Hakko FX888D soldering station - 220V

My good old soldering iron just passed away, I thought it would be nice get a decent quality soldering station for about $100. I took Dave Jones's (EEVBlog) positive review on the HAKKO FX888D and decided buy one.

Our friends over the US can get it for about $90 on Amazon, but the EU/Asian 220V (genuine) version is hard to find.
It's amazing! Ali-express and eBay are full of Chinese knockoffs which are very similar to the real thing.
Take a look at Hakko's website and see the note on counterfeit products.


Some folks on his forum has an interesting thread about the 220V version.

Hotplate Labs made a comparison between a counterfeit an the real thing:

If you're bold enough, egressvk has found a way converting the PSU from 110V to 220V:

Eventually, I decided to get it from an authorized local dealer, twice the price as the fake one.