Unboxing the Weller WHS 40D soldering station - The Pi Baking Show

In this episode we're unboxing the Weller WHS 40D soldering station! We are going to use it to create some awesome and cool Raspberry Pi projects!!

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[Gubalicious]

Nice video but this is the worst soldering iron I have ever used.
Only 2 tips available for it and they will just disintegrate and crumble to nothing with minimal use.
The flat head grub screw in the end of the iron to secure the tip in place is very poor quality and will snap and break inside the iron and leave it unusable.
The iron itself cannot be taken apart either so if the heating element/grub screw were to fail you would have to buy a whole new iron @ £50.

Buy a Hakko FX 888D instead. Lots of tip choice to suit pretty much every job, built to last and spares readily available.
I've had mine for 5 years now with heavy use and it's still going strong like the day i bought it!

Hope someone reads this and they steer clear of this iron.

[leonid]

Bad station. No display showing the soldering iron temperature.