EEVblog #472 - JBC CD-2BB Soldering Iron Teardown

What's inside the JBC CD-2BB soldering station.

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[nilomyki]

8 Years later and this is still a fantastic video.

[gere]

8:55 CROVISA is an spanish transformers producers. Made in UE means "Unión Europea", thats European Union in spanish.

[EEVblog]

It's 70W power iron, 140W or so peak. You need a big transformer for that.

[ComandanteJ]

These, as far as i know, are desinged and made in Barcelona, Spain, if anybody's curious. One of the few brands that we Spanish can be really proud of, hehe.

[Afrotechmods]

Mixed feelings (mostly due to overly high expectations) but overall I wish I had bought it years ago. It is an essential buy for anyone who solders anything to power planes. It works so fast on them it's scary (4 seconds versus 2 minutes in some cases). For small surface mount stuff it's good but there's nothing I couldn't already do with my WES51 with an extra second or two. Other stuff like quick tip change, better temp regulation are nice but nothing earth shatteringly amazing. contd:

[Brendan]

In Ireland the tips range from 15-25 euros, some speciality tips run a little more. If they are not abused they last way longer than the cheap ones and with the auto standby its hard to go wrong. I love it way better than my pace iron.

[ffrige]

...”I don’t want to take the iron apart because that’ll surely destroy it”....

....*flips around the loosely tightened integrated holder*...”hmmm did I break it? I don’t know hmmm”

Absolutely love your channel. Will soon become your Patreon supporter!

[lbochtler]

Love these Irons, would not trade mine for anything. Best $500 ish i have spent in a long time. Starting to retool my entire lab to JBC. The only thing better then this iron, is the larger version of this iron.

[EEVblog]

It only takes a few seconds on the JBC to heat up to working temp from cold.

[Tutoelectro]

Gracias! Desgraciadamente JBC no se molesta en poner su origen en ninguna parte. Tienes que ver donde están los "Headquarters" para saber que son Españoles...

[Mr.Laidukas]

We use bunch of them at work (also have different generations of it) and never faced a firmware lock up!! It's best soldering station one can have :)

[didgitalpunk]

exactly! when I saw this video pop up in my front page I was like you did NOT do that Dave!!" and then I remember that whatever you take apart, it will still work just as well when you put it back together.
I love your videos! keep it up mate!

[macnpepperjack]

Nice teardown, I use this iron everyday! My favorite part about JBC irons is how quickly you can change tips.

[Absolumify]

We get to use these in our labs. They really are great tools. Expensive, but well worth the money (imo). £365 atm. Don't know if they will last 20 years. But they are impressive and seem well made.

[calmarcalmar]

At 9:35 .. normallly you push the thing onto the tip but only softly to take it out as a first step, and then you press it into it via the big holes there (45, 10 10) really into the holder.
Just in case it's not clear for someone.

[Tutoelectro]

Not everyday you see a Spanish quality product like that. You should mention it in the review :)

[HarikenRed]

Just received a JBC CD-S soldering iron (same principle as CD-2BB) and JBC CP Tweezers, to replace the crappy Ersa stations I have in the office. Those JBC stations are amazing concerning the heating power, heating speed, the handling and the overall quality. They are quite expensive, but allow to do a great job on SMD components like 0402 or even 0201. But for a not-intensive hobby use it doesn't make any sense, too expensive for using only a small part of its capabilities. A Weller would be a better choice in that case (not as good as the JBC, but high placed too).

[thecrikster]

As a software dev who works in the embedded market, you made me chuckle when you said "bloody software". We say the same about systems guys. lol

[OG_Zlog]

I just checked. That is a real CE mark, not a China Export mark. Measure the C from top to bottom outside diameter. Then measure the C from left to right. If the C was drawn as a full circle then it would intersect the E, just before the E's little center leg. I hope that made sense.

[Afrotechmods]

contd: That's my perspective as a designer/prototyper. But anyone involved in production should buy one (or more!) without giving a second thought to it. For production use it makes anything else look like garbage.