Soldering station, simple and resistant

[thm_w]

Again, if you’re going to dick around with clone tips, then just cancel this entire exercise and buy a Pinecil, TS80, or TS100 and call it a day. The entire reason to use JBC is to use their tips; using clone tips is stupid.

No, you can get clone tips that will give you better performance than a pinecil/ts80/etc. There is a large variety in quality.

[marck120]

Again, if you’re going to dick around with clone tips, then just cancel this entire exercise and buy a Pinecil, TS80, or TS100 and call it a day. The entire reason to use JBC is to use their tips; using clone tips is stupid.

No, you can get clone tips that will give you better performance than a pinecil/ts80/etc. There is a large variety in quality.

Which clone tips do you recommend for the JBC - BT-2BQA ?

Are these compatible ?

https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005006080002428.html

A user had a problem with the JBC - BT-2BQA

https://www.reddit.com/r/soldering/comments/1b39fbs/my_brandnew_jbc_soldering_iron_just_got_red_hot/

[tooki]

Again, if you’re going to dick around with clone tips, then just cancel this entire exercise and buy a Pinecil, TS80, or TS100 and call it a day. The entire reason to use JBC is to use their tips; using clone tips is stupid.

No, you can get clone tips that will give you better performance than a pinecil/ts80/etc. There is a large variety in quality.

But since there are no guarantees on quality -- even ordering from a known vendor is no guarantee that you receive the same quality as before -- why bother?

I think chasing after good clone tips is a fool's errand. The reason to use a JBC station, or clone, is to use real JBC tips.

[thm_w]

But since there are no guarantees on quality -- even ordering from a known vendor is no guarantee that you receive the same quality as before -- why bother?

I think chasing after good clone tips is a fool's errand. The reason to use a JBC station, or clone, is to use real JBC tips.

To say buy only JBC tips doesn't really add up with the adequate performance I've personally seen from a random mix of branded clone tips (aixun, geeboon, ksger, aifen). Considering the relative cost and budget we are dealing with here (sub $100 stations). Spending the entire cost of your station on a few genuine JBC tips seems a bit high.
I guarantee the performance of these is better than pinecil: youtu.be/-TosWhPsru4?t=913

If you want to talk higher budget stations, $250+, then yes, I'll agree the cost has come down to the point that it can make sense for only $33 https://www.tequipment.net/JBC/C245908/Tips/.

You can also get a bunch of oddball tips for ~$8 that you might use once or twice where performance isn't critical:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006875569687.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007007333910.html