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Ephemera wrote Okay your choice but I ask you a simple question to all of you what soldering stations do you all use? I'd like an answer from those who use clones please.


I use a $7 radioshack soldering iron and my installs are clean

Doesn't matter what soldering iron u use as long as u know how to use it
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Ephemera wrote Okay your choice but I ask you a simple question to all of you what soldering stations do you all use? I'd like an answer from those who use clones please.


I use a $7 radioshack soldering iron and my installs are clean

Doesn't matter what soldering iron u use as long as u know how to use it


And for your reflows/reballs?
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I use a £10 soldering iron I purchased from a hardware shop round the corner from my old house and all the consoles that I have modified myself have turned out fine. I've only ever used one clone chip and it worked perfectly. I don't reflow/reball, I only purchase consoles which are in full working condition or if they need fixing, I send them to a friend.
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(Bird 4k BGA station)


With the way ur going about this and disrespecting us (clone user) ur shop won't last man, try it first before u start talking
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Ephemera wrote Okay your choice but I ask you a simple question to all of you what soldering stations do you all use? I'd like an answer from those who use clones please.


If you think a clone tx chip will fry your cpu I think you need to re-evaluate a lot of your knowledge on modding. 99.5% of the time you see reports of an issue with a clone chip, its the installer NOT the chip. Hell some of the clones out there probably come from the same place xecuters chips do.

Besides the fact of that, I recommend looking into a soldering iron with adjustable temperature. I used to use the Weller WES51, and a while back I picked up a Hakko FX-888D. But most importantly, the soldering iron will only cover 20% of your soldering skills...The rest is up to the user with practice. I recommend avoiding cheap irons from radioshack because you will only make learning harder on yourself!
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Ephemera wrote Okay your choice but I ask you a simple question to all of you what soldering stations do you all use? I'd like an answer from those who use clones please.


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Ephemera wrote Okay your choice but I ask you a simple question to all of you what soldering stations do you all use? I'd like an answer from those who use clones please.
I have a Hakko FX-888D soldering station.
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neto888 wrote
Ephemera wrote Okay your choice but I ask you a simple question to all of you what soldering stations do you all use? I'd like an answer from those who use clones please.


I use a $7 radioshack soldering iron and my installs are clean

Doesn't matter what soldering iron u use as long as u know how to use it

Sanctorum wrote I use a 10 soldering iron I purchased from a hardware shop round the corner from my old house and all the consoles that I have modified myself have turned out fine. I've only ever used one clone chip and it worked perfectly. I don't reflow/reball, I only purchase consoles which are in full working condition or if they need fixing, I send them to a friend.


Sanctorum wrote I use a 10 soldering iron I purchased from a hardware shop round the corner from my old house and all the consoles that I have modified myself have turned out fine. I've only ever used one clone chip and it worked perfectly. I don't reflow/reball, I only purchase consoles which are in full working condition or if they need fixing, I send them to a friend.


neto888 wrote (Bird 4k BGA station)


With the way ur going about this and disrespecting us (clone user) ur shop won't last man, try it first before u start talking


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Ephemera wrote Okay your choice but I ask you a simple question to all of you what soldering stations do you all use? I'd like an answer from those who use clones please.


If you think a clone tx chip will fry your cpu I think you need to re-evaluate a lot of your knowledge on modding. 99.5% of the time you see reports of an issue with a clone chip, its the installer NOT the chip. Hell some of the clones out there probably come from the same place xecuters chips do.

Besides the fact of that, I recommend looking into a soldering iron with adjustable temperature. I used to use the Weller WES51, and a while back I picked up a Hakko FX-888D. But most importantly, the soldering iron will only cover 20% of your soldering skills...The rest is up to the user with practice. I recommend avoiding cheap irons from radioshack because you will only make learning harder on yourself!


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Ephemera wrote Okay your choice but I ask you a simple question to all of you what soldering stations do you all use? I'd like an answer from those who use clones please.


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quote="HTMBACON"]
Ephemera wrote Okay your choice but I ask you a simple question to all of you what soldering stations do you all use? I'd like an answer from those who use clones please.
I have a Hakko FX-888D soldering station.[/quote]


Thank You all for cooperating. It seems the majority of you are using top tier brands like Weller, Hakko, Aoyue, or Bird for your soldering and reworking needs. May I ask why? I mean why not use a Chinese clone of the product?
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Ephemera wrote Thank You all for cooperating. it seems the majority of you are using top tier brands like Weller, Hakko, Aoyue, or Bird for your soldering and reworking needs. May I ask why? I mean why not use a Chinese clone of the product?


Most likely because soldering work actually makes a difference. As long as you buy a working chip, you will be fine if you can solder properly. Buying a crappy soldering iron that doesn't work, wouldn't help. The same as buying a crappy clone chip that doesn't work, wouldn't help. Fact is, these "clone" chips do work, and they work just as well, sometimes better than genuine T-X products. I use a crappy 10 soldering iron which isn't of a know, quality brand but it still does the job and my soldering is still fine.
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