| Well, haven't worked a lot with the RE8500 yet. Have a lot more testing to do. The only real complaint I have is with the upper heater movement. It is cumbersome to say the least. They should have stuck with the RE7500 upper heater movement mechanism. I am actually contacting Jovy to see if they can replace it for me. The support beam diameter and length are actually the same on both models. Also, there is no markings to tell you the height of the upper heater. They refer to level 4 and 5 in the Jovy videos but I don't know where that is. They should have improved the upper heater movement not make it worse.
Had issues with the software and drivers at first, but I sorted that out and they just released some new firmware and software for the RE8500. The update went ok, but you have to uninstall the previous version first or it wont work.
Also, the lower TC has to be attached to the board with tape, so I switched to 3M 363 high temp reflective tape. works great. Holds up to 300C very well. We all know that the cheap stuff will fall right off the board when it gets hot. The 363 stays in place and is reusable.
That's it 4 now. Lets hear some more. This RE8500 has some potential. Just need to work out some bugs. |