BernzOmatic Basic Use UL2317 Brass Pencil Flame Propane Torch Head (UL2317 Torch)

The media could not be loaded. This review is of BernzOmatic Model UL2317 Brass Pencil Flame Torch Head.Works perfectly. Lights easily, stays lit, allows tilt angle of at least 135° even though the instructions and packaging note that it’s for “upright” use. See video.In the video I used a 16 oz propane container, about 1/3 full and at 50°F. It is entirely plausible that your performance while tilted may vary if your canister has a different fullness or is at a different temperature. I do remember my previous torch (I’m sure it was a BernzOmatic, might have been this exact model) under certain conditions surging when tilted, by which I mean a large increase in flame. I don’t remember it ever going out due to tilting. It’s been many years, but if I had to guess I’d say it was most pronounced when the temperature was colder and the canister less full.I learned a long time ago that lighting a torch with a match is easiest if you open the valve as little as possible, and if it’s really cold, heat the tip with the match for a bit before you open the valve. I did not preheat the tip for this test.

Even the good things wear out. This is simply the best type to propane torch to buy and at a good price. I have watched other people struggle with the other types of torches, especially the ones with the lighter combination. I use my Acetylene cutting torch spark lighter and keep on going with this product. If you admire good old fashioned quality products that wear like iron, then this is what you want. I think using only three of these over a 50 year period says it all.

I was worried about the torch because the other reviews I read seemed to indicate the quality had changed or gone down... I was very relieved when it performed just like my old one and had a good pencil torch flame; It's not the smallest and pin point accurate flame, but it is much, much better than the other self igniting bernzomatic torches that I see everywhere else. I have never had good luck with the self igniting torches, the flame always sputters and is too large for precision work. Very happy that the torch I received works well.

Well made. Using it a lot.Recommend!

You can use this for melting jewelry, soldering larger items, baking, searing and many more things! I don't use it much because you have to connect it to the Gas but it's a nice tool to have just in case I want to! Works really well and would buy from this company again!

I read some of the complaints on this torch but ordered it anyway to go along with the recommendation for its use, from another manufacturer. It showed up in perfect condition and unopened. It does not light at all or if it does light, it goes out within a second or two. There is no regulation from the control knob either. I'm exchanging it for another unit. Hopefully the replacement unit works as advertised. This one doesn't. I'm kind of bummed and disappointed at the same time. I have and have used several other products from BernzOmatic with zero problems for several decades.

so i saw all the negative posts about how there is no holes in the tube that the end cap screws on ... I previously bought another torch and i was disappointed with how large the flame was, i needed a nice blue pencil flame ... so this one was recommended ... well I received it and what do you know NO HOLE! i thought for a second I too got screwed ... then i remembered i had an old torch in the garage, what do you know it's the same model!! so i unscrewed it ... and it doesn't have a hole either! PURE magic!!!! so i screw the new one on to the bottle and ... out comes a beautiful flame .... Morale of the story ... don't return it and call it junk until you test it ... just because you can't see the hole or holes , doesn't mean somehow it's not there ... i wish I had a microscope to actually see how they achieved this .. but i can attest ... it works and it looks like there are no holes ... can't see them ... but it lights up and works... and that's all that matters! flame is beautiful pencil , and this will be a perfect match for my annealing machine !

been using it for almost 2 years and it’s very safe has great speed the flame adjustment isn’t to hard or easy to use.