HYCHIKA Heat Air Gun

| 1800W | 1112°F / 600°C |

We are reviewing the HYCHIKA Heat Air Gun, a highly affordable power tool by HYCHIKA.

We have reviewed an endless number of HYCHIKA power tools and we usually get surprised by the money for value and performance for the price that their tools are able to provide.

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HYCHIKA Heat Air Gun Review

Tests & Scores

Accessories & Packaging

The HYCHIKA Heat Air Gun comes in the better packaging that is usually seen on newer power tool models from the brand.

With the unit you also get:

• 1x 3-section nozzle
• 1x 5-section nozzle
• 1x long nozzle
• 1x wide nozzle
• 1x concentrator nozzle
• 1x scraping nozzle

^4.25_/5

Design

The HYCHIKA Heat Air Gun has a design form factor coherent with its name: a gun. To be more precise, the size and shape resembles a full-sized drill but with a frontal grip protection like on many reciprocating saws or mini chainsaws.

Color-wise, the tool uses the same theme from the brand with green, red and black sections; to match your HYCHIKA ecosystem.

A well-though design detail is the back section of the heat gun, which has a square and flat shape, allowing it to be set in a standing position looking upwards – which can be a handy working position on a desk (pre-secured to avoid incidents)

The front end of the heat gun accepts nozzle addons that can be installed on-the-fly by simple sliding them over the front heating outlet.

3.75_/5

Construction & Build

Despite the size, the HYCHIKA Heat Air Gun is way lighter than what we would had expected; in fact, this might be one of the lightest power tools from the brand so far.

Most of this is due to an all-plastic main housing that helps reduce the final weight of the device but this might also give a feel of lower quality construction or limited durability.

Internally, the heat gun is equipped with a pure-copper motor with a power capacity of 1800W.

^3.75_/5

Ergonomics

The heat gun does not have a trigger design but uses a switch to power on and control the airflow and a rotational wheel to set the desired temperature steplessly. The switch also controls the range of the settable temperatures being position 1=140-752℉ with an airflow of 250l/min and position 2=140-1112℉ and 500l/min

The addition of a trigger would not have been a bad idea, yet the switch is positioned on the back handle and is easy to reach and manage.

Size-wise the tool has a mid-dimension, neither too small to be uncomfortable to grab nor too large to limit the versatility and reach on tighter spaces.

^4.25_/5

Performance

The heat air gun reached scorching hot temperatures in an instant (less than 2 seconds), which allowed the team to get their hands dirty right away.

The added nozzle accessories were extremely handy to make the heat gun a much more versatile tool that what it would had been if no addons were included.

In fact, thanks to these addons, we were able to test the heat gun as a remover for stubborn stickers and residue glue left behind and also to have a better directional control of the hot air that is being outputted.

We also tried the tool to heat some plastic pipes to become malleable and then forcing the 2 extremes to couple inside of each other; which after cooling regained their stiffness and transformed the 2 tubes into a seamless connection.

As the heat gun included a nozzle that is well adapted to accelerate the ignition of charcoal, we decided to test it while firing up some charcoal briquets in the preparation of a barbecue; the heat gun helped improve the efficiency of the charcoal ignition and reduced the time needed to do it.

In the build section we criticized the light and less sturdy construction, yet while using the hear gun we were actually glad that it was feather-light weighted as it allowed us to move around more comfortably and improved the handling of the tool.

^4.5_/5