Hakko T18-S4 Soldering Iron Tip for S4 Type FX-600/FX-8801/FX-8803

Replaced the tip on my cheap iron with this and it made a big improvement

I've slowly been getting into more and more SMD work, and (for me, anyway) I've noticed that most times a fine tip on the soldering iron does the best job for SMDs. However, a long, thin tip often needs to be cranked up to 400C in order to get the 325C or so to the point. This tip solves that problem. It is thick enough to hold heat but has a very fine point. If I'm hand-soldering SMDs, this has become my go-to iron tip. It is a great value for the money and a fantastic time saver! I nicknamed it 'The Hulk' because of the beefy build. Today, I was using a long, fine point tip to remove wires from a very small circuit board. The board was originally soldered with lead-free solder, which has a higher melting point (god, I hate that stuff!) I was having no luck, so I said out loud, "Time to bring out The Hulk!" My fiance laughed, but in a few seconds, the wires were off. As you can tell, I really love this soldering tip!

I bought one of these years ago and loved it. However, when I got a new soldering station, I sold it with my old one because the new one came with tips. None of those came anywhere close to as good as this though, so I had to buy another.

I have used knock off solder tips on my Hakko iron and I always find myself coming back home to Hakko tips. Durable, even heating, no surprises. Good stuff. Recommend.

Works great! This is my first attempt doing surface mount soldering, but using this tip, a Hakko FX888-D soldering iron ( Digital FX888D & CHP170 bundle, includes FREE CHP170 cutter ), and some 0.015" diam. solder, I successfully soldered two TSSOP-14 Surface Mount Technology (SMT) chips to a breakout board. It took me close to 1 hr. per board, because I am brand new at this, but the tutorials on Adafruit (Google "adafruit guide to excellent soldering") and (Google "adafruit smt manufacturing"), and Sparkfun (Google "sparkfun through-hole soldering") were really a great help! Update: 21 July 2014: I have been doing more surface-mount soldering (TSSOP-16 & SOT-3 packages), and am now successfully using larger 0.032" diameter 60/40 solder (from Radio Shack) to solder these small packages, rather than the tiny 0.015" diameter solder. The 0.032" solder is a more universal size for general-purpose electronics work, and can be successfully used on stuff this small too.

It's a Hakko. Made in Japan packaging, with the hefty price to match. But if you are godawful at soldering like me, you'll have no problem killing these tips just as easily as the alixpress ones.

I found this tip to be useful for soldering fine-pitch ICs, but it doesn't get much heat into parts if there is a big heat sink (ground connection on PCB). It was also good for 0402 sized parts.

I only use genuine Hakko tips. It is worth the extra money to know you’re getting an all around solid product.

Se nota la diferencia comparadas con las puntas chinas, estas son de una calidad amuy superior, metal y grosor se nota mucho a la hora de soldar, lo recomiendo sin duda. Gracias.

The real deal. Excellent price and good delivery speed from Japan. The proper tip to use with my Hakko soldering station, not at all like the inferior cheapo tips you can buy. Looks great and works well.

Panne d'excellente qualité, d'origine HAKKO avec la gravure hakko sur le corps de la panne (contrairement aux fausses pannes vendues sur ebay). Sous mon microscope j'arrive bien à voir la gravure HAKKO avec le logo et le "made in japan". Elle s'adapte parfaitement à mon FX-888D. Parfaite pour la soudure des TQFP à pitch très fin en mode pine à pine ainsi que tous les autres composants et connecteurs SMD (y compris les 0402). Je recommande. PS. Si vous trouvez ce commentaire utile, n'hésitez pas à cliquer sur le petit "oui" ci-dessous.

Arrived on time . Packaged with care.

wonderful product and original one. its worth it for mobile repair or any kind of micro soldering. i ordered this in UAE and I received the product from USA. but when i was in India, the same product I ordered, and the Indian cheaters sent me fake one. so if you are buying from India, you may be cheated.