EEVblog 1650 - Sequre HT-140 SMD Desoldering Tweezers REVIEW

[@KeritechElectronics]

Nice tweezers, I'd love a pair for my service work. Now I wonder how long will it take until Fnirsi launch one. I hate the grub screw mount on the tips, it's a destroyer for sure. If they made a better mount, like a collet or something, the tips wouldn't get deformed and you could share them with a soldering station no problem. The DC barrel jack is like nothing I've seen before, I could almost trust it with life, universe and everything.

[@itguru4989]

It is not necessary to tighten the screws so strongly - the soldering tips center themselves accurately enough. The tips lock in exactly the same way as any soldering iron with JBC type soldering tips. These screws are for more precise alignment of the tips

[@daveturner5305]

@@itguru4989 True it's not necessary but over tightening is almost guaranteed - just to be sure.

[@itguru4989]

@@daveturner5305 I agree. That's the price to pay for small size and not wobbling construction

[@davadoff]

That DC barrel jack first showed up in the TS100, and now other USB irons use it too.

[@BillAnt]

Would have been nice to have barrel screws over the tip shafts like Weller and other soldering pens do for a quick change.

[@rickoneill4343]

What a beauty. So good to see all these affordable innovations with standard power delivery.

[@BillAnt]

I can just hear "Oh what a beauty" in Dave's Aussie voice. hehe Oh and that sponge at 1:55 brings back memories. :D

[@s_s-g4d]

thermal capacity wise it may be not so good, but thermal TRANSFER wise it seems to be great! otherwise it wouldn't have dropped down to 50-60 degrees on the thermocouple inside the tips and would have shown higher temperatures. in other words, there seems to be good thermal coupling between the heater element and the outer surface of the tips.

[@BillAnt]

Also who cares about thermal capacity in water, it's not like you'll be desoldering under water. lol Would have been nice to have barrel screws over the tip shafts like Weller and other soldering pens do for a quick change.

[@jaro6985]

@@BillAnt The water test is mostly to check the maximum power consumption, and partly check the responsiveness of the system. You'll have a very hard time drawing the full 65W when soldering in normal use.

[@jaro6985]

Yes JBC tips have good thermal coupling to the thermocouple inside, you can find some teardown photos and see the thermocouple on c210 is directly bonded to the tip.

[@BillAnt]

​@@jaro6985 - Right, but the full capacity is rarely needed, if ever.

[@decee1157]

I am SO impressed by this! Those tips seems really good since it respond so quickly to temperature changes.

[@BillAnt]

Well, most small SMD's don't have a huge thermal mass except larger ones.

[@jaro6985]

@@BillAnt anything on a ground plane will have a large thermal mass.

[@BillAnt]

​@@jaro6985 - Doubt there are large ground planes for small components.

[@jaro6985]

@@BillAnt If you work on 4 and 8 layer boards, there will often be.

[@davidstevens3355]

Just bought these due to this review. Won’t get much use I doubt but better to have it and not need it rather than need it and not have it. Thanks Dave. Regards Dave from UK.

[@ats89117]

I will always thank Dave and the EEVblog for adding the term "sponge porn" to my vocabulary! It's one of my favorite terms, right up there with shitstorm! 😅

[@robina.jensen6114]

And Bob's your uncle!

[@nrcha]

Sponge Bob’s your uncle in this case

[@robina.jensen6114]

@@nrcha 🤣

[@emmettturner9452]

Sequre S99 comes with that same 65W PSU. They actually suggest using a Lenovo Legion C135 for 150W, 2.5Ω tips (included one is 75W, 5.5Ω). Powering two smaller tips could probably use the upgrade. I just finished building a portable battery stand for my Sequre S99 today and I’m pretty proud of it. Got a Power Wheels adapter for DeWALT batteries and mounted a metal plate with a binder clip attached. Then I threaded a spring door stop into the binder clip and cut the excess so the iron tip would protrude. Connected the included XT60 to USB-C cable and it totally works!

[@shaunmorrissey7313]

I have the S99, cracking little iron

[@emmettturner9452]

Definitely, but I’m off to a rocky start with mine. The accelerometer didn’t work and they sent me the defective V1.4 PCB over two months after they supposedly corrected the issue in shipping units (not for American Amazon orders, it seems). I couldn’t even claim the compensatory free iron tip since they explicitly exclude orders after April 23rd. I had to wait on a replacement V1.5 PCB for the accelerometer issue so it didn’t make sense to do the required capacitor fix for V1.3/1.4 PCBs. Hopefully they’ve got these issues behind them so that the iron can shine! It deserves more attention. Driving 150W JBC tips is a huge difference from the MiniWare TS-80/100/101 irons.

