If you still have this hot air station today you can easy calibrate temperature on exactly the same temperature what you measure on multimeter. Turn on hot air station and set temperature on the middle at 250 celsius, air speed also at he middle 4.5 on scale. Measure temperature on the multimeter. What you see... e.g. On multimeter 230 celsius, on station 250 celsius.... Push two red buttons simultaneously on air station together and when you see three dots and flashing display leave two red buttons. Set temperature on red buttons higher or lower at the same temperature what multimeter show, display will flashing constantly in calibration mode. When you set at same temperature as multimeter show,, push again two red button simultaneously on air station and hold them when threee dots dissapear. Now, if you set eg. air station at 250 celsius, multimeter also will show 250 celsius. You can do this on your personal preference depending on what distance and speed you use most often hot air station. This calibration settings will be permanently hold in air station memory and will not be loose after turn off.
Thank you for the great review. Yes I have two of these 858D soldering stations. It's fine for hobbyist to mess around with electronics. Like most cheap bargain power tools from China, as long as you don't use it heavily and continuously it should be fairly reliable. Temperature calibration seem to be way off on the low end (140 degC when readout says 100 degC), but high end it's only off by 10 deg or so in mine. Biggest drawback is it's not strong enough to desolder bga chips. But I guess I have to step up to much more expensive professional grade rework stations for that kind of tasks.
I had one of the bailly heat blowers, and you have to turn down to cold, and speed the fan up after use, but I stopped doing it, and the element has gone. Then I got the 858d
If you still have this hot air station today you can easy calibrate temperature on exactly the same temperature what you measure on multimeter. Turn on hot air station and set temperature on the middle at 250 celsius, air speed also at he middle 4.5 on scale. Measure temperature on the multimeter. What you see... e.g. On multimeter 230 celsius, on station 250 celsius.... Push two red buttons simultaneously on air station together and when you see three dots and flashing display leave two red buttons. Set temperature on red buttons higher or lower at the same temperature what multimeter show, display will flashing constantly in calibration mode. When you set at same temperature as multimeter show,, push again two red button simultaneously on air station and hold them when threee dots dissapear. Now, if you set eg. air station at 250 celsius, multimeter also will show 250 celsius. You can do this on your personal preference depending on what distance and speed you use most often hot air station. This calibration settings will be permanently hold in air station memory and will not be loose after turn off.
Thank you for the great review. Yes I have two of these 858D soldering stations. It's fine for hobbyist to mess around with electronics. Like most cheap bargain power tools from China, as long as you don't use it heavily and continuously it should be fairly reliable. Temperature calibration seem to be way off on the low end (140 degC when readout says 100 degC), but high end it's only off by 10 deg or so in mine. Biggest drawback is it's not strong enough to desolder bga chips. But I guess I have to step up to much more expensive professional grade rework stations for that kind of tasks.
Yeah course it will last Marc they are ok for the money. Iv had mine 4 years now and it's still going strong. Hope u are well mate?
I had one of the bailly heat blowers, and you have to turn down to cold, and speed the fan up after use, but I stopped doing it, and the element has gone. Then I got the 858d
Good review. They are twice the price now though!
You should have bought one when they were cheaper 👍
£15!?
thanks, for the review, that was a review. aloha
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