HomeRight C800552 Heat Pro Deluxe 10-piece Hot Air Tool Kit
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of HomeRight C800552 Heat Pro Deluxe 10-piece Hot Air Tool Kit
Customer Review: Heck of a deal for the price!
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this heat gun for the sole purpose of installing Dynamat soundproofing in my eight year old Honda CR-V. Since I only planned to use it for one project I didn't want to spend a whole lot. This gun was incredible for what I intended it for, but now I have used it for so much more that I can't believe I lived without one for so long.
For starters, this is incredible for heat shrink tubing. It is designed to stand on its back in a very stable position so that you can have both of your hands free to hold your project. While soundproofing my car I also added an amp to my stereo. I cut heat shrink tubing to cover all of the wire splices and safely and easliy heated them with this unit. (MUCH easier than the old Bic Lighter technique, especially in your engine compartment.)
Since then I've found tons of other uses;
My daughter broke the wick on a $[...] scented candle after we'd only used it about an hour. I grabbed this gun and melted about a 1/2 inch of wax to pour off so we could save the other $[...] worth of "Fresh Linen" smell.
My brother used it to easilly take stickers off of his work van.
I heated the end of some aquarium tubing to make it pliable enough to slide over a tight fitting.
My brother used it to heat some PVC piping so he could bend it to an angle.
My wife used it to melt some craft thing (that I still don't understand).
In general, it's a heck of a package. Lots of accessory blades and tools, nice case to keep it in, great gun with lots of control over the settings. Go get one and melt stuff!
Customer Review: Great for the money
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought the heat gun for one job only, reflowing solder. I'm sure I will have other uses for it in the future. It works just fine and I don't have any real complaints. The price is right and I feel satisfied that I got what I paid for... no more... no less. I would have liked better documentation and I still have no clue what most of the attachments are for. Some typical applications would have been useful. Also, the LED indicators serve no real purpose. They don't exactly correspond to the temperature dial in the back and the product would have been just as good without them. It seems like they threw them in there for marketing purposes and not for functionality. The dial in the back is what I look at to figure out what temperature I'm set for.
If you need a heat gun that has accurate temperature readouts, this is not the one for you. Look for one with a LCD (liquid crystal display), not LEDs (light emitting diode). If you are like me, you don't care for extremely accurate temperature readings and don't want to pay a lot, then I would recommend this item for you.
I hope that helps!
Customer Review: Good enough for my little projects.
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this unit on the strength of the reviews here, and it has met my expectations for an inexpensive heat gun with a nice range of accessories and features.
I have only used it for two projects so far, gently thawing an outside water spigot when it froze this past winter, and using it as a heat source in a small heating chamber used to sweat cosmoline out of a military surplus rifle stock. I was able to regulate the amount of heat produced rather well for both applications. I plan to use it for some paint stripping soon, and expect that it will work just fine.
Just a word on the heat regulation, the knob is a continuously variable sweep, but the flickering lights in my garage show otherwise. While the gun is on less than full throttle, the heat is regulated by pulsing the current running to the heating element. This pulsing caused the lights in my garage to flicker in time to the pulses. There were definite discreet steps between settings, even though the heat control dial feels continuous.
Customer Review: Did the job nicely
Summary: 4 Stars
The first job I used this on was in relation to multiple replacement of magnetic window sensors in my house's burglar alarm system. The solder work, and then the shrinking of insulating heat shrink around the connection was, of necessity, done in very close proximity to the window glass and frame. Through the use of the window protection attachment this was successfully achieved without damage to the glass or frame. The gun is extremely powerful, and I envisage using it for many other tasks over the coming years (I hope!). I particularly liked being able to easily stand the gun on its end. The only negative that I found was the operation of the slide trigger to operate the gun. I found that to be a little awkward - hopefully I will become accustomed to it as I use the gun more. Overall good value for money - I'm pleased with the package.Customer Review: Just a repackaged Black and Decker?
Summary: 4 Stars
I have the Black & Decker C800620 version of this heat gun... From looking at the photos and attachments and all the specs of both guns, I've come to the conclusion that they are exactly the same product, except this one has been painted blue, re-branded, and stripped of the B&D 2-year warranty...
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but im fully convinced they are the same product. They are both offered on amazon, with the B&D inexplicably being cheaper at the moment. My B&D is a good product for what i need it for (mainly DIY PCB reflows for gaming consoles and laptops) so Im not knocking this one in any way, but if this product is simply B&D's attempt to lower their warranty service costs, then thats pretty lame.
This product is worth checking out of the other one is sold out.