PACE ADS200 Professional Soldering Station with 3 Tip Bundle - AccuDrive-Compatible High Powered, 120VAC

Great item. Heats up superfast.

A little bulkier than it probably needs to be but other than that this thing is great.

Easy to use, high quality build; like a heavy duty truck.

Use the higher end pro unit at work so thought id try the “lighter” version for home. Great decision. Heats fast and very stable temp! Super happy with purchase.

I had been using a Weller soldering station for the past few years. Always a reliable work horse, it lacked two features that finally made me splurge on the Pace Soldering Station: 1.) short time from power-up to full temperature and 2.) short distance from grip to end of tip. The Pace station came through with both of those features. After powering up the station, grabbing the solder, and getting in position to make the joint, the iron is hot. And when I use fingers from both hands to steady the iron above the work, I no longer chance burning one of my fingers (is it just me?)-- the short distance from grip to work makes soldering so much easier.

When I had recieved the station and iron everything worked but the large chisel tip. After contacting their customer support the tip and iron hand piece were replaced within the week and everything works great.

Very nice machine works great

The seller claimed the kit included tips. This was not the case, However Pace sent me new tips. I like the product but dont recommend the seller

I have owned several digital soldering stations, a couple of Weller stations, an old RadioShack (that is still in operation mind you), and one Hakko station, this iron is hands down the very best soldering iron/station I have ever owned. Given the quality of build and A+ customer service, this will be the last iron I own as well. Simple controls, very comfortable wand with a more-than-long enough cord, super easy to change tips/cartridges, and the seemingly split-second heat-up/re-heat times are just a few of the lengthy list of benefits this station offers. I honestly dont know how I got along without this iron. Granted, the price tag is a bit hefty but you absolutely get what you pay for with this iron. I know that this sounds as if Im gushing, that is because I am. If you are looking for a well built, production grade, PRO-if-there-ever-was-a-PRO model soldering station, you have found it.

**edit 2** Im pleased to be able to update my review. Pace has been in constant contact since I finally reached someone via the aforementioned forum. The customer service has been miles beyond what I expected. They took care of my issue very quickly once I finally reached the right person. It seems I had some defective items. Thank you so much! *edit* I finally got a hold of someone from pace on the eev blog forum. Hes working with me to figure out what is wrong. Ill update this if they make it right */edit* Absolute garbage. I bought this to replace an aging hakko 935 which I had used for almost 20 years. It still works fine, I was just hoping this Pace unit would have a little bit better thermal performance. It doesnt. What Im really steamed about is the fact that I bought this less than 3 months ago and last week it had the tip I use most of the time go open. I thought this was a bit odd. Ive never had a hakko cartridge go open. Ive had to replace tips due to plating going bad, but literally twice in almost 20 years. So, I wrote Pace an email asking if this might be defective, or if this is what I should expect. Of course, they couldnt take time out of their busy schedule to reply. Well, today the second tip went open. This one has probably only been used a few hours total. So, since they cant bother to tell me if there is something wrong with the unit, I guess Ill contact Amazon to see if I can return it. This is ridiculous.