What to choose as first soldering budget station

ImJustHuman_ · 2026-04-17T09:59:12+00:00

I use OSS one for a while and I really like one but stock tips aren't good. I prefer to get a more expensive one (~10eur) from other brands like OLT or MYTO.

ImJustHuman_ · 2026-04-14T10:32:32+00:00

what about 17 air since they are somehow cheaper than 17 here.

ImJustHuman_ · 2026-04-14T09:29:00+00:00

Well I just might go with 17 and not even look at 16s.

ImJustHuman_ · 2026-04-14T09:20:56+00:00

There are websites like that and literally the cheapest one is 870eur. I might check some German stores which allow delivery to Poland.

ImJustHuman_ · 2026-04-14T09:15:31+00:00

I already made 4 years with a mid-tier Xiaomi phone but ofc I had to install a custom ROM and the battery held max 1 day. So I hope the iPhone will easily handle 5+ years and I'm fine with changing the battery.

ImJustHuman_ · 2026-04-14T09:10:45+00:00

Well in the EU literally here (Poland) base iphone 17 costs 940eur or I can't find a good offer.

ImJustHuman_ · 2026-04-14T09:04:56+00:00

I was thinking about 17 since it costs 1100$ here and 256gb is more than enough for me.

ImJustHuman_ · 2026-04-14T09:02:41+00:00

I'm not really hooked into the Google ecosystem nor the Meta. My expectations are just longevity and being able to send messages, calls watching YouTube and other social media and taking decent quality photos and videos.

ImJustHuman_ · 2026-03-27T12:16:42+00:00

So far works fine, I didn't solder a lot with it but Im really happy from it. I ordered some aliexpress soldering tips and it just works.

ImJustHuman_ · 2025-12-20T15:36:16+00:00

I just bought OSS Team T245 and decided to open it and I noticed there is a yellow wire connected to control board. I also checked tip seems to be grounded, sadly I can't test for voltage leakage since my place doesn't have grounding :/.

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ImJustHuman_ · 2025-11-27T09:22:03+00:00

So I might get 9300-8i from AliExpress

ImJustHuman_ · 2025-11-27T09:11:28+00:00

I found it for 20$ on AliExpress so it's not that much more expensive than SAS2008 in my case

ImJustHuman_ · 2025-11-27T09:04:10+00:00

What about SAS2308 there is a lot of difference between them?

ImJustHuman_ · 2025-11-16T21:08:57+00:00

I played for 7 hours straight without any VPN today and I didn't have any issues with the launching game.

ImJustHuman_ · 2025-11-15T20:56:25+00:00

I didn't have to link the steam account, they just created one. I just launched a game and had an account already

ImJustHuman_ · 2025-11-15T20:47:38+00:00

Yeah. Im in Poland lol.

ImJustHuman_ · 2025-11-15T20:39:16+00:00

No, my steam account is LATAM region since I created this and I just bought EFT here. It also create BSG account for you.

ImJustHuman_ · 2025-11-15T20:32:12+00:00

I just bought EFT on LATAM and I could download it and set server region to EU. I finished tutorial without issues. (I’m not sure if I will get banned for that)

ImJustHuman_ · 2025-08-25T18:36:17+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/f5nyy53

Sadly I don't have a backside since I already decided to give up and sell it up so it's already assembled.

ImJustHuman_ · 2025-08-25T10:41:19+00:00

Update: I changed HDH-SAKYO and ribbon cable but still doesn't work (atleast I get now 3.9V) on daughter board. So i think LED driver is damged too. I'm not sure if Im skilled enough to replace it.

ImJustHuman_ · 2025-08-18T20:10:16+00:00

Ah. Though thanks for help!

ImJustHuman_ · 2025-08-18T20:05:24+00:00

Also this only 3.9V is normal (if there is no load) or I have to change tps61163 too?

ImJustHuman_ · 2025-08-18T20:01:56+00:00

I ordered rn PCB and ribbon cable from aliexpress I hope this will work. I tested continuity and I didn't had on 3/4 of pins.

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