I needed a heat gun and found this on sale in Bunnings and bought one.
- 2 Speed Airflow allowing to select the right air speed to suit the application
- Variable Temperature Control for user control of temperatures between 50-600°C
- Nozzles & Scrapers Included to increase tool versatility
- Sure Grip Handle provides a more secure, comfortable grip
- Built-In Stand Support allows the gun to stand upright for hands free use
Price has reduced to $35.99 from $41.99
Brilliant tool, perfect for DIY
Solid performer and built well. Gets reaaally hot too :)
I’m sure you could also cook bacon & eggs with it somehow. (Have not tried this……yet)
Same here. Have abused mine for last decade and it continues to work. Get rid or the case as soon as you can though. Those things just disintegrate.
my case is still fine.. probably not too rough with it but used often for heat shrink
it's annoying to always shove cable back in. not too bad compared to other tools, but still annoying. how do you store yours with all the different attachments?
Probably a thermal switch that resets when it cools down. I have an old Black and Decker that quit on me. Just replaced the thermal fuse (not auto reset) in that and it works again.
Thanks, it has only happened once or twice but will keep that in mind if it continues.
same
I bought an Ozito heat gun probably around 10 years ago too.. Wasn't this model, maybe the iteration before it - but alas it gave up a few years ago.
Can't comment for standard heat gun uses, but I have been roasting coffee with one of these for nearly 2 years most weekends and it is still working great.
That’s a great idea.
I have one of these guns, but never thought to roast coffee beans with it. Will google this idea to learn more
Any tips??
You need something to keep the beans moving to keep the temperature consistent. I use an old breadmaker set to mix (no heat). You could put them in a pan and stir the whole time, but it might get a bit tiring.
I clamp the heat gun onto a small upright bit of wood with markings on it to remind me where it should be, so I don't get too close and scold the beans basically.
You also want to do it outside, strong smell, smoke and lots of chaff will be flying around.
I follow Sweet Maria's guide for a rough temperature and timing idea and monitor the temp with a cheap infrared thermometer, keeping in mind that the infrared thermometer will show a lower temp. First crack temp is pretty consistent, so I use that as a rough guide for how far off my thermometer is.
that is seriously BRILLIANT :)
" and scold the beans "
FYI, you should never tell your beans off.
Commonly known as a corretto roaster when paired with an old bread machine.
Great way to roast coffee
If you have a really long wooden spoon to agitate the beans and a large metal mixing bowl, that's all you need to start out (plus beans of course). I did that for years using this heat gun, then found a used sample roaster for sale and moved to that after I started roasting for more people.
There are a ton of resources available, this method is commonly called "heat gun/dog bowl" (HGDB) method. If you were to repurpose an old bread machine, that sort of homemade roaster is called a Corretto roaster. As mentioned, Sweet Maria's has good material to get the idea of the process.
For coffee beans domestically, Coffee Snobs is a great source; a bean like this is a good starter bean which is easy to roast. Especially with HGDB roasting, you want beans which are relatively easy and forgiving to roast, as you don't have the precision to reliably recreate the roast profiles (essentially, specific target temperatures over time) that make harder to roast beans shine. The basic temperature control of these guns does help you to control the profile better, but it's still a bit hard to reliably do the same thing each batch. Yes, it does cost more per kg green than the Aldi stuff is roasted, plus you lose ~15% in water weight after roasting, but it's better coffee to start with and even with the basic mixing bowl it's not hard to get a much better result than supermarket beans if you've got a forgiving bean (one which does well over a range of roast profiles).
i guess i have found my next adventure
@rendo: It's great fun - been roasting for ~3-5 months now.
Lots to learn, and the first few batches were average, but since then - it's been great.
Lots of forums with examples of peoples builds, as well as some youtube clips (that are quite outdated mostly)
I have set mine up with a TC4 shield on an arduino for monitoring and eventually hoping to automate to a degree by controlling temps. Might use one of these Ozito heat guns as I don't want to modify my current one which allows temperature control.
Google "Coffee Popcorn roasters" as well, they can be had readily for next to nothing at Cash Converters and with the addition of a soup tin spout can be made into competent coffee bean roasting machines.
Same here, is a cracker for roasting coffee! I have a my ozito variable speed drill and an 8 cup sifter on a mount and it delivers the goods.
This is a hot price.
Sizzling
Pull the trigger and buy it if the price is hot
I purchased one a few years ago, works well, never had an issue for the few times I have needed it.
I went in to buy Makita at more than double the price but found this had three times the warranty period and actually had better specs. Almost 3 years has passed and it hasn't skipped a beat. Highly recommend.
I've never owned a heat gun and just wondering is there much difference between a heat gun and a hair dryer?
Yeah, you really don't wanna dry your hair with this thing.
LOL. I don’t want to buy this as a hair dryer substitute, I was thinking the other way around and thinking that a hair dryer could be a substitute for a heat gun. But sounds like hair dryers don’t get as hot so likely not suitable for all applications.
Unless you want curly hair
Hair dryer will dry your hair
Heat gun will melt your hair & scalp, leaving no hair behind, so you won’t need to ever dry your hair again
Very effective
Be sure to moisturise afterwards :)
would be effective for torture i guess
The element on heat guns appears to be a lot closer to the tip of the gun.
Also the air flow on a heat gun is much lower - it's designed to heat an object rather than blowing hot air through it.
I have the same one. Originally purchased to soften PVC glue to recover a pipe fitting. Used it for heat shrink, bending plastic pipes. Good value for money.
Yep that's why I bought the cheapie XU1 one a while back. Was using an old hair dryer for things like heat shrink but you had to secure things down and the surrounding objects would get blown away and stuff.
Works good for pork crackling
Good tip, but I'd recommend an air-fryer for millennials!
I suspect it only works in very limited situations, because I've tried this many times after seeing it mentioned here and it never worked. Crackling pork is meant to occur at the start of cooking on extreme heat (maximum for many ovens), not at the end. So if pork hasn't crackled by the time pork is done, the fat has probably all drained away, the skin turned to a tough leather, and using the heat gun only produces sparse "crackled bubbles" leaving the majority of the skin a tough leather requiring a large knife and cutting board to break into edible pieces. (Impossible to cut with a knife and fork at the table without sending more of it onto the floor than the plate and still an ordeal to chew.)
Fair enough, leathery pork crackling is a meal-breaker.
The air-fryer method worked quite well for the one time I have tried it, so I recommend (if you own one).
@magic8ballgag: Actually someone gave me one of the large glass bowl types but I haven't used it yet. I'll have to defrost a boneless pork leg and try it.
Or to defrost the Fridge/Freezer (Keep your distance, and ensure you have an RCD).
What's a RCD? D might be distance ok let's see how smart Google is lol
Residual current device
Basically to help protect you if the heat gun comes into contact with water, to help avoid electrocution.
Thanks + for that .. don't know why someone negged you, all they had to ask what RCD stands for like I did lolz and I was far of trying to guess 😁 whoops bewareofthedog got negged + for him too 👍
@Italkdigital: Thank you. I'm at work so sometimes I have to type quick, Alt-tab etc when I hear footsteps…..
I have a Powerboard with a RCD, that I use on stage in case some Bogan spills a drink etc.
I've had 2 minor electrical shocks in my life, so lesson learnt.
We have an RCD on our Switchboard at home.
@BewareOfThe Dog: Great way to kill the time while at work,.. that's Ozbargain of course more then just great bargains👍
Heat gun is way too overkill for that imo. Fridges these days have plenty of plastic bits around it too.
Yes they do, but take as many out as possible. IF any plastic, don't get too close with the heat gun. These days I just pour hot boiling water, to remove the chunks.
Why would defrost a fridge powered on. I would say you have bigger issues if the fridge is tripping an RCD/RCBO.
I find using a plastic spatula is great for removing ice in the freezer as it easily seperates from the plastic walls inside the freezer without damage, and you can take out big pieces of ice at a time. Melting ice just make water everywhere and you need a million towels.
Using a bit of warm water in a sprayer allows you to get the final bits of ice in hard to reach places.
Sorry, I forgot to mention switching it off 1st.
:)
We have an outside Bar fridge with small freezer, as well as a chect freezer.
I wouldn't do this on the 540L upright Electrolux.
I found the best way to defrost a fridge/freezer… the reverse outlet on a vacuum. Fridge off, swap the vacuum hose to the reverse outlet, shove the other end of the hose into the fridge/freezer and close the door up as much as it will with the hose in there, turn it on and leave it for 10-15 minutes. The warm air from a vacuum isn't enough to melt like a heat gun will (as long as the end isn't hard up against a surface), and if you put towels on the floor/in the bottom of appliance first, most of the cabinet will already be dry requiring only a wipe under the wet towels.
I bought one of these eight years ago, when I embarked on the renovation of our large 1890s home,
Every cedar window frame, window, door and 12" skirting board has been stripped back to "bare metal" using the gun.
It continues it's sterling work.
FYI, I paid $49.00 for it.
What were you using it for on the window frame? paint stripper or replacing the glass?
Stripping paint back to the bare cedar timber for repair and repaint. Some windows had 125 years of paint on them, including that nasty green stuff they used to use.
I tried chemical methods, but found it too messy, too hit & miss.
The heat gun has worked well. Only way short of an acid bath, IMO.
Inflation is a biacth to above post and I'm guessing you recommend the heat gun? Or like advertising how much you've abused her lolz (edit: in a nice way)
What's the usual price for these anyone know?
Edit: have to ask also is this an overkill heat wise say melting glue of back of mobile phone back plate,.. well not sure even what temps you'd need minimum or maximum before melting a phone lol,.. well asking too can temps be adjusted, I guess distance will varie temps also
Nah, not overkill, this would be fine for removing a phone's back plate. I was actually intending to do just that to fix my phone, but I ended up buying a new phone all together!
