YIHUA 929D-V Electric Desoldering Soldering Iron Solder Sucker Desoldering Pump with Shorter Charging Handle and Desoldering Nozzles 1.0mm 1.2mm for Through-Hole Desoldering

This one has proved to be a great buy. I work a lot with putting together single board computers for “vintage“ computing; think 8-bit CPU’s. Sometimes I make mistakes, sometimes I need to re-do things on the boards. Using this desoldering iron helps me remove components from the boards real fast. The iron melts and sucks the solder very efficiently. The boards do not get damaged and I can re-solder components without any trouble. Keep in mind that the iron gets extremely hot, so think “safety first” when you heat it up, when using it and when you unplug it and put it away.

If you need to desolder through hole components from a circuit board, this is the product you need. It takes about 3-4 minutes to heat up, but it does a fantastic job. I get clean holes in my circuit boards and no pad damage. The suction action is manual -- you push down the plunger, put the tip of the iron of the solder and when you feel it start to melt, you manually hit the button which launches the spring loaded suction. If I had to do hundreds of components, an auto suction would be good, but for occasional DIY work, this works great. Cleaning is pretty straightforward too. There is a small instruction manual that comes with it and it comes with a thing tool to help clean out the tip and channel. At this price, I don't you you'll find a better value that performs as well as this.

First off, it works perfectly fine... at first. I'd say it's a great entry level desoldering tool. I could easily remove 40 pin DIP devices with this tool. It's simple to use. However, it is prone to getting clogged and then the suction goes way down. Having said that, it is easy to take apart. Get used to taking it apart - you will be needing to tear it down periodically. Take the suction assembly all apart. Clean out all the solder. Use vasoline on the silicone sealing ring. Then it'll work again, just like new. Keep using it until it breaks again. Clean it again. It might mess up every 60 to 70 holes. YMMV. But, what more can you ask for out of a product at this price point? I'm happy with it. I only gave it four stars because the need to thoroughly clean it is a little annoying. But, getting a decent desoldering gun for this price is not annoying.

I usually use a soldering iron and solder sucker to desolder connections. Thought I would try a combined unit. It took a few minutes to get used to operating the sucker part but after that I noticed it was much faster than using a standalone solder sucker. This can be operated one handed very quickly with out much motion from the pins be de-soldered. A stand alone sucker does a similar thing but requires two hands (iron and sucker) and cycling the sucker takes more motion and time. I think this was a good buy for me since it speeds up the process significantly. I ended up using the small tip for nearly all my use as it just covers an IC pin. Would recommend it to other PCB builders and reworkers.

I had to replace 30 buttons on a hand held controller with 4 pins on each button. The controller is 30+ years old so th nsolder didn't want to melt. I started with a butane iron and a solder sucker. I couldn't move the iron out of the way and the solder sucker on top of the pin before the solder turned solid again. Next I used the butane iron and a desoldering wick. I couldn't get the solder molten enough to get absorbed by the wick. A butane soldering iron heats up to about the same as a 75 watt electric iron. I switched to a 100 watt soldering gun but the tip was too big to get right on the solder joint. I have a 30 year old Weller desoldering station but unfortunately it sat in my tool cabinet too long and no longer works. I searched Amazon for desoldering stations and found similar stations that cost around $130.00 then came across this one for $40.00. The reviews on it made the durability sound questionable. It puts out the same heat as a 110 watt iron and was available for delivery the next day so I took a chance on it. I spent 45 minutes getting the first button out with my tools. I spent 45 minutes getting the other 29 buttons out with this desoldering iron. I was impressed at how well it worked and don't question it's durability at all. It desoldered 120 pins in 45 minutes and shows no signs of wear or the plastic housing getting brittle. It is well worth the money and performs better than I expected.

I've owned the Yihua desolding iron for 2 1/2 years but haven't used it a whole lot. I keep going back to my old Weller manual sucker because it works better. The problems with this unit are; 1. It doesn't get hot enough, even when fully warmed up after 30 minutes. 2. The nozzles clag up with soot residue, even with high quality flux. 3. The spring is much weaker than the Weller unit so it doesn't create a strong enough vacuum. 4. The final blow ... It just shorted out and destroyed a board that I was preparing for repair. Flashed and blew copper right off the board. So, I guess it's potentially dangerous! Until it destroyed itself and my PCB I might have given it a score of three. I would NOT recommend this device.

My step-son's Switch controller needed a new joystick. As an amateur electronics kit builder, I figured, "no problem", but there were 14 pins needing to be un-soldered. I've used a solder-sucker before, but this looked like it might be too much work for what I had. This tool served as both the soldering iron and sucker at the same time, so no switching back-and-forth. For this reason, it would be worth the price if I expected to use it often. For me, it will probably get used only very occasionally, but it's nice to keep with the other DIY electronic tools just in case. It was easy to clean out the bits, and at came with three extra tips, though I haven't needed any others than the one installed. It had enough power to melt the solder on both sides of the PCB, and sucked it right through the hole, needing to be re-applied on only a few of the 14 pins. It's handle was very ergonomic, fitting my hand well, making it easy to de-solder and trigger the suction with one hand. The only problem that took getting used to was holding the tip against the PCB. The spring action of the piston tended to make the tip bounce off of the board, preventing the suction from working. Some careful pressure solved that problem with a few tries.

I can't deny that it works, and when it does, it works great. However, no matter how tightly I screw the tip on, it will eventually unscrew itself, posing a safety hazard. Because the tip unscrews, it often doesn't get enough heat to properly suck out all the solder. This leaves solder behind in the hole, which makes it harder to remove. On top of that, I don't know if it's a result of that circumstance or not, but the suction fails because it gets clogged no matter how much I use the rod to clean it. When I disassemble it, I find that the spring is filled with solder, and the rubber gasket (or whatever it's called) becomes loose. This looseness reduces the power of the suction. I've never used this product before, so I can't definitively say if it's defective. However, despite its usefulness, I personally find it difficult to use effectively. Despite this, it has made desoldering much easier than using a wick, particularly for joysticks, so I've given it a 3-star rating.

Hasta el momento a sido de gran ayuda. Facilidad al desoldar componentes electrónicos.. Muy práctico funciona bien. Ahorra tiempo....👍