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DAE think a $12 tube of Chip Quik beats a $300 hot air station for small SMD work?
Everyone keeps saying you can't do real board work without hot air, but that cheap low melt solder has pulled me out of more tight spots than any fancy station. What job actually made you glad you had hot air instead?
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ben_fisher9d ago
How many of us learned this the hard way after buying gear we barely touch? I grabbed a tube of that stuff on a whim and it has saved me on a bunch of small jobs, like swapping a tiny connector or pulling a chip off a board without cooking everything around it. Your mileage may vary depending on what you work on, but for little stuff it is hard to beat.
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