"Jim Thompson" wrote in
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I have an absolutely ancient Weller WTCPN soldering station that is
disintegrating... it's probably at least 33 years old.

I don't have any need for surface mount sophistication.

What are people's thoughts on a cheapy replacement such as...

Since Weller became Cooper Tools, the bean counters took over the asylum -
they cut corners on manufacturing and reliability went down the gurgler.

When my last Weller fell to bits I bought an Antex 25W iron as a stop gap,
and have been using Antex ever since.

I did treat myself to a 50W Antex TC iron but TBH I don't see much advantage
over the standard X25.