Master ApplianceTriggertorch, Palm Sized

The safety nob is awkward, but is easy to remove, just take off the casing and it falls out. If you take the saftey nob off, the torch is easy to use.This is a powerful torch, so dont burn down ur house :).

I bought this to replace my old mini torch for use in building golf clubs, and minor soldering. I wish I could review the performance for what I'd use it for, but I can't. It won't fill with Butane, and the igniter was deliver apparently broken. I didn't bother with a return as it was cheap (insert get what you pay for rule here) and I needed a torch literally that day. I went back to the old brand of torch I'd used for years before this one. Yes, it cost more than this one (a whopping $20), but it has not failed to light, fill easily, or perform like I need it to once.

work great

As another reviewer mentioned, the black 'stand' on this thing doesn't stay on it, but you barely need it. If you feel it's important you might be able to secure it better with some adhesive or something. It takes two hands to operate since you have to pull the safety button first, then pull the trigger, then if you want it to stay on with out holding the trigger - you have to set that from the back. But it does provide the flame and it's adjustable. And if you really wanted to, you could probably bypass the safety mechanism, not that I would endorse doing that. Kind of like bypassing the safety on a lighter back in the day. I really haven't used this yet so I don't know how long a charge of butane will last, but I imagine this will be quite handy for anything I want to use it for. I could see it being useful for camping, like lighting campfires and such. I can also see it being useful for soldering and heat shrink tubing. It seems to be built well and the price was right.

This product only accepts a specific type of butane fuel from a specific manufacturer. There are laws that prohibit this butane fuel to be shipped to my house, since I live in CA. I have to purchase butane fuel locally. So I can't use this product. I don't ever do returns so I'll be giving it to a friend, who might have another solution.