Recently I ordered some spare XS25 tips from farnell, the one's that arrived are different to what I remember (and the illustration) they do not have the split down the sides and a retaining spring clip, instead the hole is oversize and packed with a springy strip of metal.
Normally I use white heatsink compound on these irons, when time comes to remove the tip they come off easy enough, just remove the spring clip and splay the split sides and the tip can be eased off with a gentle rocking motion.
Does anyone have experience of removing these new tips after a period of use?
Another Antex related question - anyone know why the TC50 tips have lower physical mass than XS25 tips?
TIA.