On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Jesse Lackey w= rote: > Pretty good so far - been using the hot air, haven't tried soldering > iron or the desolder gun yet. > > It comes with a lot of pieces and some assembly required, and the > instructions are lacking. =A0Took a bit to figure it out, and had to refe= r > to the pic on circuitspecialists to see what it is "supposed to look like= ". > > Its significantly better than the $139 one they sell that broke on me in > 2 ways in 2 years. =A0Probably won't bother to fix it. Well, that's good news. Is that arm holder thing they have at all useful? I'm considering going for the BK5000 as it's really cheap (under $100 at the moment) and might be all I need. I definitely don't need another soldering iron. The desoldering gun might be nice, but I'm not sure I'd really use it enough to get the $129 worth out of it. Then again, I've never really used a powered desoldering gun, maybe I'm missing something big. One downside of the BK5000 seems to be that the hot air temp and volume don't have digital controls. This seems to mean that it also won't power the hot air down to idle if you don't move it for awhile. Then again, I might just be misreading the descriptions. Thanks! Josh --=20 A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 -Douglas Adams --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .