Youyue 8586: It is also a good option and considered as a clone of JBC soldering station.
Regarding the tweezers, most soldering stations like Hakko, Aoyue 968A+ and Youyue 8586 do accept tweezers. However, it is important to make sure the tweezers you purchase are compatible with the soldering station you choose.
You may also consider going for a DIY approach, which can be more affordable. This approach may require you to purchase the various components separately, such as the soldering iron, temperature controller, and power supply, but it will allow you to customize the setup to your specific needs.
I've just picked up a generic 8586D and generic tweezers, with the intention of bodging them in.
I know Dave and others have looked at the 8586 in the past, so did a teardown before trying to use it: hopefully these notes will be useful to somebody in the future.
The controller chip is now a FMD 82N7JTH, with the marking laser-engraved. "Fremont Micro Devices" appears to be a Shenzen company, probably not related to the American company of the same name.
The 24V to the iron goes via an unmarked device, previous discussion suggests it might be a BT-137E which from reputable sources appears to be rated 8A. The lack of marking suggests that might be optimistic...
No other internal surprises, except that I'd prefer to see the mains-carrying conductors substantially more robust and I'm going to resolder an internal safety ground. Live/neutral reversed internally relative to UK practice, I've not checked the wiring of the supplied Europlug or through to the heat gun. No marked rating on PSU, but I'd guess a 2-3 amps from the construction.
Externally, the most obvious issue is that if the controller is turned on with no heat gun attached mains is exposed on the pins. As an interim hack, I'm sticking a dustcap on that but would suggest that this is not something to leave around where children or the public might play with it.
It's interesting to note that the "GX-12" 5-pin connector for the soldering iron has slightly wider pin spacing adjacent to the polarisation bump, while most generic spares have regularly-spaced pins. I don't know how many different variations of this design there are, taking into account potential differences in pin thickness etc.
The hot air gun has its reedswitch inside the stainless shroud, I feel that's vulnerable to heat damage and would prefer to see it further from the element.
I note that the cold resistance of the iron is about 12.4 Ohms, i.e. 2A or 50W roughly.
Each element of a bargain-basement desoldering tweezers is about 9 Ohms cold, i.e. 2.7A or 60W roughly (it was sold as 60W, without saying whether that was total or per-side).
The sensors embedded in the elements measure about 0.9 Ohms. I've not investigated yet whether those are thermistors or thermocouples but I would have hoped the latter.
MarkMLl