[Shop-talk] "helping hand" for soldering - recommendation?

[Lee Daniels]

I'm very good at making a mess of an easy soldering job. And I've often flung
molten solder as the wire I was holding slipped out of the pliers I held
between my pinkies while using my other two hands to hold the iron and solder.
A bench vise and vise-grips come in handy too --- but I really need to spend
the $20 on a tool designed for the job.

I'm amazed at some of the low prices on these. Any recommendations?
This one looks functional for only $7.85 - http://a.co/cG779c2
I like the included light with this one: http://a.co/85Quo6B - $14.99
Really cool, but probably overkill for me: http://a.co/b8oLqhk - $37.96

Thoughts?
thanks!
 Lee