YIHUA 948-II 4 in 1 Hot Air Rework Soldering Iron and Desoldering Suction Tin Gun Station with Suction Pick Up Pen °F /°C

The desoldering gun may take longer to reach the desired temperature compared to others, but it's a plus that the vacuum only operates when at the right temperature. While the desoldering technique has a slight learning curve and requires patience, once mastered, you may never go back to using wick or suction bulbs. After using it for about half an hour on a scrap board (surprisingly satisfying), I encountered my first clog. Clearing and cleaning it was a bit of a hassle initially, but with time, I believe I'll find the solution. Although a bit more suction power would be appreciated, there might be a delicate balance between maintaining temperature and suction strength that needs consideration.

I've been a hobbyist my entire life and have been known to do a bit of soldering here and there, but as things get smaller and smaller, the tools become less and less useful. I eventually found myself needing to remove a chip from a microcontroller board to replace it and lacking the tools to do so.I could have just gotten a hot air rework station by itself and called it a day, but I realized my poor old soldering iron was getting a bit worn out so I decided I'd get one with a soldering iron too, and then I saw a video of someone using a desoldering sucker and knew I had to have one.Lucky for me, there's an option to get all three in one nice package. I didn't even realize the machine had the small suction grabber for pulling and holding chips when using hot air, definitely a bonus that I wasn't expecting.I've used it a lot by now, and wanted to do so before I put in a review.The soldering iron is excellent, it heats quickly and has absolutely never let me down, grab yourself a set of extra tips of different formfactors and you'll be good to go.The desoldering gun took some learning, and I managed to clog it up pretty bad a few times before I got good at it. The trick seems to be holding the suction down until the solder is pulled all the way to the back of the internal catching spring. Once I got the hang of it, I was using it to pull through-hole components in record time. As a bonus, it's also pretty darn good at cleaning up pads without having to use solder wick.The air gun is why I got it in the first place, and it did the job I got it for without any effort, removed the chip and replaced it within 10 minutes of getting the machine and I've used it dozens of times since. It's reliable, heats quickly, and has all the tips you need to put the heat exactly where it needs to go.The small suction cup wand that I didn't realize it included is pretty awesome, I didn't even realize a tool like this existed, with the right cup on it you can get a lock on a chip so tight it'll lift the entire board off the table if you pull hard enough. This makes it trivial to pull chips without having to use tweezers, and even works for reinstalling them. A small dab of flux can help secure the suction if things are a bit dry. I didn't know I wanted it, but I don't know if I can ever go back to not having one.Overall, 10 out of 10, I couldn't be happier with it. The extra components and usage of standard parts for things like iron tips and heat carts just makes things all the better when the time comes to replace consumables.

first a little about me, im a hobbyest, and i mainly use a hakko fx888d for normal soldering, and a yihua 959d for hot air use both amazing products.first lets get my complaints out of the way. the desoldering gun takes a long time to heat up. but im guessing thats mostly due to its thermal mass. once heated its a 4/5 gun, as you use it it does loose heat pretty quickly. and sometimes dosent clear a hole throughly enough.. to fix that it that reqauires you to turn on the soldering iron, which turns off the guns heating. then you add more solder to the joint and flip the switch back to the gun (dont forget to tin the irons tip as its now off). now you wait a few miniutes for it to come back to temp. and try again.in my workign with the gun most of the solder bunched up at the back of the spring. ataching it to the spring. to remove it from the spring i had to use the iron to soften the solder. and push it out of the hole at the bottom of the spring till that was clear and the whole while being careful not to burn myself.the hot air is great, same as my other yihua. cant complain.the soldering iron is pretty good. not quite as good as my hakko. but thats to be expected, as the hakko is a 70watt iron and this is a 60 watt iron, so its workign with less power.HOWEVER that soldering iron/gun holder is HORRIBLE. its not wide enough to be steady when you need to wipe somthing. and with the gun in front of the iron putting back tools is a PITA. it will get the job sont, but i hate it. 0/10hot air part 9/10soldering iron, 6/10desodlering gun 6/10overall 7/10 exclusing the iron/gun holder, would recommend but get a different stand for the iron and gun.6/10 if you include that in the rating its that bad to lower the star count,

I have no complaints at all about the Yihua. I've been using it for several months now and it has performed flawlessly. The soldering iron gets the most use. Temperature is accurate, heats up very quickly, maintains temperature properly during use.The desoldering gun works surprisingly well. I've had very mixed results with other brands. This one just works, although it does take a while to come up to working temperature.The hot air gun doesn't get a lot of use but when I've needed it I have had no problems with that either.Overall I like it a great deal and think it's good value for the money.