YIHUA 938BD+ II Soldering Iron Station Hot Air Rework with Sleep Mode, °F /°C, Digital Temperature Calibration Functions with Lead-free solder wire, 3 soldering tips, X-2 holder

So I had a soldering iron that came included with a cheap wood burning kit I found at a yardsale. I've had it for awhile, but soldering with it was frustrating. I could use it to get the job done, but it wasn't pretty.I had been looking at something better and finally decided to upgrade.Fortunately, there are many options that aren't real expensive.I'm the type who likes to spend a little extra to make sure that I'm getting something that maybe more than i need now, but still good enough for me later if I really start to get the hang of it.I landed on this one.It offers a wide array of features for a good price.Already, my solders are vastly improved with the amount of control I have with this unit.I haven't used the hot air yet, but there have been times in the past where I could use it.I recommend getting a flux syringe, or even some flux solder, if you decide to get this.The only oversight on the product, is not with the functions, but rather the handle that goes on the soldering iron.It's a plastic cylinder, and the ends fit into the open slots in the top of the metal sides, to act as a handle.The problem is that there's no way to secure it. So if you grab it by the plastic cylinder (which obviously seems intended to be a handle), it merely comes out of the metal sides.Seems like that would've just put holes in the metal for the plastic cylinder instead of a complete opening as it does nothing to prevent the plastic cylinder from coming out.Other than that, It's great and I'm very pleased with the product overall.

I needed a reasonably affordable hot air station as well as a new temp controlled solder iron. After looking at various models I selled on the Yihua. Man it works good! I have not ever owned a decent hot air station and its worth every penny to me. Makes hobbyists electronics a breeze. Im able to do way more work in the same ammount of time and its already paid for itseld. The P.ID tuning works great, holds solid temp within a degree or so on the display which will really boost your confidence when working on sensitive components. The included solder/pencil stand is very handy for keeping your hands where you need them. The hot air side is just as cool, adjustable temp/and airflow. The unit goes into a cool off (possibility down depending on model) to keep things safe. Depending on your model, I got some solder, three different iron tips, three or four hot air tips, the iron stand with sponge, can of brass woll rosin tip cleaner, and some esd safe tweasers for removing smd from pcb's! I am really very happy with the feature set and the value for right around $100.00 on sale, now all it needs to do is hold up for me and you will have a customer for life!Thanks Yihua!Ps to anyone reading purchase yourself a proper temperature reading for your iron to be able to tune the pid, you may also want to purchase additional tips or elements for the hot air wand.update*Solder statipn still working great but led became dim on the station. I reached out and they resolved my issue immediately, like within a couple days. I did not expect this level of customer service but I am extremely grateful and I will continue to buy products from Yihua for as long as I can forsee!

First one arrived obviously used and missing parts so I ordered a replacement. The replacement arrived DOA on the hot air side. Tried everything I could to get it to work and of course followed the troubleshooting steps provided but it continued to throw an error and never did work. I would seriously pass on this one.

Those who have used professional soldering stations at work (such as those made by Xtronics or Metcal, both of which I have used) may soon grow tired of waiting for this one to regain temperature between joints, and will also wonder why Yihua doesn't fix the dimming issue, which has been reported for years, and the reliability problems that many people have reported They advertise 24/24 seven days a week customer support, but I asked for support a week ago through their website and have yet to hear back from them. I gave up and bought a Xytronic LF8000. Sure, it's a couple hundred dollars more than the the Yihua, but considering that the internal transformer is vastly heavier duty, so regains temperature almost instantaneously between soldering/unsoldering operations, the UI much more intuitive, the instruction manual clearer - and considering that the one at work has never failed over several years - it is easily worth the additional cost. The Metcal is also very good, but a lot more expensive.

So far is working correctly but I have to turn the hot air element temperature very high for it to work properly.

A great combination system. I haven’t used it very much yet, but so far everything works as advertised. You can control the temp on both sides individually, which makes it nice. It also has a nice professional appearance to it.The cords are a little bit clunky and they always seem like they’re in the way, but other than that no problems.

Seems an overall good product - but the display readout is gradually failing and its hard to see what the temperatire is at. I see others have a siiliar problem, this needs to be addressed by the manufacturer.The display failed completelty, i reached out to the manufacturer, who did reply but said contact the seller, but I thought the seller was the manufacturer. I took the unit apart, the display is not an LED display, but backlit by an LED. I purchased some mini LED with wires attached (the come with resistors) and super glued 3 of them to the top of the display, so they shine down behind it like the original LED did. You can find 13.9V from the recitifier on the left side of the board, it now works great. I shouldn't have had to do this, and I would recommend you look at a different unit as you will see other people with this issue.