Works as advertised. Comes with a spare heater element too, which is pretty sweet. Looking forward (sort of) to doing some SMD rework.

My soldering skills are not very good. Neither are my de-soldering skills. I don't do either on a regular basis, but do attempt both whenever I have some electronic thing that isn't working. The power port on my laptop broke, and I didn't really want to buy a new laptop because of it. Although not so good at or comfortable with soldering, I have no issues tearing apart PCs or laptops, so I found a couple of videos online where people were replacing the power port, and figured I'd give it a try, because even if it went bad, a laptop I can't power is pretty useless anyway.I got the motherboard out quickly, and started trying to remove the power port. It had six pins soldered to the board, in a relatively small area. After hours and hours of trying with a de-soldering iron, a soldering iron and solder removal pump, lots of flux and lots of new solder, I had made almost no progress. One of the videos I watched had a heat gun attached to a stand, and the guy in the video just turned it on, but the port under it and a few seconds later, just pushed it out/off of the motherboard. I hadn't paid much attention to that assuming it was some complex/expensive set-up, but after getting nowhere for many hours, watched it again, then searched Amazon, only to find this and other units that really aren't that expensive.I went through many of the options available, and it looks like as with many things on Amazon, this unit is made by someone and white-labelled by lots of companies. This one had good reviews and came with a good bundle of stuff, so I gave it a go. Glad I did.Along with this, I also ordered some heat-resistant tape- something else I had never used. The unit is bigger than I expected, but it feels solid. Connecting everything together is quick and painless, so it's ready to go in no time. The controls are easy to use, and the auto on/off feature is great. I covered everything surrounding the power port with the heat tape and tried heating it with the recommended settings. No luck- the solder wasn't melting. After a few tries I did some more Googling, specifically around using this type of tool, and found a couple recommending a higher heat setting for what I was doing. I tried that and had immediate success. Within a handful of seconds of applying heat and gently pushing on the port, it popped right out. From that point it was pretty easy to solder in the new port and re-assemble the laptop.Although I don't do large amounts of soldering, one thing I do once or twice a year is replace the micro switches in my Logitech trackballs, because they fail frequently. Disassembly and re-assembly of the trackballs is easy, and so is soldering in a new switch. Getting the old switch out always takes me 30-60 minutes, so I cringe whenever I have to do it. This will be a game changer for that process. I know after a quick tape job, I'll have the old ones out in seconds with this. I definitely recommend this.

After seeing mixed reviews from various places, I wasn’t expecting too much from this $40 hot air station. Some reviews said the cord was wired incorrectly but the one I got had the correct polarity. I also expected it to take a while to flow solder but to my surprise it only took a few seconds to release an old usb c port. I’m pleasantly surprised with how well this little machine performs. Hopefully it continues to do well but I don’t expect it to last a lifetime for the price… hopefully I’m surprised again!

It works. No need to re-wire anything with the current batch of this tool.

I have read and watched some bad reviews and videos on this style of air gun. So going into it I expected to have to do quite a bit of modifications. To my surprise it is grounded properly. Cord is correctly wired for the USA. Air flow is more than adequate. The temperature seems to be pretty darn close. With the addition of a replacement heating element and some well... tools (come on it's not expensive so not everything can be great). It's a nice starter package and worth the money. A lot better than I expected.

Por el precio es un buen producto y cumple para lo que se uso.

Es de buen material.y trabaja muy bien.

I rarely get to leave positive reviews, but this hot air station is looking really promising. No issue with power cord polarity on my machine, but I did check to be absolutely sure. Arrived late the next day! It's a shame that my recently deceased Quick "clone/off brand?" station nozzles (don't buy a Quick copy BTW. Stick to the OEM Quick hot air units if that is what you need) didn't fit this units air gun. On a positive note my Quick stand worked perfectly (including power down mode in the cradle). So I really can't complain as I much prefer it to the case cradle (though this one is not bad). Anyway, I'm sure angled nozzles can be sourced for this unit and it does include 3 different sizes.The packaging was immaculate and it actually includes some pretty decent quality tools. It's not particularly loud either. I prefer a simple interface and the manual airflow knob is just easier and faster than pressing buttons. Unfortunately there are no preset buttons, so that is a bit of a shame. Not a major issue in my particular use case but it could be annoying if you need that capability.The air gun is not as weighty and pro-level as my Quick one was :( but I have to say the overall package does not feel flimsy or cheap either. Seems to heat up fairly fast as well. So, for the $ I think this is a very decent contender and a good value as it is WAY less expensive than a Quick and offers a quite decent level of performance.I'll post a followup if I encounter any nagging issues, but if you don't see one assume that it's working well for my activities (SMD soldering and desoldering).

es mi primer estacion de calor, y por lo que la eh usado es muy buena, excelente en cuanto a la exactitud de temperatura, claro despues de calibrarla

As noted by another reviewer here, the detachable 120V power cord included with this unit is wired incorrectly: the neutral (white) and load (black) wires are crossed over inside the cable. Duh. Child's error. So when using the (bad) included cable, the fuse and power switch are on the neutral line rather than the load (hot) line. This is slightly dangerous, but the third (ground) wire is connected correctly, and is kept separate from "neutral" (as it should be) in the internal wiring. So, not 100% safe to use with the included power cable, but not as bad as it could have been.I'm just turfing the cord that came with it, in favour of one from my box of leftover (good!) power cords. For what it's worth, the wires are reversed where connected to the female end of the cord, not the wall end.If you want to check your own, the appliance (female) end of the cord is actually labelled (look closely) for L(oad) and N(eutral), so just use a continuity tester (ohm-meter will do) to see if that end of the cable matches the opposite end which plugs into the wall. On mine, the "N" contact is actually wired (incorrectly) to the Load (hot) spade at the wall side, and vice-versa. Compare this with pretty much any other cord in your collection and the difference should be apparent.Other than the throw-away power cord, the unit I received works splendidly well. Lots of extra tools included, as well as a SPARE HEATING ELEMENT in case the factory-installed element burns out some day. Nice.Recommended, but only if one cuts up and replaces the included faulty power cord.