I've been looking for a better de-soldering setup too. Right now I'm using a hakko soldering iron and a mechanical pump & braid wick when needed. That works pretty well with a chisel/shovel tip but sometimes there's just one little dot you can't quite get with intermittent bursts, but not often enough to rationalize the price of a quality de-soldering iron.
What I really want is to keep doing what I'm doing except replace the mechanical pump with a powered vacuum but if such a tool exists I can't find it.
