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Best Hot Air Heat Gun – 110V/220V YIHUA 8858 Upgrade Review

April 27, 2021 By Rui Santos

Best Hot Air Heat Gun 110V 220V YIHUA 8858 Upgrade Review

In this post, we’ll review the YIHUA 8858 Upgrade, which in our opinion, is one of the best hot air heat guns for this price point.

Having a good hot air heat gun is one of the most important parts of desoldering components from a PCB successfully. In fact, just having the right hot air heat gun can be the difference between removing the components successfully or destroying them.

No matter how much you know how to use a hot air heat gun, if it doesn’t heat properly, you’ll have a hard time using it.

So let’s break down all the features, the price and everything you need to know about this tool.

Where to Buy?

The YIHUA 8858 hot air gun was kindly sent from Banggood to review, and that’s where you’ll find one of the best prices.

  • 110V YIHUA 8858 Upgrade Hot Air Heat Gun
  • 220V YIHUA 8858 Upgrade Hot Air Heat Gun
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Product Specifications

  • Input voltage: 110V (US plug) or 220V (EU plug)
  • Output power: 650W
  • Temperature range: 100ºC-480ºC (212ºF-896ºF)
  • Display mode LED display
  • Airflow type blower
  • Airflow 120L/min (max)

YIHUA 8858 Air Nozzles

The YIHUA 8858 tool comes with three air nozzles in these sizes to provide a different air flow:

  • Circular: 8mm (0.31 inches)
  • Circular: 10mm (0.40 inches)
  • Square: 13mm (0.51 inches)
Air nozzle Tips for YIHUA 8858 Portable Rework Solder Station Hot Air Adjustable Heat Gun 110V 220V

You can simply screw the air nozzles to the hot air gun tip like this.

Air nozzle Tip Attached to YIHUA 8858 Portable Rework Solder Station Hot Air Adjustable Heat Gun 110V 220V

YIHUA 8858 Holder

This tool comes with a an holder attached that it is very handy.

Holder/Support for YIHUA 8858 Portable Rework Solder Station Hot Air Adjustable Heat Gun 110V 220V

About the Hot Air Heat Gun YIHUA 8858

The YIHUA 8858 hot air gun uses a PID programmable temperature control technology to adjust the temperature. Temperature values are very accurate.

You can easily use the -/+ buttons to adjust the desired temperature (100ºC-480ºC or 212ºF-896ºF) and rotate the knob to adjust the airflow. It has a rocker switch to turn it on/off.

Display YIHUA 8858 Portable Rework Solder Station Hot Air Adjustable Heat Gun 110V 220V

Important: after your turn it on and with the fan at the maximum speed, the hot air heat gun will get hot in less than 5 seconds (to the temperature set in the display). Ensure there’s nothing in front of it, and don’t point it to yourself to avoid injuries. For safety reasons, we also recommend using a heat-resistant glove while working with it.

To prevent damages to your table or workbench, we also recommend using a heat resistant mat.

Display Turned On YIHUA 8858 Portable Rework Solder Station Hot Air Adjustable Heat Gun 110V 220V

My YIHUA 8858 temperature display is in Celsius degrees (I’m from Portugal, EU), but accordingly to the product page, it supports Fahrenheit degrees in temperature display (probably in all US versions).

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Testing the YIHUA 8858 and Desoldering PCB Components

For demonstration purposes, we will remove the components from a damaged ESP32 Dev Kit board.

ESP32 Dev Kit before

Since the board components are SMD, you can use a digital microscope to magnify a specific component and help you with this task.

dm01 portable digital microscope removing unsoldering components from PCB

With the hot air heat gun set to around 320ºC (608ºF) and within a few seconds, the components can be easily removed with some good tweezers.

Demonstration Removing unsoldering components YIHUA 8858 Portable Rework Solder Station Hot Air Adjustable Heat Gun 110V 220V

As you can imagine, if you let your board heat up too much, it’s likely to damage the on-board components and they can be permanently destroyed.

Demonstration YIHUA 8858 Portable Rework Solder Station Hot Air Adjustable Heat Gun 110V 220V

As you can see, it removed all the SMD components. This process was also fairly quick.

ESP32 Dev Kit after desoldering components with hot air gun

Watch the next quick video demonstration:

Wrapping Up

This is a very well-designed and versatile tool. It heats pretty quickly (5 seconds), it’s easy to use, and I think it will be more than sufficient for all your needs.

You can definitely find cheaper alternatives, the YIHUA 8858 it’s a bit more expensive than other similar tools. But the reason we love this is because, at this price point, it’s one of the best out there.

If you want to get one YIHUA 8858, use the links below.

Banggood - 110V US YIHUA 8858 Upgrade Hot Air Adjustable Heat Gun
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$47.99
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Banggood - 220V YIHUA 8858 Upgrade Hot Air Adjustable Heat Gun
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$55.99
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Thanks for reading.


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