felix_lane99•21d agoProlific Poster

Bought a cheap hot air station and it died after two jobs

Honestly, I grabbed a $70 no-name hot air station online thinking it would be fine for small stuff. Used it to reflow a GPU and fix a phone charging port, then on the third try the heater coil just burned out. Tbh I wasted a whole afternoon and now I'm out the cash for the station plus the new part I need. Has anyone found a decent budget station that actually lasts more than a week?

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william_henderson21d ago

My $60 Yihua lasted exactly one board before the fan died. You really do get what you pay for with this stuff.

riveradams13d ago

Tell me about it, my cheap iron just up and quit mid-project.

diana2021d ago

Sounds like you just got a bad one.