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128 of 135 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Holy Crap This Is Awesome,
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This review is from: Red Dragon VT 3-30 C 500,000 BTU Heavy Duty Propane Vapor Torch Kit (Lawn & Patio)
I bought this thing while I was camping. Our firewood was a bit damp and I was having trouble getting the campfire started. With this handy-dandy roaster, I had a bonfire within a minute or so. Then, I decided to use it on the weeds at home. The instructions warn against using the torch near conifers (like Evergreen-type shrubs, bushes, topiaries), so I stayed about 5 feet away from those. Well, this thing is hotter than the blazes of Hell and Damnation itself! I roasted a few of my bushes, but thankfully, they've started to come back. We just had a few inches of snow here in Chicago and I drove over it in the driveway. I ended up with icy patches of packed snow and figured I'd pull out Satan's air conditioner. Not only did it melt those ice patches faster than a hooker drops her panties, it melted a five foot section of snow (about 3 inches deep) in front of the nozzle. Well, after that, I just had to screw around with it. I cooked a frozen hot-dog in less than 30 seconds. OK, "cooked" is the wrong word. I turned a frozen hot dog into a pile of ash. Since that was fun, I tried it with an old cell-phone I had laying around. It stunk, but man it was cool to watch it turn into a gelatinous pile of stink. Someone else mentioned having to roast your weeds and then come back to weed by hand a week later. That's totally unnecessary. Just hold the flame on the weed for about 10 seconds and it'll kill it, burn it, turn it to ash, and then burn the ash into smaller ash. The roots will be dead and the weed will never return. OK, maybe it will, but I roasted a section of stone in my backyard that had weeds growing up. It's been nearly 2 years and nothing has grown there. Yeah, it sounds like a jet engine when you fire it up, but it's awesome! I highly recommend this for weed burning, camp fire starting, party tricks, and hot dog cremation. And next week, I'm going to head over to my mean, old, crotchety neighbor's house in the middle of the night and burn "A-Hole" into his lawn. Man, I can't wait till my kid's hamster bites the dust!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Thanks to the government, this may not work for you...,
By The Q "Q" (Arizona) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Dragon VT 3-30 C 500,000 BTU Heavy Duty Propane Vapor Torch Kit (Lawn & Patio)
I bought this to not only kill weeds, but melt snow and ice. We had our first storm, I hooked it up, and only a weak yellow flame came out. It did turn the snow black, but didn't melt it. What I discovered is that our government mandated flow restrictors on all the new 20lb propane tanks. This torch needs high pressure, and the new cylinders can't provide enough flow to make it work. I did hook it to a 100lb tank which doesn't have the new valve configuration. Wow! It not only sounded like a small jet engine, but the snow and ice melted at the mere sight of the huge volcanic blue flame. The 100lb tank hardly makes it portable, but at least it's some solution to bypass the government protecting us. Thanks feds! If you can find a 20lb tank without the flow problems, please leave a comment.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hot Stuff!,
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This review is from: Red Dragon VT 3-30 C 500,000 BTU Heavy Duty Propane Vapor Torch Kit (Lawn & Patio)
I bought this higher BTU torch because it seemed to be a better value than the lower rated ones. It's power is impressive. I rarely open the valve all the way. When I do, it sounds like the NASA test range. The heat is plenty for the toughest jobs. I had a 4" slab of ice in my parking area this winter and was able to carve a drainage trench in it pretty quickly. Still, the propane consumption seemed very reasonable.
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