04-20-2009, 10:41 AM
If you want the best and pretty universal (and have some bucks) - Metcal is probably the best (I think today it is called Oki). And - it heats up in 3-5 seconds. You can use tips for about any job: from lifting pins from tiniest pitch QFP chip to solder the quarter inch rod into heavy GND plane. But - it comes with a cost.
Wise - is the next best (similar principle - cheaper version).
Weller may not have enough oomph. Although it is an old respectable name.
Mike
Wise - is the next best (similar principle - cheaper version).
Weller may not have enough oomph. Although it is an old respectable name.
Mike
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