You can finely adjust the temperature(has an analogue dial) and it has 2 speeds. I was just going to start at the lowest temp and crank it up if the backplate wasn't moving.
I've used it on the lowest temp and I was able to hold my hand about a 1 foot away and it was a similar temp to a hairdryer on high.
Cranked up though, and it will melt/burn anything plastic/organic.
Thanks for that information now im off to buying one,.. umm don't know why I've got negged twice so many idiots on here, oh well got to live with them I guess big thanks again
Your grammar/spelling was a bit iffy, might just be that mate.
This will also sit upright on its back end to give you two hands free for doing things like heat shrink sleeving. I will definitely be replacing mine with another one of the exact same model if it ever dies. It is a trooper.
Wife's hair dryer. Just lie it down on its side because it doesn't get hot enough to need to stand on its back, and saves $40.
What is the regular price?
$49
Just something handy to have sitting around….
was using it just the other day to remove all the stickers that my kids had put on their bed before selling their old bed.
I was wondering what do people use this for, now I want one in my home !!
I also use this to help change my electric scooter tyre by softening the tyre with the heat gun.
I paid $49 for mine in 2018 which I already thought was a pretty good price.
Thanks op ordered one and it seems a great product from the comments.
can this be used to light up charcoals?
Those are cheaper if that's all you want to do
https://www.bunnings.com.au/matador-2000w-600-c-electric-cha…
Considering they both do 600, I assume so because you might have just sold me on the original deal.
Was willing to pay $42 to have one handy whenever I need it (although thinking on it, I don't ever see myself needing one).
But yesterday we were having issues trying to get a new small BBQ pit started and now I'm guessing these would have come in handy!
After watching the first minute I grabbed one immediately, thank you! 😁
Although, watching back on it now, both were apparently rated to do 1200 degrees I think he said, so maybe double those times he quoted roughly?
Seems like quite a while for either product to warm up some coals, also thinking of the electricity drain.. 😅 But saves on those box firestartes anyway.
You might be conflating °C with °F.
The specs for this gun on the Bunnings website are in °C.
Whereas the youtube video is American where they use °F.
1200°F = 650°C
@codaroma: Doh! I totally forgot his accent, yeah, must be in AMERICAN DEGREES. 😅 Thanks for clearing that up!
Regular Price is 49, the label on shelf still shows 49, but scans at 42
Yeh targeted to online buyers
sweet - been too cloudy to use a magnifying glass on the ants
Still good for mother in laws in any weather. (See my post about 10 back.)
Thanks Op. bought 1.
Just picked one up - I saw the promo runs until 4 April - had lots in
Great heat gun. I use it for chocolate work i.e. warming chocolate so it remains at a particular temp in the tank. The temperature setting helps ensure the heat gun doesn't damage the chocolate
I believe the reason why this heat gun is being sold at this price is to price match this heat gun at super cheap:
https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/rockwell-shopseries-rock…
could be, but no temp control on the SCA one and bad reviews.
Great heat gun. Feels good, works well.
How does it compare to this Wagner model?
Wagner Furno 300 Heat Gun $52.95
https://www.bunnings.com.au/wagner-furno-300-heat-gun_p15605…
The Wagner has only two temperature settings, 400°C / 575°C whereas the Ozito is adjustable between 50c - 600c.
Great way to get your pork roast crackling
Another fully justifiable use case. Gonna buy another one!
This is good it comes with a case. I bought one it has a box
Anyone know whether this can be used for basic SMD soldering?
You need to make a air flow/pressure limiting nozzle otherwise your blowing your parts all over the place. An airflow soldering station has very fine control over the air where this Ozito like a airblast. It's like using a butchers knife on an ant surgery. Also this is very heavy compared to electronics hot air.
I do use big heatgun like this to quickly preheat motherboards/GPU and it's very effective. It is also very useful for reflowing a large batch of boards where you hold the heatgun further away. So yeah for once off fix repairs yes it will work but I don't recommend it for regular smd repair work.
Hotair soldering tools can be had for as little as $30 on AliExpress.
Thanks OP
Partner wanted this for some reason,,, mentioned defrosting freezer… and something about hair dryer ect.. but I could not see any use for it at all in our home. But he wanted it seeing as it is priced so well. So we attempted to order online for pick up and our store (Tweed) said no pick up was available but it did tell us where to find it in store. So we made a trip to bunnings only to find out it was out of stock (thank the gods!!!) Seems to me this could be very dangerous if used wrong or for the wrong applications like defrosting a freezer with rubber seals… Glad this was a fail for us.
Bump
It is now 35.99 in store
Thanks. I have updated the op.
Paid $42 last week and totally worth it to have lying around the house, used it a few times to start BBQ coals already. 10 minutes at a time and never a warm hand.
I hadn't thought of the coals use case, nice.
Hrm… to return my $42 one I bought last week & rebuy or not 🤔
I've had this heat gun for over 10 years and it's still running great, although it occassionally shuts off when used for extended periods (probably a safety switch).