I would call it a ripoff by northridgefix. This pen called MaAnt alt Ali express without branding for only 8€. Ty again for a teardown finally someone doing a great job exposing a shop with overpriced China BS. Great job mate
I bought one of the first ones from NRF and it didn't hold up too long. After a few months the battery would only hold a charge for 2-3 days and of course when I needed to use it it was dead. Then it would keep shutting off after 10 secs. after it was charged. Very annoying, Disappointed. My housing would not slide off. Maybe the V2 corrects those problems.
@I_Evo I see a lot of rebadging with no customization except name, logo, and packaging. These China vendors are very shady sometimes giving rejects or blems to these type of buyers.
I wonder how this would fare for severing a trace on the slimfix v4 for the ps2. It seperates the mute signal into L1 and L2 connections. I mostly use an xacto knife and slowly sever the trace but this might make it much quicker. Ill have to pick one up for myself to try.
@@made.by.morten.laboratoriesAll the products come from China. He buys them white-label and asks the manufacturer to put his logo on them. The soldering wire, for example, comes from the manufacturer BEST in China; the BEST logo disappears, as well as the "made in China" label, and his own logo is added. This solder is sold for around $6 on the Chinese website Parts4repair and $19 at his place. He uses almost all the products he sells, except for his Fluke multimeter, Weller soldering irons, and his hot air station from the manufacturer Quick. He seems to repackage his flux himself into 10ml syringes. In a video, you can see about ten boxes of empty 10ml syringes under his desk.
@@lollol2283 All the products come from China. He buys them white-label and asks the manufacturer to put his logo on them. The soldering wire, for example, comes from the manufacturer BEST in China; the BEST logo disappears, as well as the "made in China" label, and his own logo is added. This solder is sold for around $6 on the Chinese website Parts4repair and $19 at his place. He uses almost all the products he sells, except for his Fluke multimeter, Weller soldering irons, and his hot air station from the manufacturer Quick. He seems to repackage his flux himself into 10ml syringes. In a video, you can see about ten boxes of empty 10ml syringes under his desk.
Thanks for this video. I have been thinking of getting this pen for a little while now. I have an identical yet older version E-108 (not northridge fix) that requires a wrench/tool to change the bits and it drives me crazy 🤣
I have the same grinding pen and is very helpful 4 surface mount circuit boards grinding away traces that are corroded or damaged and extremely narrow traces
So is anything with a sharp edge. I have this same crappy grinding tool aswell and i can expose the copper on a motherboard trace easier with one swipe of the end of my tweezers that i can with this grinding tool.
I bought a cheap one off aliexpress, exactly same internals. This Alex guy just rebranded it.
Yes i think it is just a rebranded one 😀
I would call it a ripoff by northridgefix.
This pen called MaAnt alt Ali express without branding for only 8€.
Ty again for a teardown finally someone doing a great job exposing a shop with overpriced China BS.
Great job mate
Thank you for the support, that is quite a price difference if the products are identical ...
And if you call him out on his BS, he just blocks you.
@@realityanalyst I think this is the way to loose customers, i don't mind to pay a premium, but then i also expect to be treated with respect
$5 on Aliexpress .............
Do you have link to that one, thank you for info
What about the quality?
Those are just rebranded MaAnt D2 grinding pens, BTW. You can get them from lots of places without paying the "NF tax".
Yes, thank you for sharing info 🙂
I bought one of the first ones from NRF and it didn't hold up too long. After a few months the battery would only hold a charge for 2-3 days and of course when I needed to use it it was dead. Then it would keep shutting off after 10 secs. after it was charged. Very annoying, Disappointed. My housing would not slide off. Maybe the V2 corrects those problems.
This has not been a problem for the V2 version i have so far. I understand that you are annoyed - its very hard to do RMA on these things ....
MaAnt D2
Yes, they look very similar
@@made.by.morten.laboratories I would assume it's a rebadge.
👍
@@Rhine_LabsWith a nice mark-up. I've seen a video elsewhere of another vendor of their microscope which IRC was about $150 cheaper than NRF.
@I_Evo I see a lot of rebadging with no customization except name, logo, and packaging. These China vendors are very shady sometimes giving rejects or blems to these type of buyers.
Thanks for the video 👍🏻
You are very welcome 🙂
I wonder how this would fare for severing a trace on the slimfix v4 for the ps2. It seperates the mute signal into L1 and L2 connections. I mostly use an xacto knife and slowly sever the trace but this might make it much quicker.
Ill have to pick one up for myself to try.
@haloslayer255 a sharp knife is also a solution, the solution is to be very careful - also with the grinding pen :-) Thank you for comment
I can't see how this would be of any use for anything but the lightest of detail work
That is the intended use of tool, for the lightest details.
Thank you for the comment :-)
Thanks for making this video. It was informative.
@suluturnip, you are very welcome, i am glad you liked it 🙂
15$ aliexpress thank me later😁
Yes, its possible to find it cheaper :-)
How's the quality though?
@@theforce5191 quality is the same because it is the same product 😂
@@theforce5191 The quality of mine is OK
Alex guy discovered magical world of ali, but thinks no one knows
Yes a lot of the stuff is from Ali
@@made.by.morten.laboratoriesAll the products come from China. He buys them white-label and asks the manufacturer to put his logo on them. The soldering wire, for example, comes from the manufacturer BEST in China; the BEST logo disappears, as well as the "made in China" label, and his own logo is added. This solder is sold for around $6 on the Chinese website Parts4repair and $19 at his place. He uses almost all the products he sells, except for his Fluke multimeter, Weller soldering irons, and his hot air station from the manufacturer Quick. He seems to repackage his flux himself into 10ml syringes. In a video, you can see about ten boxes of empty 10ml syringes under his desk.
@@lollol2283 All the products come from China. He buys them white-label and asks the manufacturer to put his logo on them. The soldering wire, for example, comes from the manufacturer BEST in China; the BEST logo disappears, as well as the "made in China" label, and his own logo is added. This solder is sold for around $6 on the Chinese website Parts4repair and $19 at his place. He uses almost all the products he sells, except for his Fluke multimeter, Weller soldering irons, and his hot air station from the manufacturer Quick. He seems to repackage his flux himself into 10ml syringes. In a video, you can see about ten boxes of empty 10ml syringes under his desk.
Thanks for this video. I have been thinking of getting this pen for a little while now. I have an identical yet older version E-108 (not northridge fix) that requires a wrench/tool to change the bits and it drives me crazy 🤣
@dschell11, yes its very easy to change tools on this version,good luck. Also thank you for comment :-)
좋아요
120
27
Sorry, i can't read these signs :-)
i got maant d2 original for 15€ ship included....
Cool, that is also a good price :-)
nice!
Best review and tutorial video 👍
Thank you, I am happy you liked it 😀
I have the same grinding pen and is very helpful 4 surface mount circuit boards grinding away traces that are corroded or damaged and extremely narrow traces
@smdsoldering, thank you for comment, grat that you find the grinding pen useful :-)
So is anything with a sharp edge. I have this same crappy grinding tool aswell and i can expose the copper on a motherboard trace easier with one swipe of the end of my tweezers that i can with this grinding tool.
@@canwefixit8129 Also a great method :-)
Thanks for this! Keep showing the NF tools it is very useful!
@hachogonzalez8649, you are very welcome, thank you for the support