00:00Pintel V2 vs YIHUA 87-86D, which wins?
00:05Everybody's got a favorite iron.
00:07Some of you swear by the Pintel V2, the diehards defend the YIHUA 87-86D like it's a family heirloom.
00:15So which one actually wins?
00:17I dug through the listings people are really buying right now, pulled out the 5 best deals, and I'm gonna
00:22tell you which one deserves your money.
00:25Stay with me, because the last pick might not be the one you expect.
00:29First up, the YIHUA 88-58-4, and this thing punches way above its $30 price.
00:35It's a 700-watt micro-hot air gun with an LCD in both Celsius and Fahrenheit on the dial, so
00:41you can set your temp and actually see it.
00:44That little nozzle gives you serious control for lifting SMD chips off a board or shrinking heat shrink tight without
00:50cooking the plastic.
00:52$140 in the real world for a dedicated hot air gun?
00:56Yeah, skip it.
00:58This one's the steal.
01:00Second, the Kwiko T12 with the T12-952 handle, and the name T12 alone should tell you everything.
01:07The handle heats in seconds, the OLED screen is bright and readable, and the tips are dirt cheap, so when
01:13you burn through one you just replace it for pocket change instead of buying a whole new station.
01:184462 for a station that heats that fast and drives that many tips is honestly a lot of iron for
01:23the money.
01:24Third is my beginner pick, the Plane 60-Watt adjustable iron.
01:31That's not a typo. It runs on 220-volt European or 110-volt American power, and the temp dial goes
01:39from low to high so you're not stuck with one setting forever.
01:42For learning, for hobby kits, for crimping wire or tacking a connector?
01:47It's more than enough.
01:49Sometimes the best gear is the gear you can actually afford to leave on the bench.
01:54Now we're getting serious.
01:56The JCD88-98 is a 2-in-1 station, soldering iron and hot air gun in the same box, 750
02:03watts of hot air for full phone and BGA rework.
02:06Here's why it matters, normally a decent hot air gun alone runs you 40-60 bucks, and the soldering station
02:12is another chunk on top.
02:14You get both in one unit for 43-27, which means one less thing on your desk and one less
02:19cord to trip over.
02:21If you fix boards for real, this is the value king.
02:24Note, Pinesall V2 and YIHUA 87-86D aren't in the supplied catalog, paragraphs 2-6 cover the five listed products.
02:33Swap the title or add those two products if they must appear.
