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#FumeExtractor #Review #VEVOR

For the past 2-3 years I’ve been using this DIY fume extractor / filter system that I built with off the shelf components ordered from Amazon. It has been really helpful keeping the nasty soldering fumes away from my lungs and I highly recommend you get yourself some type of filtration if you do even occasional soldering for more than 15-20 minutes per session. I’ve been quite happy with my system because it wasn’t too expensive at the time of purchase, it ended up costing half of what a commercial system would have been and replacing the filters on this thing would be much cheaper also when compared to a commercial system. But in today's video I have received for review of such a commercial system and I would like to compare if it’s still a viable option to DIY or should you just buy one and save your time.

One mention that I would like to make is that the commercial system we are looking at, is not directly intended for solder fumes extraction so it doesn’t come with accessories tailored to that, but in terms of filtration capability it should be adequate.

The unit we are looking at today was sent in for free from Vevor.com for the purpose of this review but it currently sells for about 220 EUR shipped to the EU from their EU warehouse. I think they have multiple worldwide warehouses so you would have to check the cost for your specific location by clicking the link in the description.

By comparison the unit that I built was composed of:
Ducted 100mm fan, 26W of power, 198 m³/h, 2200 RPM, 31dB current price 87 EUR including shipping.
4 inch carbon filter for hydroponics applications, current price 65 EUR including shipping.
Hakko flexible segmented hose 160 EUR including shipping. Although expensive, this thing makes it really easy to use.
Triac speed controller for the fan, a plug, some cable, roughly 10 EUR. I don’t really use the speed adjustment, I just use it on full blast every time for proper extraction so you don’t necessarily need the speed adjustment module.

This brought the total to roughly 322 EUR which a few years ago was less than half of a professional fume extractor so back then it was worth spending the time to do a DIY system. I also wasn’t as busy as I am today. I also spent maybe another 20 EUR on some clamps and an additional flexible duct, I 3D printed an adapter, but those are not necessarily needed.

However after all of that effort, I had clean air. Not a lot of suction power because of the thick filter and because I used an additional long duct, but it was useable, as long as I was soldering next to it, it sucked the fumes and there was absolutely nothing coming out of that filter, at least nothing that I could smell or see. It worked very well for me.