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WooooW. First i Thought i had a bad one. Alright, So I just went and it TURNED ON. It works.Not so bad. If you get this and make sure after you get done using it you turn the temp ALLL the Way Down, And let it Run for a Minute Before you Turn it Off.If you don't let it cool off it'll probably not live so long.I took off the black plastic on the front cause it served no purpose and made the thing stay hotter.I'll Keeep you All Updated PeEEAce.
This heat Pro worked fantastic on geetin wax off of my fire place brick.All homes need this/
I've had this product for about a week now and I'm very happy happy with it.I bought it mainly because it is much cheaper than comparable products from B&D or Dremel and it hasn't let me down. Works great for stripping paint and using heatshrink on computer power supply cables.
the first unit arrived and the heat indicator lamps did not come on.on first use of the replacement unit, after about ten minutes the fan stopped. the heat was set to fairly high and did not go off. some smoke. i assume there is a safety thermostat that would have kicked in, but without the fan the coils glowed for a while.it may be a bad batch - but there seems to be no quality control at all.
It works just fine and I don't have any real complaints. Also, the LED indicators serve no real purpose. I bought the heat gun for one job only, reflowing solder. no less. Look for one with a LCD (liquid crystal display), not LEDs (light emitting diode). The price is right and I feel satisfied that I got what I paid for. Some typical applications would have been useful.
It seems like they threw them in there for marketing purposes and not for functionality. I'm sure I will have other uses for it in the future. They don't exactly correspond to the temperature dial in the back and the product would have been just as good without them. no more. I would have liked better documentation and I still have no clue what most of the attachments are for. The dial in the back is what I look at to figure out what temperature I'm set for.If you need a heat gun that has accurate temperature readouts, this is not the one for you. If you are like me, you don't care for extremely accurate temperature readings and don't want to pay a lot, then I would recommend this item for you.I hope that helps.
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