Red Dragon VT3-30C 500,000 BTU Propane Torch With 28-Inch Handle And 10-Foot Hose

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Average Customer Rating:	4.0
Brand:	Jensen Distributing
Model:	VT3-30C
Weight:	4 pounds
Dimensions:	12 inches x 11 inches x 36 inches [Width x Length x Height]

Product Categories

Outdoor Power & Lawn Equipment; Welders; Propane Torches; Eligible for Super Saver Shipping; Lever; Gas Powered; Welding Tools

Product description

Red Dragon Vapor Torch Kit, 500,000 BTU, Kit Contains: Vapor Torch, 10' HP10C LPG Hose, UL Listed, P3200W UL Listed Excess Flow P.O.L. Fittings V334 Adjusting Needle Valve & Pipe Thread Compound, L2002 Spark Lighter, Rugged, Steel Construction, Lightweight, Ideal For Burning Weeds & Stumps, Sterlizing Cages, Clearing Irrigation Ditches, Heating, Thawing, Drying & Other Agriculture & Industrial Uses, CSA International Certified.

Features

Instant portable flame

Flame adjusting valve

UL listed

28" handle length

10' hose

Customer reviews

« Holy Crap This Is Awesome »

I bought this thing while I was camping. Our firewood was a bit damp and I was having trouble getting the campfire started. With this handy-dandy roaster, I had a bonfire within a minute or so. Then, I decided to use it on the weeds at home. The instructions warn against using the torch near conifers (like Evergreen-type shrubs, bushes, topiaries), so I stayed about 5 feet away from those. Well, this thing is hotter than the blazes of Hell and Damnation itself! I roasted a few of my bushes, but thankfully, they've started to come back. We just had a few inches of snow here in Chicago and I drove over it in the driveway. I ended up with icy patches of packed snow and figured I'd pull out Satan's air conditioner. Not only did it melt those ice patches faster than a hooker drops her panties, it melted a five foot section of snow (about 3 inches deep) in front of the nozzle. Well, after that, I just had to screw around with it. I cooked a frozen hot-dog in less than 30 seconds. OK, "cooked" is the wrong word. I turned a frozen hot dog into a pile of ash. Since that was fun, I tried it with an old cell-phone I had laying around. It stunk, but man it was cool to watch it turn into a gelatinous pile of stink. Someone else mentioned having to roast your weeds and then come back to weed by hand a week later. That's totally unnecessary. Just hold the flame on the weed for about 10 seconds and it'll kill it, burn it, turn it to ash, and then burn the ash into smaller ash. The roots will be dead and the weed will never return. OK, maybe it will, but I roasted a section of stone in my backyard that had weeds growing up. It's been nearly 2 years and nothing has grown there. Yeah, it sounds like a jet engine when you fire it up, but it's awesome! I highly recommend this for weed burning, camp fire starting, party tricks, and hot dog cremation. And next week, I'm going to head over to my mean, old, crotchety neighbor's house in the middle of the night and burn "A-Hole" into his lawn. Man, I can't wait till my kid's hamster bites the dust!

Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2008-12-04

« Hot Stuff! »

I bought this higher BTU torch because it seemed to be a better value than the lower rated ones. It's power is impressive. I rarely open the valve all the way. When I do, it sounds like the NASA test range. The heat is plenty for the toughest jobs. I had a 4" slab of ice in my parking area this winter and was able to carve a drainage trench in it pretty quickly. Still, the propane consumption seemed very reasonable.

Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2008-07-14

« Sort of works - but no faster than weeding by hand »

It only works in areas where you only have weeds (as fire could kill other less sturdy plants) and where it is not easy to start a fire (need to be careful about it - may want to use it after it rained.
Also, don't think it is fast (takes as long as weeding by hand)or that it kills all weeds. Basically you need to flame the weeds, wait a week and finish the job by weeding by hand. I personally prefer then weeding by hand and remove the roots rather than just weakening.

Rating: (2 out of 5) @ 2008-05-05

« Fun to use but weeds are tough little buggers »

Even though this torch is fun to use, the weeds resist the flame much better than they resist chemical treatment (Roundup). I've found that a week later the same weeds are growing back, even when I burn them to ash. The best way to use this torch is in conjunction with a good line trimmer. You'll be using lots of gas if you don't cut the weeds down first. I'll keep burning them and see if eventually they just give up and die for good but so far it does not look promising.