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During the pandemic, I bought a Chinese JBC clone that takes real JBC tips. Temperature calibration was possible and it heated up fast enough, but not like a real JBC station. For 15% of the price, it's a steal and close enough.

Also got a 100 Mhz oscilloscope with paid options but hackable to 200 MHz, WiFi (COTS USB), and a 16-channel IIRC logic analyzer.

Picked up an Agilent PSU with a bad fan. That was an easy fix. Will have to calibrate it but it's already pretty close.

Then I spent too much money on a Fluke 289 DMM. The price went up significantly now, I wouldn't recommend it now.

In general, buy used, repair, and recycle.