No, it's not. If we compare a station with a >60sek. heating Time, ok.
But 13 sec. against 18 sec. or whatever the numbers are, that's just number-picking.
In practical work, even when soldering shielding cases, I highly doubt you get much different results. In that case the shape of the Tip is much more important (and the user of course
).
I never really felt a big difference between my Weller, my Hakko or the Pace-Station I use in the Lab. They all did their job well. They all are high quality (and very expensive) tools.
The weller station are a lot worst in that, espedially the old ones.
Well, yeah, definitely. But why comparing a modern inner-heated station against an old one?
BTW, I just took a really old Weller(*) I have here (the old TCP from the 70s), 34 sec. until the "click" came.
Far from the modern ones, but not to far... and it's 40 Years old, therefore the comparison is rather unfair.
(*)I'm not a Weller-maniac it just happened right now I only have working Weller-Stations right now, my Hakko is still broken.