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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: Vimto on Tue, 19 January 2016, 22:19:22

Title: Hakko FX-890
Post by: Vimto on Tue, 19 January 2016, 22:19:22

Hi,

Has anyone had any experience of the Hakko FX-890.

Looking at this google translate version of the hakko page it looks like it's a special model just for China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=https://www.hakko.com/japan/news/150129.html&prev=search

I'm deciding between this and the FX-888D

Also what tip do people recommend I get for my first time soldering?

Title: Re: Hakko FX-890
Post by: Connly33 on Tue, 19 January 2016, 22:29:44

I dont have any experience with the FX 890, but i have an FX 888D as of a few months ago and i really like it.

As for tip's, a wedge tip is the best multipurpose tip you can get, much better than the standard conical tip's.