Lytool Soldering Station, 90W Professional Digital Soldering Iron Station 2 in 1 Hot Air Gun 100-500℃ Temperature Adjustable, Sleep Function, LED Display, Storage Function and Password Protectio

Top quality features in a small package
I already have another rework station by a different manufacturer, which is touted as being ‘professional quality’. It sure does have many features, and looks the part, but BOY is it big, cumbersome and complicated! Because I don’t use it that often, I pretty much have to go back to the drawing board each time I use it, and have to dig out the manual.

This unit by Lytool in comparison, is a breath of fresh air. It’s intuitive, MUCH smaller and does pretty much everything my other unit can do, but in a smaller, more attractive and easier to use package. And it’s massively quicker to get to temperature. As you can see from the video the soldering iron goes from 40 to 380 degrees in well under 20 seconds. That’s about half the time of my other unit.

You can see from the pictures all of the equipment you get in the box. The only construction required is to fix the hit-air gun bracket to the side. Everything else it ready to go out of the box.

In use it’s quiet and seems to hold temperature well. The iron is comfortable in the hand and does the job well. This is now my usual tool for soldering and rework tasks – my other station is consigned to the cupboard as a spare.

Totally recommended.

Superb soldering statio
This station is perfect for my needs. It is compact and fits in to my limited workspace perfectly, it is simple to use but also has a range of extra functionality if you want to control the heat of the soldering iron or hot air gun. It also sleep when not used, but heats up super quickly

Whilst it is more compact, it is solidly built and has weight to it so does not slide around. I use this for soldering both normal and SMD components, and use the hot air gun for SMD (and shaping acrylic pieces).

Really good tool for the price
Brilliant piece of kit for the price something that comes in handy with the small hot air gun and soldering iron both being in the one tool really good for anyone that likes doing odd jobs and playing in there shed

Exceptional professional grade soldering station.
Unboxing:
The box was large and filled generously with high density springy foam that has been made to fit the station well and protect it in shipping.
The instruction book is first thing at the top, with everything neatly nested beneath. Everything was easy to unpack and get onto the desk.

Included in the box:
Manual
Base unit with hot air rework tool wired in
Soldering iron with standard small round pointed tip
4 extra tips, large, chisel, small knife, large knife.
UK IEC power lead (kettle plug)
Solder sucker.
2 hot air nozzles, small and medium.
Generous roll of thin solder.
Angled ESD safe tweezers.
Soldering iron stand complete with both brass wire tip wiper and sponge.
Hot air rework tool stand which fixes to the side of the base unit.

First Impressions:
It was easy to get onto the bench and plugged in. The iron plugs in with a snapping action to keep in place. The base unit feels very sturdy and has some weight. The whole case seems to be designed as a heat sink for the electronics.
You will need a small screwdriver to fit the hot air rework stand to the base unit.
The solder reel is generous for a free starter, and solders reasonably well.
The cables for the rework tool and iron are of a good length and nice and flexible. Both tools fit well in their holders and fit nicely in the hand.
The solder sucker seals well and will give a good suck to remove solder when needed.
The tweezers come to a nice sharp point and grip well.
Changing nozzles on the rework tool will require a screwdriver, but they fit well when in place.
On turning on the unit goes into a standby mode, with nothing heating up until requested.
The soldering iron stand has holes to the rear to hold the 4 spare tips when not in use.
I really like that the iron stand has both a brass wire wool tip cleaner and a sponge. I generally prefer the brass wool, and it’s possible to put the iron in the holder so that the tip pushes into the wool to clean every time it’s put down.

In action:
From the home screen long pressing either of the rework or soldering buttons will turn on the respective tool, and then off again. Both can be turned on at once and the display and controls swapped between by pressing the desired tool button.
Both tools heat up very quickly to the set temperature.
The rework tool produces a good quantity of air when at temperature, and will run the fan very quickly to cool down, either when put back into standby, or if a lower temperature is selected. Adjustment of temperature or air flow can be toggled between by pressing the rework button.
The soldering iron also heats up very quickly, with the heat propagating to the tip ready for use quickly too. Despite this the iron has a reasonable thermal mass too, especially with the larger tips, and can be used for bigger joints. Cooling the iron down, either by soldering, cleaning the tip or blowing on the tip produces a very quick response to heat it up again.
Soldering with this was a pleasure.

There are also 3 memories for each tool, with dedicated buttons that can be used to quickly swap between common temperatures when in use. Airflow is also stored for the rework tool. These can be changed via the settings menu while the device is on standby, or saved live if adjusted while working. It is also possible to alter many parameters from this menu, such as the temperature compensation, the sleep and standby behaviour, and even setting a password.

The manual is quite well written and understandable, and also concise and clear, with maintenance instructions too. The order code for the tips and other tips available are also listed in the back.

