Mark Shaw wrote:

> In article >,
> Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>>Sorry, but I go for the regular Bernzomatic (plumbing) propane model. They
>>are cheap. Refill bottles are cheap and easy to find.
>
> I went this route (don't remember the brand name, though), and
> discovered that the flame goes out when you point it straight
> down. Like, at the surface of a creme brulet. Rats!

Um, so tilt it a little?

Never found this phenomenon in years of using them for kitchen stuff,
plumbing, forming plastic pieces, defrosting frozen pipes, retempering
steel, and several other uses...

Pastorio