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That's one badass-looking solder-sucker
those silicone tube tipped ones are awesome. squishes and contours around to seal the spot for better solder removal and replacable tip if it gets damaged
Pity I'm terrible at using it. I'm going to have to look up some tutorials. I ended up chomping off the pcb around the headers