KSGER T12 Soldering Station a year later

KSGER T12 Soldering Station a year later

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[PerformanceReviews]

Appreciate the one year update this is super important with reviews!

[MuncheeZRetro]

Still using mine regularly for about 2 years, never missed a beat - very reliable. Would recommend any day

[arthurhazar]

i have seen this station like year ago and i have been dreaming of having it since then
no delevery to Syria where i live ...but a friend just bought me one a week ago and im happiest man on earth
thanks sir for recomanded it

[DriverWay]

I bought the exact same model (KSGER) more than one year before and it's work wonderfully. Before i own an 200$ Weller, after some time i see on google an Hakko T12 compared to this one and i thought to bought one. After bought this one, surprise... it was the best soldering station do i ever had, and believe me guys, the KSGER outperforms Weller in anyway. I use it like 2 to 3 time at week, from the smallest job to the biggest 8 gauge joint's and till now it work's like a charm, no issue's yet. By the way, mine heat from 0 to 330 c° in 11-12 seconds.

[joshm]

I've had mine for 2 years now, and it's still going strong

[lostinthefogofwar]

I've had mine a little over a year, and I have no complaints, it works well.

[andrewpreston]

I agree I been through so many irons but these just to kick ass, the tips are amazing and the product is so good I bought another because their brilliant

[pileofstuff]

I'fe had one for a few months and like it so far. I hope I'm still as happy with it in a year.

[thefreese]

I absolutely love the T12 design ... just the tip gets hot ... so you can weave it down through a bunch of wiring to solder a point and not melt the plastic on the other wires..

It heats quick... you can change tips and not have to wait for the tip to cool down before you can touch it...with this model you can set sleep time, how long the boost range is on, and the power difference on boost.. Ill never go back to a finger burning, wire melting, waiting forever to heat up, soldering iron again... except for a backup... but at the price of these things i might buy another one for a backup..

[geirendre]

At that price and quality it's a really good choice.
I'v got the same station just a version with LED display, not the fancy OLED stuff.
Best part of it is that you can use genuine T12 or rather the newer T15 tips on it.
Stay safe.

[rolandberendonck]

Still using it; happy customer 😊 I especially like the very fast heating up time of the iron 👍

[TheDefpom]

I have been very happy with my KSGER, but I know some people had issues as they received different versions.

[coldfingersub]

I bought mine when you made your first video $34 slow boat from China. Been using it in electronics class in college and home projects still works great

[acestudioscouk-Ace-GACE]

As a hobbyist, this was useful information to me. Thanks.

[antibrevity]

Thanks for the follow-up! Most reviewers don't do this even for equipment that they actually use. I'm likely to purchase a T12 clone, eventually, but am disappointed that KSGER is not trying harder to improve their brand; the quality control on these units seems non-existent and the many versions of hardware *and* software is extremely confusing to consumers.

[vinyldollstudio]

I just ordered one a few days ago. Looking forward to it. And I enjoy using the free screwdrivers from HF as well 👍 Thanks for the review!

[whitehoose]

I use my trusty 3 in 1 solder, hot air and no frills power supply Its big, ugly and heats up in similar time. I sometimes only make one joint - but its fast enough that an impulse "blob" is no trouble.
... I recently made a sawblade holder from a length of copper pipe and two thick brass endstops which I soldered in place with the iron, just to see if it would (it did!!) and if I say so myself it made a lovely job and took no time at all, so no problem with thermal mass.
I have two ts80s (long story) which are perfectly serviceable (if you don't mind the qc3 fandango) - but the tips are expensive.

The solder station uses oldstyle iron /copper sleeve type bits which cost a few pennies each, cheap enough to file a new shape tip or I've started drilling a 1.5mm hole in the face to act as a reservoir, it makes removing and reflowing components so easy, when you can charge the tip with solder and then make two or three tacks without needing three hands to hold the part, the component and the solder.
And while the iron is light the unit is massive enough that there's no danger of dragging it off the bench.

[lee]

I bought one about 6 months ago and its pretty much my daily driver. The only time I have had issues is when trying to add leaded solder to non leaded solder and trying to wick the solder off of a large ground plane such as I do when replacing HDMI re-timer chips on XBOX consoles. I usually have to get out my old school Radio Shack iron for that. The joys of working on a tiny budget! LOL

[maks]

First station I bought. And I'm not going to replace it any time soon.

[vadimmartynyuk]

me and my friend who also work as electronics repair tech, bought these around same time last year, mine failed 8 months later, his around a year later