Hakko 808 Question

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Hello

I've decided to get a Hakko 808 desoldering gun but wanted to know what, if any, extra nozzles I should order when I get it. I'm planning to do a couple of monitor recaps and some work on my Williams boards. Will the standard 1mm nozzle it comes with be okay for this or should I get something bigger or smaller too?

Thanks all
 
How much are you paying?

I bought a Blackjack for $99 + shipping, and it came with three different sized tips...
 
Hopefully, about $150. I considered the Blackjack but was convinced to go for the Hakko by the comments in the previous thread I started about a desoldering station.
 
HelloI've decided to get a Hakko 808 desoldering gun but wanted to know what, if any, extra nozzles I should order when I get it.

Get the 1.2mm nozzle too and you should be covered for pretty much anything.
- James
 
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I have a 808 and absolutely love it. The standard tip is a little small for sucking up solder on flybacks so I would add a larger one to your order. I have been putting off getting one myself, so I cannot suggest a particular size. Sure is great seeing caps falling off boards by themselves!
 
Either from Fry's, which has it for $159.99, or I'll see if one of the "best offer" sellers on Ebay will beat that price by $5-10.
 
I really need to order me one of these things. Currently I still have a Rat Shack solder sucker (yeah yeah I know), but after upgrading to a nice soldering iron a while back, I'm ready to do the same for de-soldering.
 
The thing that seems to differentiate the Hakko gear from the lookalikes is the build quality.

Having looked at two 'hakko-alike' models, the Hakko is definitely the sturdier & robust unit. HOWEVER.... if that translates to a price premium of 3 to 4 times the cost then it's probably not worth it. Plus the cost of spares for the Hakko is crazy, the heater alone for the 807 handpiece is $80 discounted (!!!!!) Saying that I've only ever had to replace it once so.. that was ummmm.. about 8 years for one heater.

- James
 
I'm about to try mine for the first time tonight. I got it a couple months ago and literally haven't used it yet. I got it from tequipment.net. If you look them up they got some bad reviews, but I've ordered this as well as a monitor pattern generator from them, and both came in pretty quick, packed well, and prices were better than other places.
 
I got one this summer, and absolutely love it. It's night and day difference from my old Radio Shack turkey baster. I couldn't believe how easy it attacked a 40-pin socket. Literally took 20 seconds, and it just fell off.

Can anyone suggest what they do for maintenance on this machine i.e. how often do you clean it, etc.

Thanks,
Theron
 
I have to say...I LOVE THIS THING!!!! I zapped off 2 Sanyo STK chips (22 pins ea I think) like nothing doing. Friggin AWESOME. I should have bought one eons ago.

As for maintenance, the sheet included with mine just said to clean out the old solder, and oddly to seal the tip up each time with solder before storing, I guess thats to protect the tip from getting corroded? I dunno. Mine came with an extra tube, extra filters (both pre and paper), and a couple cleaning tools.

I took off the tube, and used my pinky finger to scrape the scrap solder off the little metal plate inside (pre-filter). I'm sure I could have let it build up more but I figured I'd try to keep it clean for now.

PS - someone mentioned the handle getting hot. I didn't have that problem, yes it gets toasty but not alll uncomfortably hot?? I also had it sitting on its side so maybe thats whats different.
 
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