I specifically bought this to remove a pair of 24-pin socket headers from a project. Desoldering a component with two or three pins is easy, but 24 is a long, tedious job.Using this tool I was able to very quickly desolder almost all the pins. The only place it didn’t work was on some pins that were very close to a heat-sensitive part (the nozzle tip on this is about 1/4″ diameter), so I used a regular iron and wick on that.When I first started using it, one click of the suction button would result in one cycle of the suction being activated. After a few minutes, it took on a bit of a ‘stutter’, so that one click generated several suction pulses. I don’t know if that was an issue with the device, or with how I was holding it, or what. It still worked fine, despite this.I recommend using some sort of eye protection with this. While most of the suction cycles worked as you’d expect, sometimes it would generate an outward splatter of hot solder across nearby areas of the board. Easily cleaned up with a thumbnail. And hey, any time you’re desoldering using any method, you’re going to need to do cleanup on the board when you’re done.So in my brief experience so far it isn’t a perfect tool, but it’s a pretty good tool, and it handily did the job I bought it for so I’m happy with it.