This torch is easy to fill, easy to hold, easy to use.......but keep your fingers OUT OF THE WAY! LOL! I mean common sense, right? But, when you go about rotating a dish to get an even brulee or brown for something, you'd be surprised how quickly one might tend to just reach right into that heat path. Fortunately, you should feel it and back off before any damage is done. So far, I've gotten quite a bit of use off of one fill, so I don't feel like any butane is leaking by the valve or anything....just remember to turn it to the closed position :-) If you always wanted one, get one.......I think it was only like $12 or $15. WAY cheaper than what I've seen at the kitchen stores...which was the main reason I always ended up going home without one. And folks, making crème brulee made from scratch is WAY easier than you might think, so get yourself some ramekins, a torch, some crème, milk, eggs, sugar, and vanilla and get to making some! I've even made sugar free crème brulee with great success, as erythritol sugar replacements do a pretty good job of getting torched & crunchy, although the taste & mouthfeel is slightly different. Even so....sugar free (sugar replacement in the) crème.....and a small amount of real sugar for the brulee works pretty darned good.

Nice torch it would have been better if marketing match the box.