[@Stefan_Payne]

One thing I wish you do was to desolder some Electrolytic SMD Caps... Those seems to be the biggest pain in the behind and something some of us might want to change (old consoles from the 90s and 00s for example)

[@raresvintea1]

The C210 tips with 65w i wouldn't think that they have the capacity, or maybe with lead soldering added. Or with bigger power supply

[@Heathcliff_hensel]

at my workplace we use 2 irons to desolder Electrolytics

[@davidedgar2818]

Thanks for showing that review. I think it's a great option for anyone considering board repair without a lot of money outlay. Due to my eyesight and age I don't do much repair anymore other than my own stuff. I will keep this on my list it is a wonderful option to have at a good cost for value.

[@novotd443]

I'm a mostly self taught hobbyist. You blew my mind with the sponge water expansion. I always thought that they are damn useless XD

[@MrAlex3461]

You are a mostly self taught hobbyist. He blew your mind with the sponge water expansion. You always thought they were damn useless (xD)

[@Sonny_McMacsson]

@@MrAlex3461 Don't tell him I have an entire pack of several dozen compressed kitchen sponges.

[@novotd443]

Welp. I fucked up, no other way of putting it :D

[@CrypticWritings89]

This thing is awesome, I'm really impressed. Excellent build quality, good thermal performance, comes with an actual useful stand, meets its claimed specs and is not too expensive. Checked pretty much all the boxes afaik. After the massive disappointment with iFixit portable soldering iron, I'm glad Dave reviewed this fella.

[@Lagittaja]

Max current is 5A so if you had adjusted the current limit in settings it probably would've reached it when you used the DC barrel jack. Very nice looking tweezers all together. Considering how well they work, I'm tempted to try their C245 or C210 USB-C irons.

[@darknessblades]

if you want a good USB-C soldering iron I would suggest a PINECIL, or a TS100/TS101

[@Lagittaja]

@@darknessblades They are good products but do not have the tip selection advantage of C245 or C210 compatible irons.

[@unintendedperson]

thanks dave to show me that the small c210 tips can melt the solder wire beautifully in the mass ground plane board

[@grahamnichols1416]

Two low-cost pencil irons from Amazon @ $20 total. Job done.

[@peterlarkin762]

Got a Sequre SI012 2 years ago. It's so good that I ended up using it for everything. Quite a bit of mileage on it now. I did not expect the level of quality for the price. Plus, the sequre tips are nearly as good as the JCB tips, and priced very well.

[@a13Banger]

I've been on the hunt for a good pair of hot tweezers. I need to try these

[@f1lab535]

Hello, is it possible to use WEP C210 Tips with SQ HT 140?

[@nonsuch]

Great tool. It makes light work of those small SMDs for sure. Good price too.

[@johnnodge4327]

If you change enough SMDs, hot air is faster. When I work for Sony, we changed all sorts of devices with nothing but hot air.

[@treborrrrr]

@@johnnodge4327 With tweezers you don't to worry about accidentally blowing other random parts off the board though. 2-3 seconds to heat up the iron, another 2 seconds to pluck the part off seems plenty fast for me. If you need to remove a bunch of differently sized parts though (as in different amount of pins for example), than that's a different story of course since swapping the tips out is going to take a bit of effort.

[@QsTechService1]

wow, very impressive for the price. If this device was out, I probably would’ve purchased it if I did not pick up the JBC tweezers PA120 .. this device would probably perform even better with JBC tips would be cool to do a video comparing this device against the JBC tweezers

[@MakeOrRepair]

Nice to see something usable in the mid-price range. Grub screws look a bit of a poor solution but compatibility of tips is a major +

[@electronics-by-practice]

Thanks for the video, the most difficult to desoler are smd white leds on aluminum plate pcb board.

[@AnIdiotwithaSubaru]

Im such a sucker for all these type c accessories!

[@integerofdoom69]

I prefer type D. Especially if there's two of em.

[@Al_Lergic]

Type-C is better than s3x!

[@mediocreman2]

What's a type C accessory? Does that mean it's not as good as a type A accessory?

[@notsonominal]

Oh, I built me a Weller clone using RTW tips from Weller as at the time all the cheaper alternatives were massive and wildly inaccurate. This would have been a possible contender, but by the looks of it the Weller is still the smaller more accurate alternative.

[@tunderbird123]

Mine is on the way...I really need it for my led sceen repair job

[@AD34534]

Wow it literally just works. Should be perfect for someone like me who's terrible at soldering.

