Caveat! I bought one of the HF micros a few years ago. It was great for slow heating (it is after all, a cigar lighter with "attitude,") but the problem I found with it was that after just a few uses the butane leaked. I had to fill it each time pre-use for a while. I did that until the can of butane I had became empty. Then I tossed the lighter. But, for five bucks its not a bad tool to have around.
 
On the same note, HF has a propane torch head with spark ignitor. I had one of them as well. It lasted for about a year before it literally broke apart at the trigger housing. I used it a lot, perhaps more than the mfr intended or expected, but for sure the damn thing busted. I'm using a propane head w/spark ignitor from Ace now. So far so good.
 
TFlan
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 9:37 AM
Subject: ShopTalk: Tool buys FYI

Harbor Freight catalogue 141-B / Winter 2003 is offering Butane Micro Torch item #42099-4AZB for $4.99 Best price I have found in the past year. Refillable with drug store butane for cigarette lighters.

Reply via email to