"I'm not necessarily convinced that spending a huge amount of money on the fluxes is necessarily worthwhile", he said while holding 17 different types of flux. We're all benefitting from your kind of out-of-control, Steve!

Appreciate the mention Steve, thanks mate 👍 Great video covering this KSGER model. For the price they can't really be beaten, and there's an option for everyone. Also a couple of the tip shapes shown have actually come in more useful on occasion for me than the options I have available in the 30 odd varients I've have for my Pace 😯. I really laughed when you brought all those solders into view.. I'm so glad I don't have to do that video 😁 Cheers mate John

I use a metcal at work and they are great, but I would never spend the money out of pocket for their tools. Very glad to have come across this video.

I bought it and love it. Gone for the 24volt and it’s very good.

Thanks Steve!

Im actually surprised how good this is. Wow

Looking forward to the solder comparisons, but particularly the flux reviews!

Oh yeah...the soldering comparison is out of control...but in a good way for all of us out here. Thanks Steve!!!

I have a decent soldering station, but I have been looking into buying one of these for ease of tip change and to for wiring and large junction soldering as a second station. Great Video, very useful

I have the full size all in one station, and it's fantastic!

I would like to see how many amps it draws from the adapter. is it only up near 3A at startup, or does it regularly pull that much? it would help me pick out an adapter easier.

Nice soldering station

Great video! I do have a question I just need an iron for soldering pl259 connectors onto coax for amateur radio. I’ve been told you want a high powered iron to heat the large work piece some claim 60watts others 90watts. Is this something you can comment on?

Hey Steve, can you throw the T12 into your high temperature tests? I've got some aluminium boards to solder, and I think the D24 tip is the biggest I have. I'd live to see how the D32, D4, D52 and the C4 fair. Ooh, and the K and KU tips.

I have some solderings, one Hakko FX-888D and FX-951 inclusive. Now I am thinking in buy one KsGer or one Jabe UD-1200. Whay do you recomends?

Because of an amazing feedback and popularity KSGER is receiving all over the internet they increased thier prices. If you are as cheap as me and you still looking for good t12 station look for Quicko brand 😘

Do you think it's possible to sort of "hack" the quicko T12 to use another style of iron like the zd931 variant? They are both 4-pin connectors, but I'm not sure the PID controller will work properly with the zd931 iron due to them probably having very different thermal characteristics. They also might be using very different thermistor values.

Hi there. I’m completely new to soldering. This video is 2 years old. Is there a different kit you’d recommend now? I’m looking to solder the original Xbox HDMI mode which has some fine ribbon soldering. Thanks.

How well is it for through hole parts with large ground planes? Like taking off components from ATX power supply pcb? You have a video on that?

Can you do a video that shows the inner workings?

Great video review. Can I ask what temperature you set to demo the soldering please?

I just bought one. What stands does one use for these slim irons? Looks like they will just slip right through normal ones...

Does somebody know a schematic for the T12 Circuit Board from Revision 2.xx with the STM32?

I have the same handle/pen and have been looking for a stand that holds it securely enough that I don't worry about it just slipping out if I bump the desk or something. I have seen the stand you are using and many others but they all seem to have too big of a hole. It looks like you modified yours to make it fit right. What did you do to make it work better?

If I used a 24 Volt, 5 amp DC power supply, would it hurt anything? Or, do I need to limit amps to 3 or 4? I am considering buying the Quicko unit.

Bought a £200 Atten solder station from Market place on Facebook for £40! Absolute bargain! Works brilliantly.

will this work with 20v 3A power supply?

I am a hobbyist but over decades of working on vehicles I have done a huge amount of wire repair, soldering, heat-shrink on 50 foot rolls & dielectric grease in moderation but I know this may not get an answer, but can change from degrees C to F? And you had mentioned software, downloads or files (Something like that) but do this mean it connects to a computer to set up certain things? I really appreciate the show & tell and clear proper British speech. The old ears ain’t what they used to be. I’ve been married 40+ years and that alone comes in handy. You will see! Thanks for the work & info + links. Regards!

I've heard of some people having problems with that tilt sensor not being sensitive enough. You might want to check that out.

They will run from a 20v lithium battery like the ones used on a drill. I have Ridgid batteries and I 3d printed an adapter plate to get the voltage out of it. It runs for a very long time and lets me work in the yard, on cars, or in spots where AC is not available or inconvenient....

How about if you make a video adapting your high-end Solder handpiece to one of those cheap soldering station‘s. Then you may get the performance and feel with the hand-in-hand piece with a good quality tip insert been powered by a lower and cheap station

does the black aluminum soldering iron handle heating up in finger when used?

Since this is powered by an external power supply, do you have any idea if the tip is ESD safe?

24v mini version looks like it has a dimmer display , compared to the wall powered version ??

Is the tip ESD safe? I'll be using a grounded 19.5V 2.31A laptop power supply and sometimes a double insulated power supply. Hope the 45W will be sufficient.

Between the t12 Like Stations (this) and ts100 (which offers better mobility ) isnt really a difference performance wise. 24v Brick or Li-ion pack both deliver buch of Power into the tip. These t12 only has the advantage of supporting the hakko tips properly. TS100 does aswell but it makes it unnecessarily long/unwieldy. Im using both, i pick the one thats the most convenient in this particular situation.

Do I still need to ground bond this type of Soldering station?

Are there any cheap soldering stations that turn off the heater when you put the handle in its stand?

Does it work from 19/20V laptop power adapter?

Would you recommend this over a TS100??

Hey Steve. What model is that iron stand? the one that came with mine is junk. yours looks much better.

Just got a Hakko 888D. This iron seems to be better for the price. I guess I can just feel good for supporting Hakko. The Hakko 888D is a great iron, it does not have the automatic turn off.

Great review, unfortunately they've since doubled their prices...

Metcal MX500 models can usually be found cheap on eBay, I wouldn’t use anything else :-)

Cool, I have the KSGER. Quicko is half the price of the KSGER but Quicko is smaller but its power supply is separated (which will need the power plug as well) but KSGER looks better.

can you imagine that hanging off your desk with a power supply cables getting pulled and the power supply accident waiting to happen what are you supped to do solder it to a brick

you sound like harry kane without the lisp haha

And I thought my mains powered KSGER was fast at 20 sec.

In case anyone cares... It's Hackko not hey-co :)

in 2021 the price of these irons have doubled :-(

I did a review on one of these too: 🔴 #504 KSGER T12 OLED Soldering Station Review - Is the STM32 V2.1S soldering station any good? ukposts.info/have/v-deo/rKKJdWtwmmOHy40.html I even found a manual someone had written for it and included that info too, it is my main soldering station now.

What's with the stupid tip that comes with it?.Why not send a chisel tip or something?

wtf? The heat up is super fast.

This station costs €75 + postage now. WTF!?!?

I bought this Iron about 4 years ago and it is abosulute trash. I would not recommend anyone to purchase this.