It's wonderful how you guys eliminated the best tool you ever made. Yes let's spend $1k for a station that doesn't have a desoldering tool. Smh. You should've made this exactly like the FM 203. 8 different hand pieces lol. But no desoldering tool.

I just thought my unit was junk and sold it for cheap. Wish I would have found this video before then! Oh well, I'm happy with my analog iron that doesn't have any of these problems.

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That distancing staying safe thing? - just stay away from people that watch cnn and you’ll be fine.

Came to learn about the station. Stayed to see how many times he would say "bam" or "boom."

worthless

Chose Hakko over Weller and got the FX-888dx. Very happy so far but every day it bothers me that the iron stand is grey and doesn’t match the blue and yellow. Bring back the blue and yellow stand for the blue and yellow 888dx! Please. Pretty please.

For some reason my Hakko 888D won't factory reset. If I hold UP and ENTER and turn it on it goes straight to the flashing 01 and not A or U. I guess mine is broken?

All these years later and you still haven't updated the interface. Yet you still charge a premium. Its going to make customers look for a different product just because the interface is so bad.

The menu gives me the shivers. It remembers me of the menu from hell on the FX888d soldering station. I would consider selling my Hakko 474 and move on, but not with this non intuitive menu. I have never seen any benefit in these horrible menu's.

HI. Why was the 493 discontinued?

People who are new to soldering may attempt to simply turn up the temperature of the soldering station if the solder is balling up, not wetting to the tip, nor flowing onto the wires, terminals or copper circuit-board foils. Attempting to solder at too-high a temperature makes the tip oxidize even faster; best to clean the tip thoroughly, re-tin it immediately, and try soldering again, before making anything other than minor adjustments to the temperature. The other issues that frequently arise nowadays are *poor quality or counterfeit-brand tips made from the wrong metals*; garbage "solder" made of the wrong alloys or containing little to no flux or the wrong kind of flux; tips of the wrong shape (most soldering irons are provided with sharp pointy tips that are useless for all but the tiniest of soldering jobs); or a defect in the temperature-control feedback of the soldering station. Don't buy soldering iron tips from eBay, Ali baba or Temu! Don't even buy them through Amazon, unless you know specifically what company is supplying them (Amazon isnt a distributor, they're a middleman re-lister of the item for a cut of the profit; their supply chain is often opaque at best and intentionally obscured at worst, although some Amazon listings will link you directly to a reputable manufacturer or distributor). Buy your tips, solder, tip cleaners, flux and other supplies from an electronics specialty house and you won't get ripped off. If the price seems too good to be true, it's probably junk or counterfeit.

Looks like the tip power for this new 888DX is 65W, same as for the old 888D. However, the power used by the new 888DX is 100W vs 70W of the 888D. Do you know why the new unit uses more power? Or maybe I'm missing something? Edit: I think it's to work with the optional FX-8806 tip which uses 95W.

Exciting ad, Apple style

*TODAY I LEARNED* that soldering tips are iron-and-chromium coated copper divas that must be fluxed and tinned first and last and in between.

i know this giveaway already has ended...but wish i had a soildering iron like this..

My Hakko FM206 does not exit temp selection numbers after entering the final of the 3 numbers per this video. It happens whether i be altering set or preset temperatures. This problem is only happening on solder sucker (channel 1). Is this normal ? I want to apply less than default 350C for some delicate desoldering operations Perhaps i need to factory reset the station or its faulty.

We want to see the performance of the new “ Slot tip”

When are these gonna be release on amazon

Greetings, I am a customer and I have an account on your page, but I am getting a message that I have been blocked, can you help me?

Do you clean the heating element also when it is on?

The luck find of an as-new FG-100 on eBay and this video has resolved a problem I've been having for months. Of course, I must have used adjustment mode and messed up the calibration. Now, I'm back to within 1.5% of indicated temperature and I'm in love with my FX-888D again! Turns out I could have just done a factory reset, but hey, I'm still happy (and I have an FG-100).

Was it cold in the studio?

There needs to be a tip that's the same shape as the T39-B02. Just noticed no S4 equivalent for the FX-8806.

When did you guys decide to start marketing these like old iPods?