My only gripes are that the labels for the tool and memory buttons are moulded into the plastic surround with no background colour, so are hard to see. To combat this you could go over them with a marker pen and wipe off the excess to leave some background colour making them much easier to read.
The hot air tool is also permanently wired in. While it’s unlikely that I’ll need to replace it anytime soon, a plug like the soldering iron, even if it was differently coloured, or a different style so they couldn’t be mixed up would be nice. That would also allow the rework tool to be stored away or packed in a drawer to tidy the bench if not required for some time.

In summary:
I was expecting reasonably good things from the look of the unit, and price, but I was not expecting this quality at this price point. I am blown away by how responsive and capable the iron is, given how light and manoeuvrable it is. Everything seems to be very well made and put together and I expect it to last a good while.
The interface is easy to use and very intuitive and I look forward to soldering more with it.

Velocidad de calentamiento y memorias
Necesitaba un dispositivo de banco para realizar el retrabajo de soldadura.
Este dispositivo es extremadamente rpido para alcanzar la temperatura deseada y el ventilador de aire del dispositivo alcanza una gran potencia.
Las memorias son geniales para que no tengas que seguir modificando los parmetros.
Los mangos son muy cmodos, lo que es bueno para trabajos ms largos …
Viene con muchos accesorios incluidos.
Muy satisfecho con la compra!

Great value, decent piece of ki
I’ve been using basic plug in non-variable soldering irons for a while now, and whilst they are okay for basic jobs they just dont cut it for the fiddly tasks.

The soldering station heats up quickly and with variable temp gives better control of what you are doing. It copmes with an assortment of soldering tips, but so far I’ve stuck with the 0.5mm.

I’m yet to use the hot air side of it as I’ve not needed to do any surface mount work, however I have tested it against a high temp thermometer and the output is in line with what I’d expected.

Overall this is a nice piece of kit with a budget price and I would recommend it.

Eficiente y de calidad.
Estacin de soldadura perfecta con la combinacin de soldadura de 90W y air caliente que puedes usar de manera independiente o a la vez.
En apenas 5 segundos el soldador se calienta y te permite comenzar a soldar y desoldar todos los componentes electrnicos sin problemas.
Es ajustable de 10 a 50 minutos, bajado de manera automtica a la funcin de reposo. Los ajustes los puedes dejar preestablecidos y dispones de una funcin de contrasea para estar seguro que no se modifican sus parmetros.
La pantalla led es de buen tamao y las teclas de de mtodo abreviado con ajuste rpido facilitan y hacen muy eficaz el trabajo.

Great piece of kit, even for a DIY'e
So I am no professional when it comes to soldering and have learned purely through DIY. I already have a TS100 soldering iron which is fantastic if maybe a little small for my hands; I mostly use that for portable soldering jobs.

The reason I bought the lytool station was because I am building my own 3d printers now as well as doing a variety other projects. So I need a good soldering iron that could match or exceed the quality of my TS100, I looked for a bit and did some research and there is a lot of variety, cheap stations and really really expensive ones. I decided to try the Lytool and I can say that so far I am really happy with the purchase. It was packaged really well, it came quickly, it looks great and has pretty much all the tools I would need for soldering/desoldering.

It seemed like the best middle ground in terms of cost and quality/features (the hot air gun is a nice bonus). I have been using the soldering iron to do a lot of the electrical connections for a voron I am building and it has been performing better than I expected. It has great temperature control and range and heats up really fast, I feel like it tins better than my TS100 and so far its been a fair bit quicker to solder with it. It is really easy to adjust the temperature and to start and turn off each function on the station; to be honest there is still a lot I need to learn about it as I’m using just the bare minimum of features right now.

I have a larger heat gun and thats handyy but its quite bulky and its more difficult to control the temperature precisely with it. The heat gun on this rework station is great andheats up really quickly just like the soldering iron. So far I have used it main for heat shrink and cleaning up stringing on 3d prints but I am glad I have something that I can use to deliver precise and controlled hot air cause this will open up the types of projects I can do. As well as improve the professionalism with which I do projects now and how tidy/clean everything looks.

I havent been using it too long so I haven’t had a chance to properly see if there are any negatives. I like the quick disconnect connector for the soldering iron, its also really secure too. Maybe one dissapointment is that there is no where to mount a spool of solder, I feel like that would be a really simple feature to add that would add value to the station. But I can solve that with a custom 3d printed attachment I’m sure.

All in all it seems like a great bit of kit and I will add an update to the review once I’ve had it for longer and have had a chance to properly go over every feature and see how well it performs after a while of use.

First station, really amazed
I’ve got for my birthday and I’m really surprised.
The whole device is more compact than I thought at first look but it has the weight to stand stable. The soldering iron stand is stable too and I really like the deeper sponge holder.
The grip of the iron is softer then the grip of my cheap one and it’s much better feel.

Both the rework and the iron warm up quickly. Not a flash but I switched on and “ooo it’s ready, nice”.
If I put the rework on its stand it switches to stand by…
The manual is satisfying. Not a lot but I was amazed by temp offset and temp pre-sets.

