Soldering Iron Recommendations

[Gibson]

Yeah those are nice but steep.

I just found this one on Ebay.
Not familiar with the brand but it looks pretty good for $90.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Soldering-Station-d ... 5636bbc801

Is the Hakko 936 station any good?
$70

http://cgi.ebay.com/HAKKO-936-ESD-SAFE- ... 414ca11638

I bought one of those TMC digital stations. The temperature was not steady on mine. It fluctuated too much. The display would show the tip temp. go up or down by a few degrees but the actual tip itself either would not get hot enough to melt the solder or it would get too hot. And that is without adjusting the temperature setting on it. It would fluctuate like that every couple of minutes like it had a faulty regulator or something. Mabe i just bought a jinxed one at the time.
I ended up going with Weller.

[odourboy]

Bought a Weller WES51 a year ago and I'm happy as a clam with it.

http://www.amazon.com/Weller-WES51-Anal ... 202&sr=8-1

[Sonny ReVerb]

Bought a Weller WES51 a year ago and I'm happy as a clam with it.

That's the one I have, as well. I've been very happy with it. I also have an Antex 'pencil' iron that I use for tight PCB work.