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Price: $39.99
(as of Dec 24, 2024 07:27:34 UTC – Details)
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How we got our start
Our first batch of production-soldering stations and hot air stations rolled off the assembly line in the year 2000.
What makes our product unique
We continued to innovate and evolve our solutions to provide better user experience, notable technologies first introduced by YIHUA includes Hot Air Start/Stop, Hot Air Failsafe, Skeleton-Type Heating Element, Integrated Soldering Iron Holder System, and more.
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Combination of Performance & Precision – 110W High Power, the YIHUA 928-III Soldering Iron empowers you to work with efficient heating, precise temperature adjustment, and a flexible temperature range of 90℃-480℃/ 194°F-896°F. This variable soldering iron is built for your stain glass projects, wire soldering & many other soldering projects.
Take It and Its Functions Everywhere – It is an exceptionally portable soldering iron (only 197g /0.43 lbs ). With Sleep function, Digital Temp. Correction and °F /°C display applied. Portable and Capable.
Clear Digital Display and Power Switch – The Display shows your every temperature adjustment clearly while the power switch ensures greater safety for each work, you can turn OFF the soldering iron even when plugged in. To give you a safe soldering experience, the X-4 holder comes with a wider and more stable base to prevent toppling.
Extra Accessories – 4 x Quality Soldering Tips (Default Type-B, K, 2.4D, 3.2D), 1 x X-4 Heat-Resistant Soldering Iron Stand, 1x Tip Cleaner (includes brass wool), 1x Cleaning Sponge. The rosin flux inside the tip cleaner is intended to stay solid at room temperature, apply the hot soldering tip onto the rosin to melt and enjoy the benefit of the rosin flux. (improves heat transfer while not losing significant amount of heat)
Choose YIHUA with Confidence – Enjoy our 12-month US- exclusive manufacturer technical coverage and 24/7 professional assistance on Amazon. Note: This model is designed to operate on 110-127V with a US-standard power plug.
Customers say
Customers find the soldering iron works well for simple tasks like circuit board repair. They find it easy to use and comfortable to hold. However, some customers have concerns about durability. There are mixed opinions on heat level, value for money, build quality, fit, and weight.
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GrantDecember 24, 2024
Gets hot quick
Not a bad little thing I was pretty Amazed by how good it worked for what it is most definitely a steeal
Bonnie TrumanDecember 24, 2024
Work well
The price and quality are good. It has a temperature regulator on the iron, which is very convenient.
EDecember 24, 2024
Great iron, terrible cable, terrible stand, terrible solder sucker.
The iron is great. Heats up quickly and cools down quickly. Comes with a good selection of tips. The cord is a pain though. Itâs thick and made of a pretty firm rubber that likes to hold the bend that it has out of the box. Donât plan on the small stand holding it up because the cord has more strength to knock it down than it does to keep it up. It gets annoying when itâs constantly falling on things and melting or burning them. Maybe I got a dud but that was a big pain. Also the solder sucker is trash. It has a plastic tip instead of a silicone one and it just melts. Get this iron by itself and then get a beefier stand and the solder sucker with the red metal button. That one works well.
melanie caubleDecember 24, 2024
Solid product
Works as described! Came in a great combo deal!
Gretchen GrundmannDecember 24, 2024
Great for jewelry crafting
I use this for jewelry making although it important to note that it does not get hot enough to melt .925
John C.December 24, 2024
Not durable. Failed on 5th battery pack. UPDATE: But at least Yihua Official reads these reviews.
UPDATE May 15, 2021: Yihua Official reached out via email offering their apologies for my negative experience. They offered tips and tricks as how to best use a “larger thermal mass” soldering iron. While I appreciate the advise, I wouldn’t be searching for and purchasing such an iron with larger tips and the wattage to use said tips if I didn’t know the whats and whys for such things. In addition, they offered to send me another soldering iron with extra replacement tips for my troubles. I did not take their offer. I’m not inclined to nor do I have the time to take another try at what is most likely a 50/50 chance of yet another failure. I appreciate the gesture but I’ve already cut my losses and moved on. But kudos to Yihua for trying to make good on their product. Unfortunately, I’ve moved on to another brand iron that continues to work even after soldering near two dozen XT90 connectors with stranded 14 gauge silicon wires.—–Like others have reported, this iron works great this first few times. Working on my 5th battery pack and unfortunately it doesn’t get hot enough to solder leadfree solder anymore. Mind you, I’m soldering the connectors to the battery pack. The pack themselves are assembled using spot welding nickel strip. Thought by having a 110w peak would allow me plenty of elbow room to make leadless soldering a breeze but alas, doesn’t get much above 600F now. No Good.
