as for hobbyist, something that you should consider is, how easy is it to swap tips?, I bought an 888d, but later replaced it with an jbc cd-2bb, and are finding myself swapping the tips a lot more than I thought before I bought it, I only wanted the omphf of jbc, but found that swapping tips while soldering is actually an usable feature even for hobbyists.
And, especially the powerup time, just turn it on, and its ready to solder. (not to hype the jbc, the fx951 is not far behind)
But, please buy original, the clones are very crappy, totally different electronics, I have tried that twice for 951.