Lytool Soldering Iron Station 650W Rework Soldering Stations Professional 3 inch Digital 2 in 1 Hot Air Gun 100-500℃ Temperature Adjustable, Sleep Function, Storage Function(UK Plug)

Unboxing:The box was large and filled generously with high density springy foam that has been made to fit the station well and protect it in shipping.The instruction book is first thing at the top, with everything neatly nested beneath. Everything was easy to unpack and get onto the desk.Included in the box:ManualBase unit with hot air rework tool wired inSoldering iron with standard small round pointed tip4 extra tips, large, chisel, small knife, large knife.UK IEC power lead (kettle plug)Solder sucker.2 hot air nozzles, small and medium.Generous roll of thin solder.Angled ESD safe tweezers.Soldering iron stand complete with both brass wire tip wiper and sponge.Hot air rework tool stand which fixes to the side of the base unit.First Impressions:It was easy to get onto the bench and plugged in. The iron plugs in with a snapping action to keep in place. The base unit feels very sturdy and has some weight. The whole case seems to be designed as a heat sink for the electronics.You will need a small screwdriver to fit the hot air rework stand to the base unit.The solder reel is generous for a free starter, and solders reasonably well.The cables for the rework tool and iron are of a good length and nice and flexible. Both tools fit well in their holders and fit nicely in the hand.The solder sucker seals well and will give a good suck to remove solder when needed.The tweezers come to a nice sharp point and grip well.Changing nozzles on the rework tool will require a screwdriver, but they fit well when in place.On turning on the unit goes into a standby mode, with nothing heating up until requested.The soldering iron stand has holes to the rear to hold the 4 spare tips when not in use.I really like that the iron stand has both a brass wire wool tip cleaner and a sponge. I generally prefer the brass wool, and it's possible to put the iron in the holder so that the tip pushes into the wool to clean every time it's put down.In action:From the home screen long pressing either of the rework or soldering buttons will turn on the respective tool, and then off again. Both can be turned on at once and the display and controls swapped between by pressing the desired tool button.Both tools heat up very quickly to the set temperature.The rework tool produces a good quantity of air when at temperature, and will run the fan very quickly to cool down, either when put back into standby, or if a lower temperature is selected. Adjustment of temperature or air flow can be toggled between by pressing the rework button.The soldering iron also heats up very quickly, with the heat propagating to the tip ready for use quickly too. Despite this the iron has a reasonable thermal mass too, especially with the larger tips, and can be used for bigger joints. Cooling the iron down, either by soldering, cleaning the tip or blowing on the tip produces a very quick response to heat it up again.Soldering with this was a pleasure.There are also 3 memories for each tool, with dedicated buttons that can be used to quickly swap between common temperatures when in use. Airflow is also stored for the rework tool. These can be changed via the settings menu while the device is on standby, or saved live if adjusted while working. It is also possible to alter many parameters from this menu, such as the temperature compensation, the sleep and standby behaviour, and even setting a password.The manual is quite well written and understandable, and also concise and clear, with maintenance instructions too. The order code for the tips and other tips available are also listed in the back.My only gripes are that the labels for the tool and memory buttons are moulded into the plastic surround with no background colour, so are hard to see. To combat this you could go over them with a marker pen and wipe off the excess to leave some background colour making them much easier to read.The hot air tool is also permanently wired in. While it's unlikely that I'll need to replace it anytime soon, a plug like the soldering iron, even if it was differently coloured, or a different style so they couldn't be mixed up would be nice. That would also allow the rework tool to be stored away or packed in a drawer to tidy the bench if not required for some time.In summary:I was expecting reasonably good things from the look of the unit, and price, but I was not expecting this quality at this price point. I am blown away by how responsive and capable the iron is, given how light and manoeuvrable it is. Everything seems to be very well made and put together and I expect it to last a good while.The interface is easy to use and very intuitive and I look forward to soldering more with it.