Long Time BoaterDecember 24, 2024
Works well
I already owned 3 soldering irons. I’ve had 2 forever, a Craftsman pistol type that will melt the North Pole when you pull the trigger (only good for big jobs), an old Radio Shack pencil type that takes forever to heat up, and anther pencil type I bought a few years ago from Amazon with an on/off button and a tiny temperature control dial. The latter worked for awhile but then the temperature dial became unreliable and cutting out.So I decided to search for yet another soldering iron. I just wanted a good, reliable iron with an on/off switch and temperature control. I use it for model railroading, mostly soldering wires to the track. This is a bit tricky because if the iron isn’t the right temperature you wind up melting the plastic rail ties before the solder even melts. The temperature dial on this iron seems steady and accurate. The on/off switch is right on the grip. The tip is very fine for detailed work. There are not many extras with this kit but I was mostly looking for a good iron. It only has 1 tip; a spare would have been nice. I do like the bronze cleaning pad it came with; just one swipe knock off the carbon buildup. I’ve only had it a few weeks but so far am very pleased with it.Update: I forgot to mention the plug is 3 pronged (grounded). All my other irons are 2 pronged. I don’t know why this had to have 3, but it’s a bit inconvenient since I have and old house with a lot of 2 prong outlets. Sure, I can get an adapter but it’s just an inconvenience.
NimrodDecember 24, 2024
Remember how much you are paying…
The iron itself feels good in the hand and isn’t as big as I thought it would be for a 60W iron. Thats a good thing you don’t want a big clunky iron. The silicone protection for your fingers feels good and works well. The on and off switch after only cycling it 20 times or less, already is loosing up where it is much easier to slide back and fourth and a few times during use I accidentally turned it off. There is a light that illuminates when the switch is turned on. If the switch is on, the light is on. If the switch is off, the light is off. That’s it. It doesn’t turn off once it reaches temp or goes on and off for cycling the heating element. That may have something to do with it constantly turning on and off to maintain temperature and no one wants to see a light flickering on and off the whole time they are working. The cord is a nice length, seems thicker than needed for the power consumption (though i’m sure thats the chinese tool trick, of thick insulation and thin wire inside). The knock on the power cord is that its very stiff, and even after straightening it out it has memory and keeps folding back of tight like it was in the storage case. The temp control is small which is nice because you don’t want it in the way, but the sticker indicating temps isn’t the easiest to figure out what temp you have it set at and is already starting to peel. The tips seem decent and same with the threads for the retention nut. Though the metal sleeve and retention nut are very thin cheaply plated metal. It gets up to temp quick and seems to recover reasonably fast as well.The rosin it comes with is hard rosin not a paste or gel. The can is maybe 1/3rd full or less with rosin, the other portion is packed with your brass brillo pad looking thing-which works well for tip cleaning. This can fits into the iron holder base, alternatively you could put the sponge in that spot since it fits right in. I haven’t used the sponge.The base if placed on a clean smooth surface and pressed down onto it, sticks and holds well and stable. When you install the spring holder into the base if you make sure its fully seated well, it holds good. There is a black plastic bushing that goes into the top of the spring to help center your iron in there. The problem is it must be indexed in a certain way, in order to prevent the iron from resting on the spring. Everythime you move the iron in and out of the holder the bushing wants to move a little. A small amount of indexing off of the bushing, and when you place the iron in the holder the stem and or tip is resting on the spring. Annoying, but even if the iron hits the spring the worst that happens is it just keeps removing heat from the tip.The solder included has no markings anywhere but its melting temp seems low, seems to work decent and is in fact rosin core solder. I used it no problems. Its a reasonable amount.The tweezers seem okay no real complaints, not super precision but not bad either.The variety pack of soldering tips seem like a nice variety and seem okay but I only used the one that comes preinstalled and that worked fine.The solder sucker is super cheap quality. very thin metals, and very fine plastic threads you thread into the metal tube every time you want to clean it out. I found it doesn’t self clear very well and multiple times had to thread it open and rethread it shut. In very short order those fine plastic threads are going to be trashed. You need to be VERY gentle and make sure your are starting the threads square or you will ruin it in no time. I think if they are going to include such a cheap junky solder sucker they should include some desoldering wick. I would have been happier with a large spool of desoldering wick and no solder sucker.The case works well and is padded on one side and compact. Its not a high quality plastic case but I think will do the intended job just fine. You must pack everything back just right though, to avoid the lid not wanting to close.My main grip is that in the description it says it has a “work light” and then later shows a picture of the iron and next to the on/off switch an “operation indicator” light-which I previously spoke of. Turns out they are using two different descriptions for the same light I already mentioned. Which is just a light that corresponds to the position of the on/off switch. I was lead to believe a “work light” would be a light that would illuminate your work like other soldering irons have. And that an operation indicator light was a separate light that would turn on when heating and turn off when at operating temp. Or operate as it does, light on when switched on, light off when switched off. But despite the description making it seem like there are two different kinds of lights. There isn’t. Secondly that very stiff power cord (and that was at 70F) adds to fatigue and is annoyingly stiff, and keeps trying to go back to its storage shape which has the power cord wanting to rest on your hand that is holding the iron and/or your work piece. Thats the second major gripe.All in all I’m glad I didn’t pay any more for it, I would be curious to see what the actual temp of the tip is (checking with a thermocouple) compared to the dial indicator on the iron. I don’t have much hope for its accuracy and I think you should see it more as a relative heat dial. I could be wrong, but I doubt it.I’m on the fence of returning it since in a one hour use session, the on off switch is already easy to move out of position and has been accidentally bumped off several times during work. The advertising leading me to believe there is both a work illumination light and an operating indicator light which isn’t true, and the solder sucker seems like if it lasts more than 2 different jobs it would be a miracle.Good set for one job but expecting this thing to last any amount of time is dubious. Most parts in the kit feel like you need to handle them in a very gentle, delicate and deliberate way as not not have them fall apart.