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[@allthegearnoidea6752]

I always thought the idea of fixed temperature metcal stations strange but they are excellent. Not crazy about the new orange colour scheme . Great video as always thanks Regards Chris.

[@Graham_Wideman]

One seemingly mundane thing that can make a big difference to long sessions of delicate soldering is to get the handpiece cord set up comfortably. I like to set up an arrangement where the cord drapes down to the handpiece from above, for example from a support attached to an upper shelf above the bench. No dragging on the bench, no dropping down off the edge of the bench, and so on.

[@ulwur]

Steven, doing your "standard" coin soldering test and the test board would have been nice to make comparisons possible.

[@sdgelectronics]

I'm testing out a slightly more scientific method so that I can do a single video to capture all of the irons in one place.

[@markjones9180]

Would love to see this

[@Tech-Relief]

I recently did a review of the Atten ST-1509 station and for less than half the price it appears a better station with up to 150 Watt power. The Chinese are finally coming up with professional equipment to compete with Metcal, JBC and Weller.

[@calpilot7]

Metcal is simply the best.

[@HannesMrg]

Nice, I like the soldering station reviews. Also looking forward to the next video.

[@bobweiram6321]

For the price, I would also expect a nicer display. Even the ultra-cheap soldering stations use decent LCDs and OLEDs.

[@sdgelectronics]

OLEDs are not a good choice for static displays like this, the screen burn is apparent after only 12 hours in my testing.

[@vmiguel1988]

Metcal is the apple of solder stations

[@sdgelectronics]

They last a lot longer than Apple products though!

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

No the reputation of metcal is justified. They really are very very good.

[@vmiguel1988]

@@allthegearnoidea6752 using my JBC I don’t really see the selling point of metcal

[@HannesMrg]

@@vmiguel1988 How long do jbc tips last? In videos I always hear that they turn dark quickly, but rarely did a person that uses jbc a LOT tell, how many hours/years a tip has until you need to replace it.

[@bobweiram6321]

@@HannesMrg The dark color is just oxidation from operating at high temperatures for too long. It happens to all irons overtime, especially smaller tips with less thermal mass. JBC cartridges are smaller with less metal to dissipate excess heat. Metcal tips don't oxidize as rapidly because they operate at a fixed temperature, which is below the oxidation temperature. Oxidation, contrary to what you read, isn't as catastrophic as it is made out to be. It can often be cleaned off with a tip rejuvenator with boric acid mixed with flux. Occasionally, you will have tips where the external plating has oxidized away. This can be repaired a few minutes by soaking a gauge pad in a nickel or copper plating solution and connecting a 5v anode to the tip and the cathode to the pad.

[@ulwur]

Wow. That contrast on firmware upgrade paints a wery poor picture of their QC. And that factory-reset didn't turn it back to reasonable defaults, unbelievable!

[@sdgelectronics]

It's a little bit puzzling, since that's the only parameter that doesn't get reset to something sensible. Temperature, sleep timers etc all go to normal values.

[@sdgelectronics]

It's being addressed now after my feedback

[@alexstone691]

Im spoiled by big ass T12s that you can grab with your base hands even after extensive use, i would be quite scared of tiny piece of meal as hot as 400c flinging into my monitor or something

[@sdgelectronics]

The Metcal MX/CV cartridge system is probably the easiest out of the lot to swap out, but you do need the silicone tab. JBC's system is OK, but I prefer to grab the Metcal silicone tab to remove those too.

[@andreiciora2765]

I thing about swiching from hakko to metcal or jbc . But your video showed me again that metcal is just a little bit better then jbc. Which one do you thing is better metcal or jbc .

[@yourclips9974]

please review soldering station by oss team "oss t210/t115" or GVM T210 by Sunshine, big thanks sir

[@richardmagnorstenbro3234]

Still, only MX and CV is good from Metcal. I just got my Hantek Powersupply with 3 channels for testing now. Waiting for your review, but this time i got mine before you. :-)

[@sdgelectronics]

How are you getting on with it? I've not placed an order yet since I didn't see Hantek's own AliExpress store selling it.

[@richardmagnorstenbro3234]

@@sdgelectronics It works ok. Cant complain, but do get the 3 channel one and not the 4 channel.

[@TheEmbeddedHobbyist]

How many soldering irons can one one person own, How long do you have to sit at the bench before you know which iron to use? 🙂

[@sdgelectronics]

I tend to use just one for a period of time, at some point I'll do a general round-up as I've got to know each of them pretty well now.

[@fionachallinor]

How long do the cheaper tips last?

[@Sigmatechnica]

Don't understand why they went for that off-orange yuck colour.

[@marcoscontreras2263]

Hi Steven, when will be the test of Thermaltronics soldering station

[@sdgelectronics]

Any model in particular that's of interest?

[@marcoscontreras2263]

@@sdgelectronics sure, Thermaltronics TMT-2000S, which work such Metcal, also the model Thermaltronics TMT-9000S, thanks for your answer

[@jaro6985]

Thermaltronics is basically the same as metcal, just look at the output power in the specifications.

[@thecow2756]

@@jaro6985 they can do that now and have compatible consumables as metcal's patents have started "running out"

[@jaro6985]

@@thecow2756 yeah I only buy thermaltronics tips now, quality is good, price is good.

[@andreiciora2765]

Would you give one of your soldering station to a subscriber ?

[@gregandark8571]

psssshhh go away peasant !