Hakko599-029 Cleaning Wire for 599B Tip Cleaner, 5 Pack

I use this pad every few minutes when soldoering. It workls great!

I was using the $1 cleaning wire that you can get directly from ali. My soldering tips were not coming off completely clean.. I did some research and came across a post on reddit about using Hakko branded wire because it made a huge difference. They were absolutely right. My tips come out completely clean and retin with ease with this. Before I was cleaning my tip... then using tip thinner to remove oxidation. The material these use for this is superior in all aspects. You can see the low quality wire on the left and Hakko on the right. This is from heavy usage. Although the Hakko is 3x the price.. it's totally worth it in my opinion. It saves a ton of time and effort with maintaining your soldering tips!

For my hakko station had to cut them a little smaller to fit but they work perfectly as intended.

I'm a hobbyist who frequently has to do a bit of soldering electrical connections and such. I bought a Hakko soldering station years ago. I also bought a Hakko "metal sponge" style tip cleaner. It works much better than a wet sponge for my purposes (it might be one day or one month between soldering sessions--and the wet sponge always dries out).But ultimately the metal sponge will fill up with solder scraps, and you need to replace it with a new one. My local "big box" style electronics store is going under--and when I visited it a week or so before I ordered these sponges, they did not have Hakko sponges (or much of anything else) in stock. So I go to Amazon Prime and see a deal! 5 Hakko sponges in a pack for not much money. Now I actually have two of the Hakko plastic holders for the metal sponge, because I filled up one sponge and couldn't find a replacement sponge--had to buy the holder and the sponge. Anyway 5 Hakko metal tip cleaning sponges should last me at least a couple of years. And I know where to go back and get them again.

An excellent wire sponge replacement "in kind" for your Hakko 633 iron holder. Keeps the tip clean for superb results.

Value for the money considering the quantity and quantity of brand.

The only brand i buy!

I wish I didn't have to buy so many at once, but they work well.