Dan's Data has posted a review on Vulkan P100K and P200K gas soldering iron kits
If you don't know how to solder, you're not a hardware hacker. And in order to solder, you need a soldering iron. Stop me if I'm going too fast for you, here.Read more
Most of the world's electronics soldering irons are electric; you plug them into the wall. You can get super-cheap electric irons that're quite good enough for most people's purposes, and you can get fancy electric soldering stations too - of which more shortly.