>Never needed a hot air station - so your claim that it's nothing special is complete delusion of reality. I think you're going a bit over the top with the rhe

>Never needed a hot air station - so your claim that it's nothing special is complete delusion of reality. I think you're going a bit over the top with the rhetoric there. Hot air stations don't cost more than soldering irons. I bought mine new for £35. I'm not saying that everyone in the world can easily afford a hot air station. But it's wrong to characterize it as some kind of exotic, highly expensive piece of equipment just because you didn't happen to own one. You can also just use a cheap toaster oven (though that makes rework more difficult).