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Dropped $40 on a hot air station from Amazon and it literally smoked out my garage
I needed to swap a tiny capacitor on an old motherboard and figured I'd cheap out on a 858D style unit. First time I used it on anything other than the test setting, the thing started smelling like burnt plastic and then just died on me. Ended up paying a local guy $60 to do the repair anyway, so I basically wasted $40 on a lesson. Has anyone here had luck with the $60+ hot air stations or is it all just a gamble at that price range?
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robinf5111d ago
You really do get what you pay for" - yep, learned that one the hard way too.
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seanjackson10d ago
Oh yeah, mine didn't even make it to a second use. First time I plugged it in the whole thing just hummed at me like it was personally offended.
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Is it really that common for these cheap units to just fry themselves? I used to think people were just being picky about brands but after my own $35 special started sparking on the second use I completely changed my mind. You really do get what you pay for with these things unfortunately.
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