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→AiXun Soldering Station with JBC Soldering Tips: added some details regarding some quirks of this station.
====AiXun Soldering Station with JBC Soldering Tips====
This Chinese soldering station is compatible with JBC soldering tips (C245) and is a great station for its lowish price of around 150 bucks. The station comes with three soldering tips that should be replaced with original JBC wave-soldering tips like the C245965 (small spoon) or the C245938 (big spoon) for general purpose soldering tasks.The very low cost for this station comes with some quirks that users should be aware of:
* The most recent firmware version 1.34 displays incorrect temperature data in certain states to hide the temperature overshoot on a cold-start. Firmware downgrade is recommended to avoid being lied to.* Soldering on grounded (PE) circuit boards can cause issues with the temperature sensing and should be avoided. This review informs about these quirks in detail. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7jLpHgR7fI][[File:SolderingStation.JPG|none|thumb|AiXun Soldering Station with JBC Soldering Tips]]
The "small spoon" is by far the most used soldering tip on my bench as it turns almost every soldering task into a "low/no-skill" job provided copious amounts of flux is used and the board was manufactured with solder mask. The shape of this tip prevents the active region to oxidize by always keeping some solder on it and thus keeping oxygen away from the metal surface of the tip.