Hello Vitaliy, Cannot say anything about the station itself, but I recently came across this German site http://shop.wiltec.info/tabshop_s/aoyue_2738_repairing_station_bleifreies_.h tml with a much better price. The strange thing is that the picture there is different while the #2738 is the same. You may want to check it all out. Arkady -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu]On Behalf Of Vitaliy Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:37 PM To: piclist Subject: [EE] Hot air soldering desoldering (reworking) tool -- suggestions? There was a thread by the same name that Vasile started a year ago. We've been using the CSI 825A+ workstation for a few months, but just like its predecessor (also a CSI unit) it stopped working after a few months of use. It will get to the target temperature, work OK for a couple of minutes, then the heating element would turn off, even though the "actual" temperature reading would still be within the desired range. If you click the up/down buttons a couple of times, it would start showing the true temperature, go down to about 100F, and then start heating again. Long story short, we're now looking for a replacement. The workstation that someone suggested to Vasile is an overkill for our application (desoldering TSSOP ICs): http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7608385365 This unit looks about right price-wise: http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ120114922280 Any comments/suggestions are welcome. Thank you, Vitaliy -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist