Review · soldering station
Hakko FX888D
Last verified 2026-08-09
Price
~£100–120
Power
70W
Temp range
200–480°C
Brand
Hakko
The FX888D is the station most professional electronics technicians in the UK and US learn to solder on — a 70W digital station with a long track record and a huge tip/part ecosystem.
Strengths
- +Industry-standard reliability with decades of parts and tip availability
- +70W digital control, well suited to sustained daily use
- +Widely used in training and repair environments, so support content is easy to find
Trade-offs
- –Priced roughly 2–3× the equivalent YIHUA digital stations for similar core specs
- –No hot-air option on the base FX888D — rework needs a separate unit
Verdict
Worth the premium if you want the same station a professional repair bench would use, or already work in Hakko's tip ecosystem. For hobby use, a YIHUA digital station covers the same core spec for meaningfully less.
See how the Hakko FX888D compares to the rest of the field in our full soldering station comparison.