick' at the tip. The one downside so far is that it gets quite warm at the body where the heating element meets the body, and at 36W it is quite toasty, so it will be interesting to see if this heat causes any fractures or deteriorates the plastic. The instructions are on the packaging, and are in Chinese, but no matter. to empty the pump, turn it off, allow it to cool, then twist the top where the button is, anticlockwise about 30 degrees, then left apart. It is a neat little device :D I hope you find this review helpful, if you have any questions that I can answer, do get in touch and I'll try to answer them for you.
I wasn't expecting much considering how little I paid for it, but again Banggood have surprised me! So I paid about £8 UK, inc P&P etc, it arrived surprisingly quickly, attached with a two prong unfused plug and a unfused UK adaptor, but I plug these things into a short lead fused extension then into a RCD adaptor, so I at least have the minimum protection just in case. I've use d it a few times now, it's sold as a 36W 220V device and mine draws 34W, so I'm happy with that, They do state the voltage is +/- 15% which at 240V is within it's tolerance range. The hollow tip takes about 4mins to warm up to a temperature where it can melt lead based solder, push the solder sucker plunger down, apply the tip to the joint, wiggle it a little, press the release button and slurp, the solder's gone! If you don't succeed on the first attempt, such as if your doing a multilayer motherboard (where all the layers act as a heatsink), a item that's been produced in a solderbath, or one whos solder is lead free, then consider applying some lead based solder first, that works a treat. I could never afford (or justify) an expensive vacuum pumped desolder station, as much as I would love one, so this is the poor mans version, but it's working a treat and has allowed me to make a very tidy job of removing capacitors from around a CPU and remove some IC's in a fraction of the time it takes with a normal solder sucker since the heat at the tip is there all the time. It feels comfy to hold and to operate, I place my pinkie under tha cable and the rest of my hand above so that my thumb operates the plunger and button. It has a good stroke to suck the solder in, and is well sealed so you get good pressure, and with the button placed at the top means you get less of a 'kick' at the tip. The one downside so far is that it gets quite warm at the body where the heating element meets the body, and at 36W it is quite toasty, so it will be interesting to see if this heat causes any fractures or deteriorates the plastic. The instructions are on the packaging, and are in Chinese, but no matter. to empty the pump, turn it off, allow it to cool, then twist the top where the button is, anticlockwise about 30 degrees, then left apart. It is a neat little device :D I hope you find this review helpful, if you have any questions that I can answer, do get in touch and I'll try to answer them for you.