FNIRSI HS-02 Portable 100W Soldering Iron Test & Review

[@perkulant4629]

Full package for 51 quid. Seems like a good deal. Cheers for the video Rich!

[@andymouse]

My TS100 has had a lot of use and if I had to replace it I think this is the best I've seen so far....cheers.

[@Tims_Projects]

I Love it, thanks for showing. I do like the boost, for those copper rich areas and things like pin headers.

[@Lightrunner.]

Nice tool for beginners and outside emplyees.👍👍👍 But .... i love my Weller double Station.😍😍😍

[@DamianYesiolowow]

My solder not working. Used about 5 times and not heating up but it shows 650 degree celsius on screen, not work on every 6 tips. Why its not heating up? Any solution?

[@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading]

Heya, yes a very nice and good soldering iron simpel to use and very nice design too I really like the looks of it too

[@andygardiner6526]

Be interesting to put the supply on a load and see whether it's doing what it says on the label ...

[@gregsullivan7408]

Agreed, and I'd like to know whether the "power" setting was at 100%. FYI SDG Electronics measured 90W peak during startup.

[@maebeans]

yes yes yes i've been waiting for this

[@olimpiupuscas2771]

do you know by any chance where is the heating element?

[@mikebond6328]

That’s nice. I use a pinecil v1 that seems to heat a little faster but the hs02 has nice features that outweigh the few seconds gained. It’s a good deal too.

[@spizzlo]

This is a hs02a, the hs02b (the dark color one) uses 210 tips (or the fnirisi equivalent) and they claim it heats twice as fast. The b model only has 3 tips though where this one has 6.

[@g4z-kb7ct]

28:00 Yep! To remove a solder bridge add flux and drag in to the opposite side of the chip, or at least some distance to separate it into several smaller bridges which will clear much easier. Or of course use wick, but flux+drag usually works for me. :-)

[@pault6533]

It would be nice to see the display is reading while you are soldering. Could you put a small camera on the end and do PIP in your video? Sort of like a guitar neck camera 😊. Thanks Richard!

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

Can I ask why you want to see what this display is reading? Either it does the job well or it doesn't yeah? The camera idea is an intersting one....

[@pault6533]

@@LearnElectronicsRepair I wanted to see if the temperature dips and how much the power delivery indicator increases. It would help understand how difficult it is for the iron to maintain the temperature as you are testing different thickness PCB's and so on. ✌

[@DrFiero]

Just went poking around looking for one. Seems you have the HS-02a there, there's also an HS-02b. Might want to update your video title to add the 'A' anyhow!

[@maebeans]

the difference between them is that the b version uses c210 tips and the a version uses c245 tips

[@DrFiero]

@@maebeans - thanks! totally missed that. I'll edit the above.

[@gregoryaraganto9378]

That is amazing for my portable ebike kit, I could fix a controller in the side of the road !

[@RobB_VK6ES]

Waiting for someone to make "plugs" for 18V power tool batteries. Combined with an iron like this one and you have a killer on-site iron for field service techs who regularly have the batteries in the tool kit

[@g4z-kb7ct]

22.00 The rolling numbers is interesting... I'm guessing at FNIRSI some of the engineers must be EM pinball fans heh!

[@g4z-kb7ct]

This product is in line with a lot of Chinese items.... small incremental changes over several models to the point where this is better than most similar irons. The price is excellent value for money so I think I will pick up one as a spare :)

[@TheElectronicDilettante]

Need to keep the tip clean and tinned. You can loose 25degF to that heavy oxide layer that forms. With a fresh tinned tip, keep a drop of liquid solder on the tip to transfer heat into component. It’s easily seen with thermal imaging. Also, those tips don’t have enough thermal mass to do any significant desoldering.

[@andymouse]

Never used a bendy one either but I have a feeling that they would be really good, might have to get one.....cheers.

