Butane Vs. other torches for tuber work

[MrPhantom]

Aside from the actual gas differences, whats the diff for using an inexpensive refillable butane torch from welding depot (at $25 for the kit) to using a more expensive mapp/oxy torch kit? the butane torch heats to over 2300degrees, where as the brazing rod melts at about 1350?

Opinions?

http://store.weldingdepot.com/cgi/we...ot/RK2050.html

[Madcratebuilder]

Originally Posted by MrPhantom

Aside from the actual gas differences, whats the diff for using an inexpensive refillable butane torch from welding depot (at $25 for the kit) to using a more expensive mapp/oxy torch kit? the butane torch heats to over 2300degrees, where as the brazing rod melts at about 1350?

Opinions?

http://store.weldingdepot.com/cgi/we...ot/RK2050.html

Those small butane units just don't get the working area hot enough, they only work for crack pipes and such. You need something with more btu's like mapp/oxy.