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Quoted from Homepin:$20 copy Hakko from China. We use several in the factory all day long and replace them about every six months. For hobby use they would last 10 years or more and do the job just as well as an expensive station.
Save your money for bourbon and beer..LOL
Do you happen to have a link to where you can purchase a copy Hakko? Feel free to PM me if you like.
I've been using a Aoyue 701A++ for a while now with no real complaints. However, I gather it doesn't get as hot as the better machines (tops out at about 500 degrees), so I might be upgrading. But, if you are going to be doing any de-soldering it's REALY nice to have a desoldering gun. Since I was just starting out a couple years ago, this made sense for me from a price perspective since it is both a solder/desolder station. But, if you have the money, it's probably worth it to by a high quality (read HOTTER) iron.
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