[@Audio_Simon]

I use a tip big enough to contact both pads across the side of an SMD part from 0805 down to 0402. Works for soldering and de-soldering. Seems like these are for larger parts like those diodes.

[@rozwell69]

There should be a "TempStep" option under HT so you can increment/decrement the temperature by this value and use like 10°C step.

[@rozwell69]

Wasn't it?

[@daveturner5305]

I already have soldering/rework stations giving me hot air, soldering irons, tweezers and desoldering 'heads' it can be a right nuisance swapping between said functions. This device looks to be a neat addition to the bench.

[@andyhello23]

Even though i have no interest in such things, fascinating to see such devices exist

[@rfmerrill]

6:18 the CKS32 chips are basically cheap clones of the STM32 chips. They're like almost fully compatible (but not quite).

[@crazyphil33]

Damn it Dave! Now that’s another AliExpress gadget I’ve just gotta have! lol 🤪👍

[@larsmojo]

never use sponge - quick tip oxidation - use the copper wire mesh balls. (However I strangely enjoyed the sponge grow part)

[@danman32]

Buy a PD adapter and high quality USB PD cable, get desolder tweezers for nearly free

[@andre-7423]

I wonder, is that CKS32F103xB fully compatible with STM32F103xB ? -

[@darknessblades]

For the tweezers I would suggest to check if there is a IRONOS software version for it, which adds more feature and safety measures [like auto-shutdown, powerlimiting, etc]

[@davadoff]

I was wondering how ESD safe is DC based soldering iron pulsing on & off? Especially with C245 (8-10A). Does it not induce voltages around the tip like wireless power transfer? Opinions? 13:50 I noticed it shorts out or something happens & the mic pics it up, like static? Do you hear it? Or is it a coincidence?

[@EEVblog]

RFI mic pickup when the heavy current switching started up. Not uncommon.

[@kevincozens6837]

Interesting tool. I don't do much work with SMD as I don't have the tools to work with the properly. This device would be helpful. Although it is meant for desoldering it looks like it could still help with soldering some of the smaller SMD parts on to a board

[@pilotsmoe]

You should check out the FNIRSI HS-02A (JBC c245 tips) or the FNIRSI HS-02B (c210 tips).

[@johnsonlam]

All-in-one PORTABLE soldering and desoldering iron!!

[@EEVblog]

Not ideal for soldering, but it works.

[@danedwards_ee]

Neat, I think I'll pick one of these for work.

[@richardbrobeck2384]

Nice Dave !

[@jaymz168]

There's a static noise every time you place it back in the holder. Could you measure the leakage on that thing?

[@MrPnew1]

1:45 so it's definitely spongeworthy Dave 🤣 I wonder what it's like with something like a Macbook board that has ~ 15 layers and large GND planes?

[@jseally]

What are the other alternatives you mention if you don’t want usb powered tweezers but don’t want to spend metcal money?

[@pufero1]

Dave the tip voltaje leak test?

[@chrisridesbicycles]

Could you do a comparison of cheap and expensive soldering gear? I winder how disappointed I would be with these USB stuff in comparison to all the JBCs at work.

[@AlessandroAllegretti]

An hard test would be desoldering SMD electrolitic capacitor. It is always difficoult for me

[@Ricky-hs3nb]

I will replace the conical with 0.4 chizel tip for more heat transfer = easy smooth removal

[@mrDarktrooper]

I would like to see the tips held in with a nut and wedge collar instead of the grub screws

[@mediocreman2]

So this can only be used for desoldering? They can't be used for soldering?

[@1kreature]

There was a "temp step" in the menu so the 50c steps can be changed.

[@thomasandrews9355]

Ive been wanting to build a small tool kit for when i do work on stuff at shows. Would go with my ksgr

[@asteriondaedalus6859]

Nice. But I just ordered a 7 pin 902 based twister to go mitt me 902 based clone (AUS$24). Not doing enough with to warrent the expense. But some good desoldering tips with the twisers thanks!

[@asteriondaedalus6859]

DOH! Plugged me 902 clone into my ATTEN 8586 (another clone). Made smoke. Reminds me of a comment a mate made when someone fried the umbilical to a torpedo using a presetter with a short in it. "Excitation to incandescence". Love that phrase! "Excitation to incandescence". For mortals, the wiring to the element on one side vapourised, literally. On it's way back to the vendor for a refund. The best AUS$24 I should have never spent.

[@cannesahs]

Has it only 2 wires to a C210? No 3rd wire for esd-safety ground without current carry?

