Digital Soldering Station with Chisel Tip Pack T18-D08/D12/D24/D32/S3

I am an Electric Engineer of 45 years with much soldering experience. I have to say, the Hakko FX888D-23Y soldering station that I purchased from B+D Enterprises through Amazon is priced and built well and performs as well or better than the Weller (or many other similar) soldering stations in the same or even higher price range. The product I purchased from Amazon is the genuine Hakko product (not a counterfeit one!) which I bought for my home work bench because my old Weller soldering station heating element died. I was thinking about getting another Weller, but was disenchanted with the quality, price and many reviews from buyers who were not happy with the quality or reliability of the more recent Weller products (It seems Weller quality and reliability has suffered in the past decade). My Hakko FX888D has a very wide, controlled temperature range and reaches the desired temperature very quickly (<30 seconds) and holds it well even when soldering something that has a lot of thermal mass. I really like the compact size and the separate soldering stand for the soldering pencil. Having the solder cleaning sponge and cleaning wire in the stand is really nice too! The soldering pencil is also compact, lightweight and very comfortable to hold. The users manual was awkward but, with some effort, I was able to figure everything out. I strongly recommend downloading the latest online version of the users manual because it is much more complete than the instructions that shipped with the product. Yes, the temperature can be manually adjusted, but I like having the five temperature presets, which are custom programable and it is a breeze to quickly choose one of the desired temperatures. Once its set up, its very easy to use. I also do RC airplane modeling, so I set one of my presets to 500 deg. F, which is a good temperature for well controlled cutting and melting of holes in plastic without burning it. If you buy the Hakko FX888D soldering station, I dont think you would be disappointed. (No one compensated, paid or asked me to write this review)

This soldering iron is great. Heats up quickly and maintains its heat well while soldering. I like that this has setpoints for soldering that can be quickly changed. Does not feel cheap at all and is heavier than I was expecting. I do recommend this soldering iron.

Heats super fast. Great unit so far. Havent used it a ton, but everything is satisfactory now.

Love this iron heats up quickly easy to keep in great condition with everything you need to keep tip clean and ready to use. Only wish temperature control had spot to plug in a heat gun.

I bought this for my son who is in engineering program. He really likes it.

Absolutely the best. Only thing I wish is that it would come in a nice plastic case

This is a really nice soldering station. It heats to soldering temperature in about 30 seconds. Very well made and designed. Holds temperature very well.

Wow

Good quality product.

The temp adjust is a bit finicky but it’s nice it can be done. I found that running a higher temp for my 63/37 solder was better than running per formula. Iron is easy to handle and having the ability to change tips quickly is an advantage. It is a good design although wish the display was a bit tilted up for better viewing. Heats up quickly. Easy to pick temps. I prefer using the presets which must be turned on to use. The manual isn’t difficult to follow and use. I do suggest watching the several videos online supplied by hakkousa. I think those reviews knocking this station are too critical and more likely due to user error.