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

I was a bit surprised by that too. Give it a go see what you think

[@g4z-kb7ct]

24:30 I use the stock Hakko conical tip for everything and I've never found anything that can't be soldered with it, including 0.5mm pitch large QFP chips up to QFP304. Personally I never found any use for any other tip shape. Of course it helps that I have 30 years soldering experience ;-)

[@gregsullivan7408]

According to SDG Electronics, it is in fact compatible with JDC tips. (his actual words are "it drives the JDC tips just fine")

[@mammam6472]

Ok ....is a nice "mini solder station"....but PORTABEL Im stay in BAKON BK210.....Thanks for the review.

[@mdcd4656]

Yes is nice, but I have two of hf-01, why I must buy this model? Thanks for presentation, but I prefer the hf-01 tip (more slim).

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

There is no 'must buy' I just test stuff out and give my honest opinion on how it performs. After that it is up to you.

[@John_Smith__]

Many years ago I was also skeptic about the K-Type (knife edge) solder tips a...but after some practice they have become my Favorite for qfp soldering or any other external pins. .. they are very very good specially at removing bridges. One has to simply practice and develop the technique. Good soldering iron tho.

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

And this is what I was trying to say in this video. You get used to (or learn how to) use a particular tool well and that becomes your preference.

[@John_Smith__]

@@LearnElectronicsRepair Exactly and more importantly ... we use the tools that we can control Better! As long as the solder job is well done it does not matter what tool was used on the process!

[@g4z-kb7ct]

16:00 If you are trying to desolder a cap from one end and be consistent you should pay attention to which end is ground and heat that end up. Trying to desolder a cap by heating the vcc end is unlikely to work at all with any soldering iron. Randomly picking one end is also not consistent. Always be sure to pick the end that is ground when doing that test.

[@paulb9769]

It is like a fancier Pinecil.

[@originalmianos]

Kinda odd it looks and smells like a jbc 245, but isn't compatible. A shame.

[@LarixusSnydes]

Yes indeed. What I like about this iron: 1. Comes with a cap. 2. Clear screen. 3. very nice cable. 4 Enough thermal mass to cope with ground plane (de)soldering. 5. 3 buttons instead of the usual 2, which makes for a more convenient UI. What I don't like: 1. No grounding point. 2. Not compatible with the JBC-245 tips. I chose a Sequre S60P instead, because it's compatible with JBC-210 tips and has a grounding point. I may eventually buy a Sequre S99 or a similar iron that takes JBC-245 tips, because they have better thermal mass than the 210 tips and the range of available JBC 245-tips is huge.

[@adriansmithmusic]

​@@LarixusSnydesAre you sure theres no grounding point? In the description section of the Aliexpress listing theres an image which shows a philips screw that is on the top left of the iron and says "ELECTROSTATIC PROTECTION FINE SOLDERING Equipped with grounding device, if necessary, can lead to grounding by oneself to eliminate static electricity". And no, i'm not shouting at you, i just copied the text using the search screen fucntion on my android phone and the title was in Caps. 🤣

[@LarixusSnydes]

@@adriansmithmusic I looked it up on AliExpress and it does show anti-static protection as one of the features. The black Philips screw on the back of the unit has a few logos next to it, but no specific mention of anti-static measures. In the manual only the top side is pictured, but it does have an indicator for an anti-static interface. So, you are correct. Strange that they don't mention this feature on their own website, which was my source of information.

[@0dium.]

basic smd desoldering is better done with hot air gun and tweezers

[@GregM]

Whenever I get soldering tips for my KSER iron I calibrate the new tips. Maybe it is me being anal but I have had tips which had huge overshoots temperature wise so much so that the seller replaced the new tip.

[@zeno2712]

The scrolling numbers are really annoying!

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

If you find something as trivial as scrolling numbers annoying, I shudder to think how you cope with politicians 🤣

[@zeno2712]

@@LearnElectronicsRepair Oh they annoy me as well! :-) Maybe the scrolling numbers look better live rather than on camera where they just seem a mess?