Time to throw another hat in this ring:
My old hot-air station, (the yihua above) finally gave up. And my project to upgrade the Aoyue 852A++ is not done yet, so I needed to buy a new hot-air station.
The Quick 861DW might have been the obvious choice, but the price has gone up, and I found a good candidate at a good price on Adafruit. I just tried it out for the first time, and I have to say that it’s very nice to use. The air flow can be controlled down to very low rates, and at those rates, the solder just melts without blowing small components away! Very nice. 
It has an on-off-button on the handle, which is a little weird. I kind of wish it would just turn itself off when you put the handle in the cradle instead, but that’s a pretty minor complaint I think.
Anyways, first impressions are good, and if I’m still using it a year from now, I will give it my stamp of approval.