Fake / Counterfeit Hakko

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free shipping HAKKO FX-888D Digital Soldering Station/Solder Electric Soldering Irons 70W Many gifts
do not buy from HK POVOS Electronic Technology Co Ltd(Professional repair tool) they do not respond

[@learningisglorious]

Poor you. I got one form my Authorized Distributor in Vietnam. It really nice, work perfectly. I cracking open it and it made by the top quality components such as Nichicon Capacitor, 3.2 A high quality transformer...

[@alamuru420123]

Thanks so much for sharing! I was just about to buy this for half price on Aliexpress, I think I'll have to find some other place to buy it now.

[@cprogrck]

You should put Fake / Counterfeit Hakko in your title.

[@322doug]

IMO, the best way to get a OFFICIAL HAKKO product would be to buy from a HAKKO dealer, and there are authorized Hakko dealers on ebay and amazon,the Hakko website furnishes a list by country of authorized dealers. i paid $96.00 american for my station, thru amazon, and the dealer was listed by Hakko, B+D Enterprises. I keep hearing people they got a fake , but it was much cheaper???? I have not even seen one complete station cheaper than that. and that was including free shipping.

[@rachajtle]

You bought a counterfeit ! It is perfectly visible.

[@FotoCreatives]

Thanks for sharing! I don't understand that these fake soldering stations are being taken back or there is a ban/penalty fine for the makers of these fake stuff. you can't and shouldn't just (use the real brand/name/logo)??

[@superpooper_2030]

If the product description said "high quality or style" means it is fake . The cheapest original Hakko fx888 is usd 70. So, if ship from China usd 70 + shipping... Do the maths

[@BlackMoonRis1ng]

if you buy it from aliexpress then its decided that its not a genuine hakko product, alot of stuff there are mostly imitations so buyer beware always

[@samteccomputermaintenance9981]

I think is best going for pace jbc soldering iron I had a pace hw100 great soldering iron eBay for 100 to 150

[@johneh87]

How much did you pay for it?

[@Magnus_E]

p60 is so great!

[@davidferguson8478]

If you think you are going to get a genuine Hakko soldering station from AliExpress then you are sadly mistaken

[@samteccomputermaintenance9981]

I have made a video about it I will be doing one on jbc also soon

[@windmill10]

Buy a genuine Hakko FX-888D and you won't have a problem!

[@jimngugerkuok7074]

How we know is fake or genuine ???

[@sujayphadke652]

Hi, what is the kind of green board you have as a base? Where can I buy it?

[@samteccomputermaintenance9981]

The green board it's a static protector mat which can be bought from Maplins

[@sujayphadke652]

Thanks. All I could find was mats like this: www.maplin.co.uk/p/anti-static-mat-and-cleaning-kit-500-mm-x-300-mm-n74gg Could you send me a link to this mat, if possible?

[@samteccomputermaintenance9981]

Yantriki Namaskar sorry its a cutting mat thecraftshopindia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/mornsun-cutting-mat-a3.html

[@samteccomputermaintenance9981]

Samtec Computer Maintenance you can pick them up at eBay here's the link www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A1-CUTTING-CRAFT-MAT-SELF-HEALING-NON-SLIP-PRINTED-GRID-PROFESSIONAL-QUALITY-/381190054963?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item58c0b2a433

[@sujayphadke652]

Thank you for the link. Is the anti-static part of it attached on the side or is that another board below it?

[@victorjrfeliciano1370]

the name of the game is making MONEY that is the key for them!!, sorry for your lost.

[@oestrek]

This may be the problem with mine as well. Further research has indicated that my unit is from an authorized dealer and yet the unit is so below subpar that they need to invent a new scale for this one. I bought a hakko 888d off of Amazon. A total piece of shit. I have fried three elements in the unit. The last element was only used for less than 5 hours. I am honestly unsure whether it is a "fake" or Hakko has a value line of product that they have outsourced to some sort of slipshod manufacturer. All I know is I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER PRODUCT FROM THEM. MY Weller works great and I thought that I would like to have the better control of a digital readout boy was I mistaken. Ten years of flawless service from my weller and this turd has barely given me a year.

[@1951split]

+Karl Oestreich In the description of another video /watch?v=14pbRZPabEQ is a link to google docs with photos of a genuine and a fake unit next to eachother in case you want to compare your unit...

[@Bigrignohio]

I'm sorry but NOTHING on Aliexpress is "legit". Anyone who buys from there should realize they are risking the possibility of a poor (or dead) product with NO support in exchange for saving some money. For some low-risk items that is an acceptable gamble. I personally would NOT risk it for anything that, if it malfunctions, could burn down my house! I have heard of hot-air SMD soldering stations "starting up" their heating elements with no outside control and WITHOUT also running the fan. Talk about high risk!

[@jrj90620]

Bigrignohio Better luck,when buying from Chinese sellers,to use Ebay.I've gotten bitten twice on Aliexpress,out of 2 purchases.Had one problem with a Chinese seller,on Ebay and he just gave me refund and let me keep wrong product.Ebay is tough on sellers but great protection for buyers.

[@Bigrignohio]

Jon Jensen Perhaps. I have purchased several items off AliExpress. The fountain pens were a major disappointment. On the other and the solar light seems to work well. The rest were OK if not really "great". However I agree that eBay is THE place to buy (if it is available). Oddly enough it is often cheaper to buy the exact same knockoff item on eBay versus AliExpress.

[@crankshaft007]

Jon Jensen yup we have all learned the hard way. Direct from china (cheap) equals junk, knock offs with no recourse. At least ebay gives you 45days to recover your money.

[@tcphll]

Yep, you bought a clone, and a poor one at that. Sorry, mate.

[@samteccomputermaintenance9981]

hi did check the insides of the hakko they all look the same even the element is a hakko brand. same chip set also i think i will stick to pace soldering stations they have never let me down

[@UilKerk]

Thanks for this video. I decided to purchase an original Hakko after seeing this. I nearly bought one from Banggood, a Chinese seller. The item they sell is a "Hakko fx 888 style soldering station". It looks very good on their site and there probably are better clones out there but for € 30,00 more I got a geniune one.

[@fenrisgaming8982]

Samtec Computer Maintenance It's probably more expensive for you to get genuine Hakko in your country(we get them dirt cheap in the US), but I can promise you, genuine Hakko irons are built to far higher quality standards than this thing that you got stuck with....I will say that as clones go Yihua makes a pretty decent quality Hakko 936 clone, I have one of their 937D+ stations, paid a total of $40 for it, and it's actually more a joy to use than my $100 Hakko FX888D..... they perform about the same, and the analog knob on the 937D+ just makes way more sense than the clunky interface of the 888D.

[@dirtrider88]

so when the outsite that says hakko it is fake but for some reason you think the when the element and chip set say hakko they are real???

[@adelmorse173]

Why the fuck do you even buy from such sites....sigh

[@salimafsar3376]

So that you don't