[@LarixusSnydes]

That's actually a very good point. I own two Sequre soldering irons and they both have a mounting screw for a grounding strap. Perhaps this one has that as well.

[@LawpickingLocksmith]

No shoephone is safe anymore from being repaired?

[@proluxelectronics7419]

Just ordered mine from the big rock candy mountain...😁

[@A13tech]

There is a learnig curve how to use tweezers. Even if you have JBC (as we have) you might think that it is a piece of crap. No, you need to know how to use it and when to use it and what is the use-case.

[@michaelnitschke9872]

Left/Right select would be left or right handed I think 🤔

[@maskedviperus]

This. Sequres irons have that same menu setting. It rotates the display

[@EEVblog]

No, there is a different setting for the screen. The one I showed is indeed for the tips, it's explained on the website page.

[@maskedviperus]

​@EEVblog impressive. I have an hglrc c210 iron....which is rebranded sequre....same menu layout. Might have to get one of these

[@JAKOB1977]

Stay on the course 17:08 and make the indicated shootout for LCR tweezers

[@rasz]

Does it work with only one tip inserted as an emergency soldering iron? :)

[@itguru4989]

Yes

[@Slugsie1]

LR Select, surely that's for left handed/right handed users?

[@itguru4989]

There is another setting for left handed/right handed users - screen rotation by 180 degrees. This option exists in almost all Sequre products. LR select - You can use and control both tips when using HT140 as tweezers or use only one - only right or only left tip if You need to use HT140 as soldering iron

[@JSMCPN]

The recovery time in the water test isn't terrible

[@TheThomasites]

Looks like you can change the step in the HTT setting.

[@ItsBoyRed]

So many bots in your comments Dave

[@serpent213]

I usually report them as spam or pron. At least I don’t need to see them anymore! 😂

[@ItsBoyRed]

@@serpent213 Yea, i never thought i would see the day where waves of young ladies in "clothing" would show such am immense interest for SMD soldering tweezers! Hah

[@serpent213]

@ItsBoyRed I smell missed marketing opportunities…! 😅

[@chrisk1125]

Bot bot ,bot bot bot bot....

[@namenotshown9277]

how about some data on your car and solar, range from solar/efficiency miles/kwh that sort of thing?

[@GoldSrc_]

I have no need for those. But man, I would spend so much time just desoldering small SMD components.

[@gamerpaddy]

looks nice! i got one of those ksger with a external control box, but the handpiece is horrible.. nothing lines up, tips are huge and cant be swapped gotta wait until aliexpress allows shipping for those over here

[@Kosmonooit]

Where is it from? Why not use it in ur lab?

[@JeromeDemers]

the out of focus was really distracting. This tweezer is really what I am missing in my lab. Barrel jack and USB C is also interesting idea. I just think they could of added a more intuitive UI with joystick or the single axis joystick that some soldering iron have.

[@itguru4989]

Temperature settings can be be switched to a system developed by Sequre called Turbosets, where this tweezers can be controlled with the push of a only one button or in the usual way by two buttons. The settings are changed very rarely and it is not something that needs to be changed constantly - usually you need to switch on (or switch off) tweezers or soldering iron and have some most common temperature presets, so there is enough to use only one button in most cases.

[@JeromeDemers]

@ yeah I would need to test it. i quickly judge the design without testing. I agree you set and forget. I change the temp and sleep timer on my soldering iron and then never touch it. But it was intuitive with that small joystick for the few seconds playing with it. I did not get frustrated.

[@vadivelanellappan42]

I wanna buy .. thank u .. nice product 🎉

[@oraz.]

I never really understood what the sponge is for.

[@SimonBauer7]

to get exess solder off of the iron. something like a crumpled up paper towell will also work.

[@mediocreman2]

To get the oxide off of the tip

[@oraz.]

@@mediocreman2 ah ok

[@nimoy007]

Don't use a sponge. Use the brass wool cleaners.

[@BassheadMusicConnoisseur]

2 solder irons > desoldering tweezers+ solder iron

[@policyprogrammer]

Do people generally expect to reuse two-pin SMD parts that they remove this way? Because if they're like me and think rescuing a $0.02 passive is silly, the technique of just putting a big blob of solder on the part and flicking it away with a conventional iron works pretty well and is free.

[@asm2750]

For boards that are no longer made like vintage computers and game consoles using SMD tweezers gives a person piece of mind when recapping.

[@EEVblog]

Very common to remove the part for testing out of circuit, and if it good you might put it back in. But it's also about doing the least damage to the pads.

