Hi,
to be correct, it is a simple and cheap hot air rework tool made by "Aoyue", but does an surprisingly excellent job. I practiced using it with a IIci board which was beyond repair (exploded PRAM battery) and had no problem removing even big PLCC ICs with the included special jets. For the SMD capacitors I use an ordinary small size straight jet which you can see on the photo:
I bought it used (maybe once? there was no discoloration of the jets) for 30€ if I remember correctly. As I understand, you can get these new for around 80€ with only 2 or 3 simple jets. Mine came with a whole bunch of jets for various IC sizes.
to be correct, it is a simple and cheap hot air rework tool made by "Aoyue", but does an surprisingly excellent job. I practiced using it with a IIci board which was beyond repair (exploded PRAM battery) and had no problem removing even big PLCC ICs with the included special jets. For the SMD capacitors I use an ordinary small size straight jet which you can see on the photo:
I bought it used (maybe once? there was no discoloration of the jets) for 30€ if I remember correctly. As I understand, you can get these new for around 80€ with only 2 or 3 simple jets. Mine came with a whole bunch of jets for various IC sizes.