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2 HN users recommended this between 2023 and 2026, in 2 comments.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
I'll add this: get a nice de-soldering gun. I use a Hakko FR-301[1], which while not exactly "cheap" isn't "insanely expensive" either. The thing about it is, you never want to have to use it. To use a metaphor, if you do any shade-tree (or professional) auto work, having to pull out the FR-301 is like having to pull out the left-hand twist drill bits and a set of EZ-OUTs. When that happens, you know you screwed something up. BUT, when you do pull out the desoldering gun (or the EZ-OUT kit) and it saves your ass, you feel very good knowing you have it in your hip pocket.
I probably use my FR-301 a couple of times a year, but I think it paid for itself the first time I used it.
[1]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BKSLLG9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...
My region has the Japan voltage version on Amazon for $210.
https://www.amazon.com/Hakko-FR-301-Desoldering-Tool/dp/B07B...