Price when reviewed: £119.99Initial impressionsPositive:Weighty and solidTwo in one solution that is space saving and convenientLots of accessories including anti-static tweezers, soldering iton stand with brass tip cleaner and sponge built-in andInstruction manual shows parts can be replaced on the rework heater and soldering ironSoldering iron is a good size and has a nice rubber grip making it comfortable for extended use without getting hot fingers and losing gripPowerful rework gun ranging from 100-500c and soldering iron from 100-480cLoud audible beeps for button pressesAuto sleep functionLarge and intuitive LED displayShortcut keys for quick temperature and air flow adjustmentsIt's possible to operate one or both the rework heated and soldering iron at the same time and control them independentlyWhilst there are grammatical errors here and there due to Chinese to English translation, the nstruction manual is detailed enough (alongside providing images) to use device without having any previous experience. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USE WITH THIS DEVICE IF YOU CARE ABOUT SAFETY AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTSMany parts can be replacedNegative:Slightly marked soldering iron standCannot remove tips easily during useComes with reel of 0.8mm/50g solder but no standCould have integrated a helping hand into the side opposite the rework heaterRequires screwdriver to add the rework heater standInstructions do not mention the soldering iron stand and the purpose of the four holes (the main body of the tips does not fit in two)Could come in a case to keep it all neat, tidy and safe when not in useMore detail:I bought this specifically because I have components that I need to remove from PCBs and previous attempts using a soldering iron haven't worked. It's likely that is in part down to my lack of experience trying to remove components but anyhow, I wanted something that was going to give me quick and reliable results without frying components. After a lot of research, I came to the conclusion that a rework blower (hot air gun) was going to be my best option.This review will focus mainly on the rework blower because it's assumed if you buy this, you are serious about your work and will have experience using a soldering iron already. I can confirm that it heats up very quickly being 90 watts and the temperature sensor knows precisely what the tip temperature is.Super important features include password protection to stop the temperature from being changed by the user or anyone else accidentally, minimising the risk of personal injury or component damage. Another safety feature is the included audible beep heard every time a button is pressed, so even if you did leave the solder station on and either a component knocked it or someone else played with it without the password being set, you would know immediately to check it out. Additionally, the unit includes ESD protection within the soldering tip to avoid damage to ESD sensitive components.Do not use this without reading the manual first. It's not immediately obvious how to use and you need to make sure you set it optimally for the work you are doing before starting.So, to use a rework blower, you need to understand the relationship between heat, air circulation and nozzle size. Get the balance wrong, by keeping the tool in the same place with the wrong nozzle and use too much heat without enough air blowing onto the component and you can damage the component and the PCB. I would strongly recommend pulling a PCB out of something that is broken to practice removing parts before you go near a mobile phone or other expensive device with this tool. Also, start using solder flux (paste) because it significantly reduces the amount of time required to apply heat before being able to remove the part.The rework blower sits on its stand doing nothing and when you pick it up, it automatically starts operating. As a very rough guide, set the temperature to 400 degrees and let the rework blower get up to temperature. The melting temperature of lead free solder is around 220 degrees, the reason for going almost twice as high is because you want the get the component hot very quickly to remove the part without causing damage to the part, other components or the PCB itself. The correct nozzle size depends on the size of the component you are working with. Set the air speed quite high (but not so high it blows things away). Keep the tool moving around to avoid too much heat in one place for too long. Get your tweezers ready to tug on the component when you see the solder flux disappear and the colour of the solder changes and it turns shiny (indicating that it has gone molten). If it doesn't move, DO NOT PULL TOO HARD otherwise you will remove the PCB pads (metal contacts on the PCB) and it's a disaster. Once you are finished, place the rework blower back on its stand and it will keep blowing air until it cools down enough. Do not turn it off at the plug whilst it cools down because that can cause damage to the device, it is designed to keep blowing until it's finished.It does the job really well, comes with many accessories and options and based on its design it has a long service life with replaceable parts. It has been well thought out and it's amazing how much you get for your money.Be sure to order [[ASIN:B01MRAEY6M]a PCB stand] when you get this because every time I have used a helping hand, I have scratched the PCB (even with heatshrink on the crocodile clips in multiple layers).Being really picky, I've removed a star because a company who clearly thinks over product design very carefully has overlooked an opportunity to make this all encompassing by not including a solder/reel stand and not making it possible to conveniently and safely change nozzles or tips during use. Also, it doesn't come with a case for safe storage. If these features costed a bit more, I would definitely pay extra for them.This is a serious bit of kit and no matter what level you are working at, you will not be disappointed based on price and specification.Highly recommended.