Beautiful stuff. (I love the design). Question, kindly. ¿Can I retrofit my nearly new FX-888D with this new interface, kindly?

Nice!

Wish there stuff didnt look like kids toys.

Should be using the new style soldering tips...

If the software recognizes that a medium iron is plugged into the base, then the software should automatically limit the maximum temperature the user can set (on the slider) to 850 instead of 940 as shown in the video. It already knows > 850 is not allowed so why not just limit the slider to the valid parameters of the iron plugged into the base?

Coming from the FX-888D, the single most thing I like about my FX-971 is the T39-B02 tip. It's suitable for SMD and a lot of general purpose soldering. An equivalent T18 tip would make the FX-888 series more useful. The closest is the T18-S4 but too pointy. I have no mental issue with conical tips.

Thank you for the information. I just purchased a EU version of the FM-203 through Eleshop (your European distributor). It does not have the black dot in the corner of the sticker, however it does display version 3.20 when powering it on while holding the three buttons. I don't have a FM-2030 handpiece to test it with, but I suppose it should be supported on my unit. I think checking the firmware version is probably a more reliable option than to just look at the dot on the sticker, because the unit might have been upgraded without the user adding a black dot onto the sticker afterwards.

Man, that's dope! What a beautiful looking piece of equipment... But, is this model kinda overkill for hobbyists?

Although Hakko is under huge amounts of competition, it's still the best in terms of durability and support.

Hello, is it not possible to change the name of the presets with alphabetical characters? THANKS

Love Hakko! Their customer service is top notch!

All ways loving hakko ♥️

Waiting for the FX-888DX.

Where I can contact supplier in Viet Nam ?

Not impressed with the weller brand so far. 2 pen types, one failed the other no spare tips available. So far from all ive seen i think i will make an effort to buy a hakko. Currently my ps4 controller has stick drift. I bought two magnetic hall effect sticks to replace the old ones but god damn are they a bitch to unsolder from the board. The chinese tip set i bought for my weller just were not durable and the enamel eroded or got scrapped off and could not transfer the heat efficiently into the solder on the board. And forget using a solder wick. I was thinking to just buy a hakko tip and use it on my already butchered weller, but i think i might just buy a whole hakko unit instead. So now i have a question for you, which model would you recommend for situations such as my ps4 controller? I really dont think they wanted anyone to desolder the joysticks at all bcoz the weller handled the vibration motor wires very easily. I didnt have low melt solder on hand, but i managed to wiggle the joysticks off the board however i am currently having trouble cleaning the holes to mount the new sticks. Its quite frustrating. The weller has been doing the job up until this point, ive done many jobs with it. Its only a 40w unit. But anything with a heatsink on it just soaks up the heat and wont melt the solder. And now this ps4 controller. Let me know pls, most likely the purchase will made off amazon.ca.

How about a temperature knob!!! Seems the newer the Hakko, the more pain in the butt it is to change the temp. Hold this button, hit this button to change, hold this, push that. 100% bullcrap is what it is. Last time I tried to change the temp on my Hakko I was in the calibration menu, oops. Yeah, gotta get out my instruction sheet just to see how to change the temp, that should not be. Should be as simple as turning a knob. I love the performance from my Hakko products but let's try to keep the simple things SIMPLE!

why not just make the temp changing simple by holding the up or down buttons and have it jogging through numbers instead of going number slot to slot. its too many buttons to press and annoying. and the tip chasing slot.. you need two of them ... what happens if you want to go back to your first tip... you are totally stuck waiting for the second tip to cool down. if you had a second slot, you could switch in and out instantly.

When is the new FX-888DX coming out for sale?

The first soldering station video I wanted to dance to! Great job!

Hi Kenta, Are we going to have another customer appreciation sale this August?

1:56; TY, I unscrewed the bottom screws on accident 😂😂😂

Nice beat. Who’s the artist?

My company uses CHP-170 and Plato 170 and I reach for CHP every time. Will probably cut 50,000 wires before the spring collapses and I ask for a new pair, I even resharpen mine with a cheap harbor freight diamond file and they cut like a hot knife thru butter. Great product 👍

I just did that exact same thing 🤦‍♂️

best best best ever soldering iron (full stop) be very careful with counterfeit. There are lots of them. Make sure you buy the genuine one.