Agree 100%

But when you look at the prices and workout postage there isn't much between them in price.

Aoyue 701 $270 AUS plus postage
Hakko 808 $195 AUS plus postage

The only thing extra that you need is a step down transformer for Hakko as it's 110V, but these are easily obtained.
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True, but the 701 also includes a soldering iron, which is actually pretty good to use, I have a number of different tips but I prefer to use the mini wave flow for most jobs. Its likely that without Aoyue cloning the Hakko products that Hakko gear would be much more expensive, maybe.