I've had a couple of stations and they've just not been up to a decent standard and I ended up sending them back, one just didn't have the power in the soldering iron and the temps were waaay off and the other the hot air part was just pathetic and would barely pass as a hair dryer.I decided to go with this as I suppose a "mid range" solution, I don't have Hakko money to spare on what is essentially a hobby as I mainly repair older and vintage computers and parts.I've been really pleasantly surprised by this unit, the soldering iron is fantastic, it heats up very fast and seems to have really good transmission of the set heat to the tip whether I'm using a fine soldering tip for small work or the big blade type tip for big ground points, the tips fit really snuggly and the threads feel nice and smooth screwing the cap on, testing the tip with a temp sensor I was getting readings very close to the set temps, I know that all seems a bit overkill but I just wanted to know I'm actually getting the temps I set.The Hot Air station is also very good indeed, the best I've used so far and it's mainly used for smallish SMD components like ceramic caps and I also swap out a lot of memory chips on old graphics cards which is effortless with this unit.It has the obvious features like the cool down for the hot air when you replace the hot air gun it will stop then over the next few seconds it will blow on and off for a while to cool the heating element down.Setting up different temps and saving them can be a bit tiresome and took a good read of the manual which is very good by the way.I'm really impressed with this unit at this mid range price I think it really delivers good performance for the enthusiast.If anything changes with my opinion I will update my review.

Tras muchísimos años con mi antiguo JBC y con el avance imparable de la soldadura SMD se hacía necesario buscar un equipo para soldarlos. Compro, por hobby, kits de circuitos ya hechos con un conjunto de componentes. Hasta ahora los he estado soldando con el soldador de toda la vida, pero cuando tienes que desoldar o soldar a la vez un componente con muchas patillas es algo literalmente muy difícil.El equipo del que hablamos es una estación de soldadura, que comprende el soldador de toda la vida, con temperatura regulable y varias puntas y otro que es una pistola de aire caliente, también regulable (tanto en temperatura como en volumen de aire), que permite calentar muchas patillas a la vez. Antiguamente había unas pistolas de aire caliente donde el compresor estaba dentro de la estación y salía por un tubo más bien gordete hacia la pistola, hecho que hacía muy complicada su manejabilidad. Sin embargo ahora ya trae un pequeño ventilador dentro de la pistola, que sin embargo no hace que se note peso en ella. Trae dos toberas de distintos tamaños aunque creo que siempre utilizaré la misma.Sí he notado (véanse las fotos) que la punta va hacia adelante, hacia fuera de la zona de trabajo, cosa que sorprendentemente en otros modelos está mirando a donde estamos trabajando con el peligro que eso conlleva.El soldador tradicional está dentro de un soporte con plástico resistente al calor. Le he dado con el soldador a ver si deja marcas fundidas pero no lo hace. Lleva un estropajo de aluminio para limpiarlo y la clásica almohadilla húmeda. El desmontaje de la punta es muy fácil (véase la foto) solo hay que desenroscar extraer y cambiar la punta.Ahora las características de porqué esta sí y otra más barata no:Temperatura: Esta llega a 480º el soldador y nada menos que 500º la pistola de aire caliente. Tiene ajuste de compensación, es decir, que si la temperatura real cuando está soldando baja o sube, tiene la capacidad de ajustarla justo a la que le hemos dicho.Tiene función de sleep. Si dejas el soldador en su pedestal el tiempo que le has marcado en la configuración, éste baja su temperatura hasta 180º y vuelve a la temperatura fijada si lo vuelves a coger, de esta forma las resistencias están protegidas para muchas horas de uso contínuo.En la unidad central hay una gran pantalla LCD donde se indica el estado del equipo. Tiene tres teclas (CH1, CH2 y CH3) que permite preseleccionar la temperatura y el volumen del aire.Tiene curiosamente la posibilidad de ponerle una contraseña para evitar que si la usas en casa los niños puedan accidentalmente encenderla (puedes elegir un número del 000 al 999).Estoy muy contento con esta compra, ya que es un producto del que se nota robustez y calidad, no como en otras más baratas que suelen tener displays en led rojos en vez de una pantalla LCD. No voy a darle un uso profesional pero según he estado viendo creo que perfectamente podría ser utilizada para un uso profesional por las características que antes mencioné.Por favor, me he currado la opinión para que, si has llegado hasta aquí, la votes positiva ya que, como puedes ver, yo sí compro los productos y no me los dan gratis.

Me ha gustado su reducido tamaño,cabe en cualquier sitio,sin estorbar.Lo que no me ha gustado nada es la traduccion al español.

Me ha encantado la estación, su apoyo es firme y parece ser mucho mejor que las típicas de inferior precio, el control de temperatura es muy bueno, calienta rápidisimo y con bastante precisión, echándole un vistazo a las instrucciones en nada se maneja perfectamente.

Necesitaba algo que me permitiera regular temperatura y esto se ajusta a lo que quería.Es fácil de manejar con las perillas de control muy accesibles y los displays fáciles de ver y leer.La tobera de aire es manejable y no transmite el calor a la empuñadura,ademas tien un soporte individual.

Cumple con su cometido