SUGON 8620DX Digital Hot Air Recovery Station 110V 1300W, 212°F to 842°F Adjustable Temperature C/F, 4 Memories, 6 Air Nozzles, SMD Hot Air Station with High Air Nozzle Holder

I've been looking for a hot air rework station for a while now. I have one of those cheaper setups that have the fan and everything included in the handle itself. I never could quite get used to working with it. I looked at the Quick and Atten suggested by Louis Rossman and almost bought that one. For some reason though, this one kept drawing my attention. It was 1300 watts as opposed to 1000. It was a bit cheaper and I really liked the stand that comes with it. I am not disappointed at all. This thing feels heavy duty. It heats up almost instantly. The control I feel with this vs the cheap ones is night and day. First thing I did was build a little smd solder project using just this. Normally I would build something like that with a standard soldering iron. By the time I finished the little kit, I think I can solder faster with this station than an iron. I started at 450c and 50% air. By the end, I was at 375c and 25% air. Turns out I needed way less than I previously thought. You just point the nozzle at the solder pad and it melts almost instantly. I have some scrap boards that have balled chips on them. I'll be playing around with that next. While I'm not an expert on rework stations, I am an very well versed on good quality tools in this field. I would buy another one without hesitation if I needed one. Recommended.

Satisfecho con el desempeño de esta estación.

You never know until you receive an item just what you’re going to get. This Sugon 8620DX-PRO exceeds my expectations. While I don’t have much usage on it yet, the temperature and airflow control seems very good. I will need to measure the temperature with my thermocouple to see how close it is. It included a very beefy desk stand for the hand piece - I don’t see it moving by itself. This provides a sleep function which turns off the nozzle. Also included were 4 tips of various sizes, and a spare nozzle/heating element (I don’t know if I missed it in the description but nice that it’s included). The only ding I have against this is that the hose going to the handpiece is a bit tacky and wants to collect dust and stuff. Hopefully it doesn’t degrade and get icky over time - we’ll see. Overall looks like a good unit, worth the extra money over the cheap alternatives. Definitely an improvement over my old Hakko 850.

Pros: 1) Cost 2) Heating speed 3) Large, bright display 4) Adjustable cradle 5) Auto cool-down 6) Tip storage with clip to allow tool-less changing 7) Four presets 8) Calibration ability 9) Spare heating element provided 10) Max temp. exceeds some others 11) Quiet Cons: 1) Cheap feel (typical for China) 2) Tubing is not reinforced (like on my Hakko 850) 3) I would rather have a rotary encoder (albiet at extra cost) vs buttons to make quick changes 4) Six tips are provided (which are somewhat redundant) but no angled tips. Bummer. I just used mine for the first time to cleanly and rapidly (~3 minutes) remove an XBox Series X HDMI connector. That's no small feat. I just got mine so I can't speak to reliability, but initial impressions are positive. I've been designing and repairing electronics for over four decades and I'm not easily impressed - fwiw.

Great heat system. Very fast and the blower needs to be low because it's very fast at heating and the heat pump is super strong.