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This is a lifesaver for wet camping with safety. Within a few minutes of torching we had a roaring and crackling fire. It worked but was messy and wasted gas. The Bernzomatic is very easy on the grip and simple to use with a simple on/off button. But my nephew bought one for me after our last summers rainy camping trip.
It is extremely durable and safe, if you read the specifications on Amazon. The Bernzomatic is so very hot that we just built a tee-pee like fire pit with semi-dry and wet wood. It rained most of the time and all the wood was wet. Of course, the Bernzomatic torch is meant for small household brazing and soldering for the house and hobbies. We used our Coleman Deluxe 1 Burner Stove with Coleman gas containers to heat up kindling.
In fact some of the four inch branches that were wet on the outside caught fire and stayed lit.We used Coleman gas containers, like the ones you use for Coleman lanterns.
No matches or flints to light and re-light the torch, just squeeze the trigger and it's lit. I should have purchased one of these years ago. Let go of the trigger and the flame is out, much safer than dealing with an ignited torch during a job.Dan
When the torch no longer sparks, it is just as good as any other, much cheaper, torch head. They get to the point where the piezoelectric sparker just stops working. Like other reviewers, I think the Bernz-o-Matic TS-4000 Trigger Start Torch Head is a good piece of plumbing equipment. My only addition to their comments is that I have been through three of these in about 5 years. I am an average homeowner who uses the torch infrequently for plumbing, and almost weekly for starting the charcoal grill or wood stove.
It delivers great heat and does the job well. I use this torch for lighting lump charcoal in ceramic charcoal cookers. Probably the most convenient and fastest method of lighting lump charcoal I've found.
Alas, the plastic body succumbed after being lent out. Also, while the tip produced good heat while holding it in any position, I would have liked the ability to adjust the intensity of the flame. The torch worked on the first try and had few plastic parts save the trigger. While the combination on/off and trigger start button worked, it fit loosely in the torch body and did not have a positive on/off click making me wonder what position it was in. My older Master Mechanic torch, while not built as ruggedly, had this option as well the trigger start and set in a one hand operation.
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