Kitchen blow torches: uses and refilling them

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SoCalZone10 said:
One food related gift I’m going to get is maybe a creme brûlée blow torch, mine is out of gas but my husband said not to buy butane, he doesn’t want me to mess around with it, just buy a new one. So that might be in the list.
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Do you have a picture of that torch?
As far as I know they are easy to refill (says she who keeps buying lighters even though they are refillable)
 
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SoCalZone10 said:
One food related gift I’m going to get is maybe a creme brûlée blow torch, mine is out of gas but my husband said not to buy butane, he doesn’t want me to mess around with it, just buy a new one. So that might be in the list.
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badjak said:
Do you have a picture of that torch?
As far as I know they are easy to refill (says she who keeps buying lighters even though they are refillable)
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Yes. Easy to refill. Just by a lighter refill cannister.

And a blow torch has far more uses than crème ɓrûlée!
 
badjak said:
Do you have a picture of that torch?
As far as I know they are easy to refill (says she who keeps buying lighters even though they are refillable)
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They are refillable but my husband doesn’t want to do it, and he doesn’t want me to do it either, so I won’t disagree with him for a bit of money for safety reason.
 
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Morning Glory said:
Yes. Easy to refill. Just by a lighter refill cannister.

And a blow torch has far more uses than crème ɓrûlée!
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I only use it for crème brûlée in the past, but lately my oven doesn’t get very hot, it’s getting older, while we are busy with everything, I haven’t had time to shop for one, so the torch is nice to singe something, much cheaper than waiting for the electric oven to heat up.
 
SoCalZone10 said:
One food related gift I’m going to get is maybe a creme brûlée blow torch, mine is out of gas but my husband said not to buy butane, he doesn’t want me to mess around with it, just buy a new one. So that might be in the list.
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I bought a blow torch over a year ago and recently recieved an email from Amazon that said “THIS ITEM IS DANGEROUS PLEASE RETURN IMMEDIATELY”
Of course that freaked me out a tad, I was away at the time and had visions of it exploding and burning the house down.
So I went on the sellers website and this dire warning was because it says it has a safety catch and the catch does not work. Not only that but it was only for certain batches so check the number on your unit.
It was fine and I wouldn't have sent it back anyway for something like that!
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I bought a blow torch over a year ago and recently recieved an email from Amazon that said “THIS ITEM IS DANGEROUS PLEASE RETURN IMMEDIATELY”
Of course that freaked me out a tad, I was away at the time and had visions of it exploding and burning the house down.
So I went on the sellers website and this dire warning was because it says it has a safety catch and the catch does not work. Not only that but it was only for certain batches so check the number on your unit.
It was fine and I wouldn't have sent it back anyway for something like that!
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It’s been used for a few years now, it’s running out of butane. I just need a replacement, but you can’t order them online, they dont send one with the butane in it for some reason.
 
SoCalZone10 said:
It’s been used for a few years now, it’s running out of butane. I just need a replacement, but you can’t order them online, they dont send one with the butane in it for some reason.
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Posting flammable stuff is usually more complicated and costly. Somethings are even banned from being posted.

Do your key cutting places sell butane and that sort of thing? Or perhaps a tobacconist would be a better bet. I’m sure if you explained your dilemma and asked nicely they’d fill it for you if you bought the butane from them.
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Posting flammable stuff is usually more complicated and costly. Somethings are even banned from being posted.

Do your key cutting places sell butane and that sort of thing? Or perhaps a tobacconist would be a better bet. I’m sure if you explained your dilemma and asked nicely they’d fill it for you if you bought the butane from them.
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My local Home Depot sells butane in a can, but my husband said just go get a new one, don’t bother with that. I have to listen to my husband sometimes, lol.
 
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