Which starts BGE faster looftlighter or weed burner?

EggersRUs

I've been using an LP gas weed burner for years and I think it does great.

My son is telling me that his bud says a looftlighter is faster.

In all honesty, I don't see how but may be wrong.

Anybody here that has tried both?

Which do you prefer? I'm mainly interested in speed, and am well aware that an LP weedburner would not be OSHA approved.

HofstraJet

I have both - weed burner is much faster.

Gulfcoastguy

Looftlighter needs to warm up just a bit. It takes longer to light the first spot and is quicker on the second. It does act as an air billows though and you can makes the spots spread really fast. My weed burner is for actual weeds.

lwrehm

IMHO the Looftlighter is for crap, I have no need to stand there holding down the damn button

thetrim

I’ve had the looft lighter for a year.  I don’t like it.  I liked what @tarheelmatt used at butt blast.  Looked like something the forest service uses for their controlled burns. 

lousubcap

What's the hurry??  

stlcharcoal

Weed burner.....no comparison.

Nothing wrong with the looftlighter or any of the other heat guns, but fire lights charcoal a lot faster than hot air.

thetrim

The looftlighter is like Hillary Clinton.  Lots of hot air and very little burn.  

tarheelmatt

thetrim said:

I’ve had the looft lighter for a year.  I don’t like it.  I liked what @tarheelmatt used at butt blast.  Looked like something the forest service uses for their controlled burns. 

Weed burner from Harbor Freight. I typically use a almost used grill bottle from the Blackstone to attach it to, so it's not real heavy to manuver and still lasts a long time. 

If you want to get up and go with out hassle  it's the way to go. 

Photo Egg

@Mickey

Mickey

i can cook in 5 mins or less on any of my Eggs. 

EggersRUs

Thanks for the responses, I didn't see how anything electric could be as fast as propane but now I know for sure. For those that come across this thread and don't know what they are like or where to get:

https://www.harborfreight.com/propane-torch-91033.html

The description says safe. However, I guess it would never be OSHA approved.