BACOENG2in1 862d+ SMD Soldering Iron Hot Air Soldering Station W/Various Accessories(Improved Version of 852 and 862)

Overall this is a great bit of kit for the price. The design is very functional and easy to use. The positives easily outweigh the negatives. Since this does so much right I will not go through the whole list. The TLDR is that is works as expected, heats up fast, has consistent and correct temperatures, and is easy to use.The only negatives are:The instructions are terrible: Very poorly translated to the point of almost not making sense. If you know what you are doing then this will probably not be a problem. The instructions made an important point of removing a temporary shipping screw, used on the hot air gun pump, that would cause irreparable damage if not removed. I could not find said screw and ended up removing the cover to see what was inside. There is no air pump in the base station as the hot air gun has a fan built into the handle. So the provided instructions do not apply this model and were probably copied from a previous model.The solder iron tips melt: I have not used temps over 375 and the solder tips are melting after prolonged use. See pic. Since purchase I have probably accumulated about 50 hours of continual use. The tips are easily replaceable with better quality parts at little cost as they use standard parts.Air gun overheat error: This only happened once but the implications could be very bad. I was using the hot air gun to remove components from PCBs at max air rate using square broad tip. This worked great for about 10 mins, but then the hot air gun display showed "E6" text rather than the temperature. At this point the hot air gun would not turn off when placed in the cradle for over 10 minutes. I understand that the air gun has an inbuilt cool of period, but it seemed to malfunction, and kept air gun heat at max rather than cooling it off. I did not know if the base station was dealing with this problem correctly, after an extended time, so unplugged the whole unit. This only happened once, and I have used the unit extensively since then, but it worries me as it would not shut off. It was still heating the air gun after it said the air gun was too hot.So after 50+ hours use, ignoring instructions that did not make sense, this unit works as expected. I have not had any overheating errors, that locked up the unit, and have successfully soldered most applications without frying anything.

It paid for itself the first time I used it. I used it to de-solder and re-solder a part on a board that controls the digital display on the dash on my 2007 Chevy Avalanche. It's a very common issue and would have cost upwards of $200 to send out and have repaired. I did a little research on what needed to be done and purchased this station and it worked great. I saved myself a ton of money and now have the station for other projects. Would definitely recommend. I also had the 9 volt battery connector on my wireless garage door connector break off recently so since I had this from my previously mentioned repair, I simply ordered a new 9 volt battery connector, removed the broken one from the board and soldered the new one to the board in its place, saving myself about $40 for a new garage door wireless keypad. Honestly, it's the gift that keeps on giving.

Awesome station. Comes with everything you'd need to get small and large soldering projects underway.Comes with a generous amount of Flux, a large spool of solder, 2 antistatic tweezers for SMD components, thin copper wire, an extra ceramic heating core for the soldering iron, 4 tips for the soldering iron and 4 nozzles for the hot air gun. Quite the bargain considering all these items can add up fast.After using for over two weeks I can confirm that this station is solid. This station makes replacing the HDMI port on PS4s a breeze. I have already completed one of those repairs with ease.Hot air reaches operating temperature within seconds and maintains temperature perfectly. There is a magnetic cut off in the handle and the rest for the gun that prevents accidentaly running the air gun when it's not needed. This also makes it so when you place the air gun back in its holder it enters cool down mode, where it cuts the heat off and runs the blower in the air gun until the device reaches 100°C before cutting off. Very efficient at Removing SMD components and I have already used the air gun for slightly over an hour with no signs of fatigue on the device.Likewise the soldering iron heats up very fast and can reach operating temperature (~300°C) in under a minute. The iron holds its temperature as good as most professional soldering stations which makes long projects or multiple soldering tasks in a short period easy as can be. I've used the soldering iron for around over 3 hours at this point (and about 2 hours was continuous) with no signs of slowing down.The seller is very responsive to any questions you have about the product as well and item arrived on time in great condition.All in all I can say I highly recommend this product to anyone needing a station that can handle a variety of jobs.

The unit works well, but it is only as good as the heat gun and soldering iron. After a solid week of use the soldering iron's heating element cracked so it was not heating up properly. There was no indication which soldering iron was a replacement but after some trail and error I can confirm the the replacement irons are the 907A and 907F for this unit. They are cheap enough to keep this at 4 stars, but a more durable iron would be a marked improvement.

When I replaced the soldering iron tip, I noticed the ceramic was broken. Now new tips dont sit right, so they dont heat right and cant finish any solder job. I tried to replace the iron, but others seem incompatible. Happy with it otherwise, but now the whole thing is useless.

I got this in December 2019 and it is still working good.Hot air solder iron heats up very quick and cools down quick.Solder iron works good, heats up fast.I think the best part of this is when you put the Hot air iron back on the station it automatically starts to cool down and when it gets to 100 degrees it shuts off.I think my only complaint about this would be the soldering iron tips. They really aren't that good.