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Reviews (2)
Jan 24, 2017
Great PSU for the price
The great: this PSU has well engineered schematics, decent sized heatsinks, full input protection, output ripple suppression inductor. NTC on the input, common mode choke, protection X and Y caps are not skipped out on.
The meh: electrolyte caps are OK, don't expect high quality here. Output diode could have a bit more leeway in rated reverse voltage but should be ok.
The bad: this is nitpicking at this point, board has some flux on it, not quite clean. Also I wish it had a metal enclosure with grounding post.
Oh and also it's not really 6A power supply, of course, I wouldn't put more than 3-4A on it for any extended period of time. But at 4A it does put out 96W of power, still impressive and the ripple is manageable.
Apr 12, 2017
Great bang for buck
This is a great station for beginners and intermediate skilled hobbyists. While pros would probably chose a brand name with really tight temperature regulation and also would go with separate device for power supply with advanced protection functions and superb stability, this unit offers a lot for the price.
The engineering is quite good. It has 2 (!) separate heavy transformers inside, one for the soldering station + controller, another one (with some nice thick secondary wires) is used exclusively for power supply. Heatgun is powered directly from mains. You don't get second transformer in the lower powered versions of this unit so it's really worth paying for the 5A model.
Everything inside is tidied up with zip ties and properly grounded. A proper two-pole switch on the input with fuse on live wire, everything heat shrunk etc.
Unfortunately my unit was not properly calibrated from the factory, heatgun showed about 100-130 degrees C more than it actually was. I mean that is massive error, it even prevented the heatgun to ever turn off when put on the cradle because the indicator always showed 140 degrees even when it cooled completely to the room temperature. Fortunately opening the unit up and locating a trimpot responsible for calibration was easy enough. A few turns of the pot brought the indicated temp down immediately, a bit more fidgeting with thermocouple stuck in front of the nozzle and it was calibrated well enough.
While I had it open I also tweaked other trimpots a bit for increased precision of the voltage and current indicators.
I took off one star for this issue, otherwise it's a great product.
I really like the soldering iron handle. It's lightweight and doesn't get hot with extended use. The cord is super flexible although I would like it to be a bit longer. Heating element is a knock-off, of course, but it's doing the business. You might want to use automotive high temp grease or wrap copper foil around it for increased thermal contact with the tip because it's flapping in the breeze a bit. That's an issue most all non brand units have so pretty much expected.
Heatgun is ok, heats up fast, has enough air flow. I successfully de- and resoldered some smd components and qfp ICs with it.
Power supply surprised me with multiple relay ticks when you go from 30 to 0v, that means not a lot of heat will be dissipated on output transistors. Ripple is acceptable at ~2mv or less in most of the voltage range although I haven't done any extensive testing, including current step raise/drop response, etc. Only checked for overshoot on power up and down, everything good on that front.
Overall solid unit, I would recommend it to all hobbyists.
Oh and also they included the most piss-poor banana to alligator power wire that I have ever seen. Seriously it's better to wrap two pieces of 16 awg wire around the terminal and use that, than what they put in the box.