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(The only recommendation I have re soldering irons is "Don't pick it up by the pointy end". This recommendation also works for kitchen knives, rattlesnakes and ocean liners.)
Wow that's not great. Is that the stuff actually sold by amazon, though, or just fulfilled? I've never (far as I'm aware!) had a problem with anything fake which I actually bought from Amazon which was also sold by them, but maybe I'm being naive
Wow that's ridiculous. I know Which? is always complaining about that type of stuff, that tends to be with the fulfilled (or even just marketplace) stuff, though, doesn't it? As I said above, maybe I'm just being naive but I always try to buy anything critical as "sold by Amazon" for that reason...
As I stated earlier in this thread, I bought the HAKKO FX-888D direct from the distributor. I hadn’t had chance to use it until this weekend and when I did, I was/am very disappointed. It’s basically useless even for soldering a quarter inch jack. I’ve been on the phone with them today, been talked through all the factory resets, even upped the temperature to 495C and it still barely touches anything I try to use it on.
I’m hoping that this is just a one off broken unit and that I get a replacement which actually works.
Bah humbug.
Rob
Personally, I\d ask them to arrange collection of the one that's not working, send you a new one, and stop messing about. You've only had it 5-6 weeks so they don't have a leg to stand on.
R.
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
It is disappointing though, I’ve basically bought the industry standard iron and my 20 year old Maplin one is better.
Rob
Why not follow-up and say you'd like a replacement sending ASAP, and they can keep the faulty one for testing for as long as they like?
R.
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
Maybe it's just a typo, but IIRC the max temperature is 480C? If you set it higher than that, it just doesn't go to the temperature. (But that wouldn't explain its not working at lower temperatures.)
Make sure you wear appropriate eye protection before holding the hot end whilst soldering the wrong side of a PCB...
I returned it for repair or replacement (at my cost). A chap called Derek said it needed "recalibrating", which he said he did and they sent it back. I got no refund for my insured return to them.
I have tried using this iron now twice since, and ended up with it on full temp (480 C), and it still is basically rubbish. In the end I finished the job with the old Antex XS25 again. I must say that at this point I am really disappointed with it.
I've called them this morning to explain that I want to return it for a full refund. I didn't get the answer I wanted, instead I am going to get a call from Derek again, who I expect will try to fob me off, again. If I don't get a satisfactory result today, I am going to have to see if my credit card company can claw the cash back for me.
I'd say you shouldn't have any problem getting your money back from Barclaycard.
Good luck.
R.
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
The whole point of buying something more expensive is that it's supposed to be "better". Mine is way better than my old Antex (same one as yours, I think), for example. (So it should be, it cost a lot more- probably 8-10 times as much!)
But if your old Antex is more fun to use, there's something seriously wrong.
Eventually he agreed, but not before arguing that he couldn't refund for the tips as they couldn't be re-sold as they were used! I said this was unacceptable too and after some discussion he agreed to refund those too. After some more pushing, he also agreed to refund all my shipping costs (for both returns). It's now packed up and ready to go back, and I have emailed customer services with the details, and cc'd Derek.
It's been quite a trial, so let's see how long it takes to get my money back, which is now £211.64 in total.
A word of caution. He indicated that this would be re-sold, so pity the poor bastard who gets my old one!
Rob