[@RicoElectrico]

6:54 That's what he said when he saw Pandora Peaks. 🙃

[@OnStageLighting]

So far, I've found it is worth spending the small fortune on real JBC 210 tips as they perform much better than the copies that ship with all these 'compatible' clone irons. Reckon these are likely no different.

[@rasz]

Still looks 100x better than iFixit disaster

[@jaro6985]

Had no issues with decent brand copy tips, C245, C210 and C115, don't buy the cheapest no name ones.

[@catharperfect7036]

@@jaro6985 What brands have you had a good experience with?

[@arekx]

Aren't these tips JBC style and thus you could use original JBC tips?

[@EEVblog]

Yes, that's the idea.

[@cannesahs]

Atleast Sequre S60P (C210 tips) requires you to recalibrate temperature for original jbc tips. They use different metal pair in thermocouple. After that use only JBC tips and all good

[@M.E63]

Yh they are c210 tips so JBC ones will work

[@johncoops6897]

So, why ask questions that were already discussed in the video 😢

[@M.E63]

@ maybe they don’t even watch it or have a habit of just asking

[@Alasdair-Morrison]

Could run them off a Cordless tool battery MOD with USB C output

[@inc2000glw]

"Hot solder"cover the keyboard 😊

[@Roobotics]

Not a fan of the grub-screws at all.. That would have been an absolute ideal place for implementing a split-ring type bolt tensioner. Same thing most mini ball-joints use for holding onto the ball-mount, where a tapering screw forces leaves to squeeze in closer with each turn. Passing on this one, poor mechanical engineering on a very crucial spot, looks great otherwise, but that approach is so 'meh'

[@CraftyZA]

Now imagine a LCR meter with spring loaded tweezers like that. Not the 💩on aliexpress.

[@beechpilot57]

Nice but not willing to spend that much, lets hope ZOYI comes out with one.

[@TheDefpom]

I purchased one of these from Aliexpress, looks like postal system has lost the bloody thing as it claims to not be able to be delivered because nobody was home… there was, and my postie has a place to leave packages, so not my postie and not my house, bloody NZ Postal service has gone to crap in the past 6 months.

[@OgOssman]

It was ON the whole time and you were almost burning your hand and your usb tester screen.

[@tommihommi1]

35V caps for 28V device, not sure about that

[@rocketman221projects]

That's 80% of the voltage rating. They're not tantalum caps. They will be fine when used with a regulated power supply.

[@ronaldwitteman2134]

Tips are round ,chances of flicking this into the 90th dimension is high.

[@Swenser]

I just chopstick it with two soldering irons.

[@MSP_TechLab]

Very nice product. However, realistically, who would use them in the field. IMHO such instrument is for lab, service centers etc.

[@stoyantsalev3109]

You'd be surprised of the stuff that comes up in the said field... Also, the definition of "field" varies widely across industries/sectors. My point is this thing is much less niche than it may seem.

[@MSP_TechLab]

@stoyantsalev3109 yes, I do agree that my understanding of "field" is limited only to my own experience. But even when I maintained 70s era telecom equipment which was full of through hole components, I have never had a necessity to replace even transistor in place. Just replace a board, get broken unit to lab and repair it there (usually we had dedicated people in the lab for that, but it's another story). That is why I doubt that now, someone would need to repair something like 0805 in place.

[@amjadiqbal478]

Good 🎉

[@alch3myau]

Ryobi One+ soldering iron/station review next week? AEG handheld pocket butanes the week after?

[@vytautasslenderis2702]

Hateful autofocus, always moves to show your fingers instead of screen. Please, manually focus.

[@kevinhammond9864]

Don't let the accountants get at it for God's sake 😂

[@nigeljohnson9820]

Really only of use with two pin components. Not even much use for three terminal devices, such as transistors. The old school two soldering irons is far more useful. They are nice to have, but not essential.

[@UpInSmoke54]

Sequre!! Never again!

[@vickslab4608]

nice product but a bit pricey.

[@johnf4085]

Oh my god, its "Secure". Not "Seh-Qu-R-Ay" like I first thought. Im dumb.

[@EEVblog]

Don't trust me, I can't pronounce stuff to save my life.

[@yoppindia]

They forgot the kitchen sink, so disappointing.

[@alch3myau]

*Insert Spongebob squee*

[@johncoops6897]

14:43 Left and Right setting is for display orientation, depending on whether you are left or right handed. It's not to make it into a soldering iron 😃 🙄

[@EEVblog]

No, there is a different setting for the screen. The one I showed is indeed for the tips, it's explained on the website page.

[@jsilverboy]

I was so close to being first...

[@EEVblog]

Beat by the titties.

[@Sunstepa]

expensive.