I don't know if they still on special but I just bought an excellent little 80Watt gas powered iron on sale at Dicksmith for $50. It can solder, has a hot air blower tip for heat shrink, a hot knife for cutting plastics and a nozzel that can deliver an intense flame which is excellent for heating and soldering large lugs etc which are almost impossible to solder with a conventional iron. here it is at full price.
http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.sto...1105?id=stechp