i swear to god

they better have a warehouse in the UK and i better not get chinked

ebay will probably care

@Tervy fuck you were right with the KSGER

T12 has the direct heat thing

yep

i think i got confused initially cause there was a variant which took an external psu with barrel jack and one that had an internal PSU

and i figured fuck it

w/e
already ordered, dont feel like cancelling, this should be too bad

alright fuck it i canceled

🙃

will buy a KSGER

;D

ordered a ksger like half an hour ago or smthn and already dispatched

woah

then again it's like 8am Beijing

the shitty YIHUA is now refunded, I can sleep well

@Tervy I didn't know stuff like the Yihua is that antiquated now and that the KSGER is the new wave. thanks for the heads up

dear

thanks 🐖

that's the listing I bought from, it's the older hardware revision, I don't think there's a difference

https://youtu.be/yZlq8CKKnSs

is this "佳达隆轴冰蓝光红轴" supposed to be Gateron Reds?

@Enkrypton it's asking if the switch type is Gataron Reds

@onoderaSecurity iirc the firmware does not matter that much also there is someform of custom firmware by PTDreamer too to some HW-version of it but i have not handled it

also the hardware itself is nicely hackable if you want to go down that rabbit hole (Switching C4 cap to better quality for example, removingR10 for sane RTC battery times (not just few weeks..) etc etc etc...)

~~and heres to hoping you dont get v2.0 board what tends to generate some heat (controller board version) :P~~

mm your store shows V2.01 -green pcb you should be safe

afaik current best HW version is 2.1S models (no real difference other than pumpcontroller and buck converter(or SPX2954 LDO for 3.3V if green pcb)

also for those interested next step up from that (in 100+ eurodollar tiers) is pretty much "Jabe UD-1200" and from that "JND DI300" what are pretty much chinese JBC copies :D (unless you want to stay in Hakko World (<https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33031757424.html>) (and you can get mini station for JBC OR HAKKO tips from tindie for 100 <https://www.tindie.com/products/soguklehim/soldering-iron-controller-v32-for-jbc-t245c245/>)

@Tervy I'm pretty sure the one I bought is a legit 2.09 version from the official store. Apparently banggood flashed over 2.10 with "2.1s" on older models. 2.0 is apparently cheaper

yeah what is a pump controller and buck converter

like what do you mean by it in this context

and by 2.01 you're referring to the PSU board right?

yeah 2.01 as in hardware revision

not as in firmware

2.01 has heatsinks on the problem spots what 2.0 does not have for example

i dunno the details just the thing i saw while i was evaluating it ksgers for myself :3

@Tervy it's a good enough iron for the entry level though right? i seldom solder but i dont want some garbage with a potentiometer in the iron or some 2kg 5 year old station