C.K. tries a Txinlei 8858+ SMD heat gun

Yet Another really inexpensive hot air station, this one from Txinlei, their 8858+, came in at just US$26. No soldering iron, just the air gun.
This is the best of the 3 inexpensive heat guns I’ve tried, I really like it. It does have the same flaw as the last one, the cord is not high temp silicon so will be melted by the nozzle or a soldering iron, but I’m letting that slide on this one since I like it so much, I’ll just be careful.
And for US$26, you really can’t go wrong.
0:0 open
0:10 intro
1:06 what’s in the box
9:32 using it
15:56 Cord NOT high temperature silicon
Product link
www.amazon.com/dp/B09VXD8BTF?...
Intro music by C.K. Haun (me), you can listen on KZbin
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[@user-xm4ht2ue4j]

Thanks for the detailed review and recommendations. For the first time I will learn to work with this tool. Good health and good luck to you! Merry Christmas! Best regards from Ukraine.

[@CKHaun]

You're Welcome, glad you found some value, and I think you'll like it. Just be careful not to fry your fingers, the air is HOT. And Merry Christmas for the U.S.!

[@m_a_p]

Might be mistaken, but "便攜式" seems to mean "portable". Btw hello from a former WWDC student who still remembers you giving a keynote to the students ~20 years ago and likes to watch your channel. 😄

[@CKHaun]

@m_a_p Thanks for the translation! And hello back, hope your career has been interesting code monkey-ing and whatever else you do! Thanks for watching!

[@ketanmorajker]

Can we expect a video on the hot air handle connector wire pinout diagram?

[@CKHaun]

@ketanmorajker I was not planning on that since I'm going to be keeping this one and don't want to break it down. 8 pins, I figure 2 for heat power, two for fan power, two for temp sensing, and (I think) two for sensing the magnet in the cradle.

[@ketanmorajker]

As you described the number of wires, similarly I wanted to know exactly which wire is connected to which pin number of that GX 16,8-PIN connector used. This is because I recently purchased QUICK 858D smd rework station which has everything wired (i.e the mains power cord and the blower handle is non removable hence difficult to carry in terms of portability). I want to make it portable by adding the GX 16 8PIN Connector for the blower handle

[@ketanmorajker]

Also you could do the same without opening up the station by using a multimeter for finding the pinouts

[@CKHaun]

@ketanmorajker I found the paperwork. Pinout on the handle male connector, reading COUNTER clockwise from the alignment notch: Pin 1 Fan neg. Pins 2 and 3 - Heater. Pins 4 and 5 - Thermocouple, 4 is neg. Pin 6 reed switch pos. Pin 7 ground. Pin 8 Fan pos.

[@ketanmorajker]

@@CKHaun Thanks a lot for the help, appreciate your efforts 😃

[@ketanmorajker]

❤

[@CKHaun]

@ketanmorajker Really is the best tool for the price, I like this one.

[@JerryPemberton]

In the parts list on the Amazon product page, it states that there is an IC Puller. Maybe the mystery part is that?

[@CKHaun]

@jerrypemberton I dunno, holding ‘em in my hand right now. The wire is too flimsy to pull a chip (or loosen an smd) and the rod is just plastic with a screw on the end. I continue to be befuddled.

[@VarunBhargavan]

@@CKHaun The screw on the plastic rod might be to tighten down the loop part of the metal thing. Put together, it might resemble a tuning fork 😃, but in all seriousness, I am really curious to find out what it is for.

[@ketanmorajker]

Could you please test out the temperature stability and accuracy through some temperature measurement tool amd let us know !🥺

[@CKHaun]

I’ll give it a temp test when I get back to the U.S., which should be a week or so from now.

[@ketanmorajker]

@@CKHaun thanks a lot 🤝🏻🤗

[@CKHaun]

@ketanmorajker I just tried to test the accuracy, and there are issues. There is a calibration step in the instruction guide, and I tried repeatedly to get it to calibrate without success. I'll keep trying, but can't give it a good test until I can calibrate.

[@ketanmorajker]

@@CKHaun appreciate your efforts 🤝🏻

[@Evilslayer73]

Hi Ck what is th best fan speed and heat for this particular model?salutation from Montreal,Québec

[@CKHaun]

@evilslayer73. Both questions tie into one key behavior: Air temperature drops off very quickly as distance from the nozzle increases (like most diverging energy “fields”), so you’re compensating for the inverse-square relationship tail-off from the heat directly at the nozzle tip. I found/find that the major tool for compensating for that (in practical, not textbook, applications) is air flow, not temperature. I have the air flow at 100% to move the largest mass of air at temp X the greatest distance. Temperature itself should be considered an independent variable that relates to the temperature you need the object heated to. Max temperature will melt solder fastest, but it also melts any plastic nearby and can cook chips.. incidentally high temp can also heat the ground plane of the circuit board more than you expect, causing solder to flow where you didn’t want it to. My rule of thumb, which you’ll adapt to your own experience, is max out the airflow, but try and keep the temp as low as you can to melt the solder at your target solder,point. In practical terms for me that means 100% flow at roughly 650 dF.

[@Evilslayer73]

@@CKHaun Thanks a lot for your explanations !its a learning curve im gonna practice it its my first hot air station :)👍👍

[@CKHaun]

@Evilslayer73 And one thing I didn't mention - The first time you blow the blast of hot air on your thumb and yell "OWWW, that's HOT!". :)

[@Evilslayer73]

@@CKHaun I imagine im a Welder i know what it is to be burned :)

[@CKHaun]

@Evilslayer73 Welding is one skill I've always wanted to learn, but haven't. Partially because I know my impatience will keep me from laying down a smooth bead.

[@Speedracer415]

Yoi are not the first to receive this plastic rod with screw. Other guy had no idea what it was for either.... He did not receive a metal thingymabob though.

[@CKHaun]

@Speedracer415 Interesting. Maybe it's a secret mind control probe and They are trying to enslave electronics builders to assemble Their covert robot army....