The ERSA Multi-TC is by far the best iron I have ever used.
Not sure it's available worldwide though.
It's super light weight 60g, plugs directly into the mains, has a dozen different tips, heats up in seconds and has temerature controll.
No heavy transformer to carry arround

heres a link to it: http://uk.farnell.com/ersa/multi-tc/...RSA+-+MULTI-TC