I ordered this unit after I had tried a different manufacturers hot air rework station which almost burned down my house. After reading mixed reviews about all of these Chinese-made units I was hesitant to purchase this one but I cannot afford the expensive models so I gave it a chance. I have only had this unit less than a week but so far it works perfectly. It was packaged very well and seems very well made. I did not want the soldering iron as I already have a very expensive name brand unit that I have used for years so I didn't even plan to connect it but I'm glad I did as I actually like it much better than the unit I already have. What I like about it is that it heats up much faster, shows the actual temperature of the tip as it heats up so you don't have to guess when it is ready and I really like the shorter distance from handle to tip which actually gives me much greater accuracy than my previous model. I actually boxed up my old soldering iron as I prefer this one more. The only negative is as others have stated, the tips are cheap and they do bend if you apply too much pressure. I plan to get some Hakko tips to try and see if this fixes the issue. Its not a huge deal though as you really should not be applying a lot of pressure with a pencil iron. One thing of note for the hot air is that the air pressure will blow your SMD components off the board on the lowest air setting with the smallest tip. The solution is to use the next smaller size up which worked out fine. I did a really good test of the hot air by removing some surface mounts items from a dead video card and I had a blast as it works just like magic. When the air hits the component it begins to float on the shiny solder and you just pick it off which tweezers! Really please so far but another item of note is that the seller sends some useful emails but then begins to bug you by saying your item was delivered but they have not heard back from you and to please let them know you have the item.