The only thing that bothers me, I don’t know yet how to silent the beeping when I press a button.

Perfect for Professionals to Beginners to DIY Enthusiasts
As someone who has over 20 years experience in professional electronic rework I can say this is an excellent soldering and rework station.

The Lytool Soldering station performs as good as any other station I have used previously but is at a fraction of the cost. Not only does it come with a range of accessories such as the different solder tips, desolder pump, tweezers etc. but it also has advanced features you would normally find on much more expensive reworks stations.
Features like password protection to stop temperature being changed by operator, and ESD protection to the soldering tip ensuring you don’t damage ESD sensitive devices.

Use of the station is straight forward, and a clear and concise manual comes with. The LCD display is nice and large and easy to read. Operation is fast with a short heat up time., and iron also retains the heat during prolonged usage. Hot air station is perfect for replacing SMD components, including lead free soldering.

I highly recommend this solder and rework station, it exceeded all my expectations and I’m sure it will be the same for anyone else!

Equipo preparado para trabajar durante mucho tiempo seguido.
Tras muchsimos aos con mi antiguo JBC y con el avance imparable de la soldadura SMD se haca necesario buscar un equipo para soldarlos. Compro, por hobby, kits de circuitos ya hechos con un conjunto de componentes. Hasta ahora los he estado soldando con el soldador de toda la vida, pero cuando tienes que desoldar o soldar a la vez un componente con muchas patillas es algo literalmente muy difcil.
El equipo del que hablamos es una estacin de soldadura, que comprende el soldador de toda la vida, con temperatura regulable y varias puntas y otro que es una pistola de aire caliente, tambin regulable (tanto en temperatura como en volumen de aire), que permite calentar muchas patillas a la vez. Antiguamente haba unas pistolas de aire caliente donde el compresor estaba dentro de la estacin y sala por un tubo ms bien gordete hacia la pistola, hecho que haca muy complicada su manejabilidad. Sin embargo ahora ya trae un pequeo ventilador dentro de la pistola, que sin embargo no hace que se note peso en ella. Trae dos toberas de distintos tamaos aunque creo que siempre utilizar la misma.
S he notado (vanse las fotos) que la punta va hacia adelante, hacia fuera de la zona de trabajo, cosa que sorprendentemente en otros modelos est mirando a donde estamos trabajando con el peligro que eso conlleva.
El soldador tradicional est dentro de un soporte con plstico resistente al calor. Le he dado con el soldador a ver si deja marcas fundidas pero no lo hace. Lleva un estropajo de aluminio para limpiarlo y la clsica almohadilla hmeda. El desmontaje de la punta es muy fcil (vase la foto) solo hay que desenroscar extraer y cambiar la punta.
Ahora las caractersticas de porqu esta s y otra ms barata no:
Temperatura: Esta llega a 480 el soldador y nada menos que 500 la pistola de aire caliente. Tiene ajuste de compensacin, es decir, que si la temperatura real cuando est soldando baja o sube, tiene la capacidad de ajustarla justo a la que le hemos dicho.
Tiene funcin de sleep. Si dejas el soldador en su pedestal el tiempo que le has marcado en la configuracin, ste baja su temperatura hasta 180 y vuelve a la temperatura fijada si lo vuelves a coger, de esta forma las resistencias estn protegidas para muchas horas de uso contnuo.
En la unidad central hay una gran pantalla LCD donde se indica el estado del equipo. Tiene tres teclas (CH1, CH2 y CH3) que permite preseleccionar la temperatura y el volumen del aire.
Tiene curiosamente la posibilidad de ponerle una contrasea para evitar que si la usas en casa los nios puedan accidentalmente encenderla (puedes elegir un nmero del 000 al 999).
Estoy muy contento con esta compra, ya que es un producto del que se nota robustez y calidad, no como en otras ms baratas que suelen tener displays en led rojos en vez de una pantalla LCD. No voy a darle un uso profesional pero segn he estado viendo creo que perfectamente podra ser utilizada para un uso profesional por las caractersticas que antes mencion.
Por favor, me he currado la opinin para que, si has llegado hasta aqu, la votes positiva ya que, como puedes ver, yo s compro los productos y no me los dan gratis.

Fantastic soldering workstation, recommended 👍
This soldering and rework Station is fantastic value for money! The soldering iron heats up very fast, perfect temperature range, works extremely well and has a great well made holster. It comes with multiple bits for different work. The rework part (hot air gun) is also very well made and works better than expected for the price. This heats up very fast and has a great automatic function; take it out of the holster and it starts automatically.. Place it back in the holster again and the fan speeds up to cool the tool very fast.. it then automatically shuts down waiting for you to grab it again. Perfect temperature range and again has different nozzles for different jobs. This works really well for heat shrink without melting surrounding cables. The tool also has lots of adjustment for handle temperature offsets etc. through the onscreen menu.
I can’t recommend this tool enough! If you’re thinking about picking one up, just do it.. You won’t be disappointed