SUGON A9 245 Soldering Station, 120W Soldering Iron Station Kit,3 Seconds Fast Heating up 716℉, 212℉-842℉, 3 Temperature Storage, ℃/℉, 3 Soldering Iron Tips, Quick Change Soldering Iron Tips Holder

Great, good value for money

I love this soldering iron. Ive used the JBC soldering iron before and this is a clone of it. Ill say that this is basically as good as that. Build quality is very good and temperature control seems accurate. Ill be purchasing official JBC tips in the future, though the ones it comes with work fine.

This is the first soldering station I’ve owned and am very impressed with it. The iron is so small and I thought there is no was this is going to do as well as my large iron. I was wrong. It worked great. No waiting for it to heat up. It’s even got a load meter so when you touch the hot end to what you are soldering the load meter will be high and will drop as it heats it up. That’s how I know it’s ready to apply solder,when tge number reaches 10 percent or so from 100.Works great for what I needed it for, leds and circuit boards and comes witg 3 differebt style tips for pin point heating or flat tip for larger area.Would buy again.

I was shopping for a cheap but not too cheap of a solution for a soldering station and didn't want to spend $500+. Luckly, the Mobile Repair discord server recommended me this company and model. It does the job pretty well as far as I can see when using it. I just wish it came with additional sponges but I can just buy some from a store and cut them into squares.

Having the right tools is so important and this station makes soldering easy. The sleep feature works perfect and I've never had better solder joints. You get instant diffusion of solder into 10ga stranded ofc. Filling the solder wells of connectors is just as easy which makes getting the right connection smooth. The whole well becomes liquid, and the tinned wire smoothly sets in. The fit and finish is top notch. I hope it is easy to find replacement tips when the time comes, but it does do a nice job of saving the tip.

A great soldering iron so don’t be afraid to purchase

This Solder Station Is Almost O.K.This Sugon A9 245 Solder Station is adequate for low temperatures and for higher temperatures if you do work a-rounds’. However, there are several negatives. The first is that there is very little instruction supplied with the unit. When my unit stopped working correctly, I contacted them for help under warrantee. They answered using (obviously inadequate) translation software. Three times they ignored, and never answered the question, “What caused this problem and how do I avoid it from happening again?”When I tested the tip temperature with a thermocouple thermometer it showed that the station needs to have increasing temperature compensation as the tip temperature is increased. This presents a problem because you cannot have more than one temperature compensation setting and there are three different channels. I was using a large tip and had to set the compensation for channel #1 at about 50 degrees higher to achieve an accurate 410⁰ F. The higher the temperature you need at the tip, the higher the Sugon needs to be set. The 50 degree compensation setting was not high enough for the higher temperatures I wanted for channel 2 and 3. I did a go-around by monitoring the tip temperature with my thermocouple as I raised the Sugon station temperature until I got the needed temperature at the soldering tip, and then saved it to the next channel. This seems to work, but most people do not have thermocouples, and it makes it difficult to know what the actual tip temperature is. Even with compensation, the temperature at the tip on channel 2 needed to read about 50⁰ F. more on the Sugon Station than the tip read, and the highest temperature needed an increase of about 90⁰ F. This means that the Sugon will work at higher temperatures, but it will not be displaying the actual tip temperature; and can be confusing.Several weeks into use, all three of the channel buttons, and the up and down temperature buttons, and the set button, showed an err message beside the temperature. There are no troubleshooting instructions, and no explanation of the err message. The temperature was locked into its last setting and was the same on every button and channel.Still new enough to be covered by the one year warrantee, I contacted the company. Communicating with them was a frustrating experience. Each contact had a one day wait for a reply. Instead of taking me at my word of what the problem was, they had me send them photos of the problem. After sending 6 different photos, their next day reply was to send me two inoperable .peg files. I requested that they resend as .jpegs and the next day I got two inoperable .jpeg files. Frustrated, I then requested that they include the photos within their message and/or tell me how to fix it. The next day the reply did not include the pictures, but said I should hold down the channel one button and then turn the unit on. This cleared all of the err messages and the unit worked again. When I replied that this worked, I asked them why this situation happened and how to avoid the error, they ignored the question. They obviously knew what the problem was from my description. I asked them why did they waste so much of my time in days; having me send photos, and not suggest this process right away? Their only response was, “Due to the use of translation software for communication, there may be some errors that may cause you to make operational mistakes or not understand the steps. Therefore, we prioritize providing pictures or videos for you to view.”Further requests for an explanation of their codes and how to avoid the problem got this response, ”Hello customer, the bottom of our soldering station comes with the instructions.”The instructions they refer to are lightly printed on the plastic base and are almost the same color as the plastic, and all but a few words are illegible. I photographed the bottom numerous times using a tripod, long exposure, and also with/without a flash. Most photographs showed nothing. This is the best shot and was accomplished using a tripod without a flash.Only the bottom square is in English and mostly unreadable.Originally, I gave this product 3 stars in the hope of giving a balanced review. However, after receiving their last reply I give it a 1!

My first unit came defective. Everything was sealed properly, but something was rattling around inside the enclosure. Plugged it in a surge protector for a quick test to see if I even wanted a replacement, and it immediately gave me an "S-E" error. Did my best to follow the instructions including ensuring the tip was firmly in the device, swapping out different tips, and I did a meter test to ensure the tips were okay. Disappointing. I'm initiating a replacement, and I'll update my review accordingly.Build quality and packaging were nice, the manual isn't clear English, but it's enough to understand, and it should be read before you particularly with the finer 210 tips (which are more sensitive to higher temperatures and moisture corrosion).Update: New unit arrived without any problems. Just started using it, but it heats up very fast, and so far it's a great upgrade over my ts100, older Wellers, and velleman ceramic tip. Sleep when docked feature seems to work well, as does the temperature programming for each channel, the temperature settings, and the basic ui other features (sound on and off, Celsius versus Fahrenheit).I got the 210 with a 245 replacement handle. The fine 210 tips can be fragile, but so far they work quite well. I'll be testing other brand tips including JBC, as my understanding is those work better and last longer. I'll update my review accordingly, but if this holds up, it's well worth the money.