YIHUA 948D III Soldering Iron Desoldering Station Kit with Upgraded Desolder Tool, 110W EVO Solder Iron, Vacuum Pump, 3 Desoldering Nozzles, with Automatic Shutdown, Sleep Mode Functions.

Amazing through hole solder remover station. I have not used the solder station side as I have many but this is far better than the Anesty desoldering station that I have purchased two of two years ago. The anesty unit is no longer available and the DIC SC-7000Z Desoldering Tool with its compact pistol design is too hard to find and a bit of a PITA to clean and maintain.This guy will heat up in about 2 minutes on 120 volts and has a warning that is is not ready yet AND the pump will not pump until it has reached setpoint.As for continence and ease of cleaning, I will work on this but it seems the best way may be to use a small propane torch to heat the solder blob and tap the built up solder off the spring.The power is spot on as is the functionality as the pistol is comfortable to MY hand AND the vacuum pump is the strongest I have used to date.I repair boards and probably replace close to 100 components per week so I feel my word is pretty good AND at this price, I will buy a spare to back this one up so I can find/fix this one when/if it plugs up.

Worked well. De-soldered a 72 pin module in an EV dc-dc converter without damaging the module or PC board.

This thing makes desoldering and solder controller analog sticks out a breeze.

Works as it should, soldering iron heats fast and solder gun works perfectly! Comes with extra parts and I use it daily.

Overall it is a nice piece of equipment when it works.The unit developed a "SE" error (sensor error) on the the de-soldering gun after about 4 months of regular usage,an error that in the beginning could be worked around by cycling the power on/off, but finally became permanent.Contacting the Yihua support website is an exercise in futility and in this case, when an answer finally appeared, reflected not service, but a game of playing "hot potato".In short, hope that the unit lasts more than a year, and then buy a new on if it fails.

Five stars... hands down. Makes my job of guitar amp repair ten times easier! The soldering iron instantly heats up. The desoldering gun is magically efficient. Easy-to-use, accurate, individual controls for each tool. This tool is an engineer's/technician's dream. Highly recommended.

I actually bought it for the ability to de-solder some components (capacitors) off of vintage McIntosh audio equipment so that I could upgrade them as they are approaching 50 years old! Anyway, while it looks nice, it is less than effective for de-soldering. It tries, but it just doesn't perform as a de-soldering tool.I am keeping it as it is better than nothing but it is not acceptable as a de-soldering tool. The soldering iron is decent.

Have only tried the de-soldering iron. It did the job but somehow not quite as easy as the slick videos. However really disappointed to find that once I got set up I had a great selection of de-soldering tips but the soldering iron only comes with a fairly large chisel tip. Another reviewer has pointed that out, wish I had seen it before I purchased this unit. Always find it irritating when for the sake of a dollar or two, a manufacturere cheaps out on some part of the package that is otherwise reasonable. Also they could highly recommend adding a set of compatible solder tips to you basket on purchase of this item. Not I have to find the right solder tips and wait for my order to arrive. Just spent an hour looking for 902 series tips, not easy to find. Ccould only find WEP brand. Adds $15 to my total outlay, and 2 day wait, that sucks.