Originally Posted by
trilerian
When I first got in the hobby I bought a cheap Hobbico 60 watt iron that did the job just fine. But I got tired of replacing the junk tips that would pit and erode. I finally
I bet I had that same Hobbico years ago. Those were the crappiest tips ever. Big ole pit in the tip after a couple of uses, then in no time the pit eroded so much of the tip that it resembled a horseshoe. Lol. Never had that happen on my Checkpoint TC-950 or my Hakko FX988D. Only replaced one tip on the Checkpoint because it was discoloring a bit, but still functioned normal and no pitting.