Pace Price increase ?  - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Rolf98
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 07, 2020, 02:06:21 pm
content: Did they increase the price of the pace ads200 over the last couple of months ?The cheapest i can find it is about 290€ (its on sale from 360€). Because at this point i could also go for a JBC Station which you can also get for arround 380€Is this just a price increase due to supply shortage or is this the normal price now ?The reason im asking is because i saw alot of ppl talk about it costing 220 usd so i was expecting it to cost 220-250€

author: poorchava
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2020, 07:14:20 pm
content: I recall buying it from from Farnell (the stand with sensor option) for about 1100PLN which is about 250€.

author: Rolf98
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 07, 2020, 10:00:59 pm
content: Farnell sadly doesnt sell the ADS200 in Germany. (Even tho they are listed as sells)

author: Shock
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2020, 11:23:16 pm
content: The Pace ADS200 (w/ISB) was 250€ list in June 2018 (I assume that is before tax). This was the introductory price with distributors setting their own prices. In the US it was $265 but with the tequipment.net discount and our eevblog discount it was ~$220. In Jan 2020 there seemed to be a price increase it looks somewhere around $295 list as best as I can tell.

author: Rolf98
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 07, 2020, 11:45:30 pm
content: Thanks for the explanation.I really hope the sale continues for a whileBecause i wont buy for 355€

author: Rolf98
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 07, 2020, 11:49:24 pm
content: btw this is without the ISB (With ISB its 389€)

author: Rolf98
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 07, 2020, 11:54:07 pm
content: Maybe i should look into a cheaper weller or Hakko (rare in germany) since im looking for something at arround 200 max 250€

author: mariush
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2020, 12:13:54 am
content: You have Batronix selling the Atten AT980D ... can use Hakko tips with it ...Batterfly sells Hakko stuff and ships to Germany (16 euro + vat shipping for orders below 200 euro) ... they sell the EU versions so you'd be fine.Link :https://www.batterfly.com/shop/en/soldering/stazioni-saldanti

author: Shock
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2020, 12:18:47 am
content: The Pace ADS200 is quite a different beast to the Hakko FX951 (read below). Neither the Hakko FX951 or the JBC CD stations run tweezers, so if you are looking towards expanding tools in the future take that into consideration.Atten AT980D is a Hakko 936 clone with a fancy interface they even copied Hakkos tip series 900M.Quote from: Shock on May 25, 2020, 12:22:43 am

author: Rolf98
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 08, 2020, 12:25:49 am
content: yea im going with the Pace i guess. Gonna kill my bank acc for this month but that should be fine. Now i just need to decide on which tips i want.I do want todo some basic smd soldering (dont need tweezers for now tho)

author: Shock
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2020, 01:56:24 am
content: Get the instant setback version if you can afford to, less messing around if you change your mind later.The brochure shows about 37 tips, on the webstore you can find all 54 released so far.https://paceworldwide.com/ads200-soldering-station-td-200-tip-heater-cartridge-iron#resourceshttps://paceworldwide.com/product-catalog/734

author: nuttercenter
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 11, 2021, 07:06:27 pm
content: The price for this US made station has gone up over $100 in the US!! I didn't end up buying one because of the gouge. Really lame stuff.

author: redg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2021, 08:44:52 pm
content: Quote from: nuttercenter on May 11, 2021, 07:06:27 pmI was considering Pace's ADS200 and JBC's Compact Solder Station (CD-1BQF). As part of that, I read a good part of the main ADS200 thread. That thread reveals exactly how much Pace has jacked up the price of the ADS200 over the last three years. Meanwhile, JBC has made improvements to its station, especially increasing the keypad from three to seven controls, with no price increase. JBC also offers a three year warranty to Pace's one.It wasn't a hard decision.

author: Teti
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 15, 2021, 08:35:34 pm
content: I went for PACE in the end as you can still buy ADS200 for a good price from CPC Farnell for favourable price £270 inc. VAT.Decision wasn't easy between JBC and Pace, however price of JBC tips is just ludicrous IMO.https://cpc.farnell.com/pace/8007-0581/soldering-station-with-isb-tool/dp/SD02399?st=pace