1 Nov
2012
1 Nov
'12
8:21 a.m.
On Nov 1, 2012, at 11:04 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
On 11/1/12 2:07 AM, Jochen Kunz wrote:
Yeah, our ones at work definitely end up failing after a few
years. It would help if people would actually throw out the
failed tips when they discover them so that you didn't have
to swap out five or six duds before you find one that works,
but perhaps they're hoping that the tips' moods will improve
if they're made to sit in the holster for a while.
I imagine they're so expensive because the heater is actually
in the tip?
- Dave
I see Metcal. Are they really that much better
then anything
else?
I stopped using anything else once I had used one on the bench at Apple.
The only problem I've had are the tips failing to heat up (and that the
replacements aren't cheap). They work really really well for SMT.