Update: I gave up on using a heat gun for every single board reflow job

For years I'd blast every old console or TV board with my trusty 500W heat gun, but after a PS4 Slim repair in Tacoma last month where I lifted three pads, I switched to a cheap $25 hot air station for anything with small parts. The control is just better and I'm not fighting to keep components from blowing away. Anyone else make a switch like this after a specific job went wrong?

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miles99213d ago

Oh man, I feel this! I melted a perfectly good Xbox 360 HDMI port right off the board with my old heat gun. The air flow was just way too wild. Grabbed a cheap station too and it's a total game changer for those tiny capacitors.

alicec8613d ago

Honestly a good heat gun with a small nozzle still works fine for me, just gotta be more careful.