Xmas Gift Idea? better way to light the lump

The L & G weed torch gift was a game changer.  I too, will never go back to any method.  Handy for several things, weeds, starting fires at the campground.  One green Coleman tank lasts a long time.   

https://www.amazon.com/Bernzomatic-19425-JT850-Self-Igniting-Outdoor/dp/B00008ZA0F

Weed burner. Harbor Freight. $20. I've have mine around 7 years and have had zero issues. I hate lighting my egg any other way.

https://m.harborfreight.com/propane-torch-91033.html?utm_referrer=direct/not provided

MAP-Pro torch, but with propane. MAP-Pro gas is a rip off.

Been using a mapp torch for years.

MAPP dried up 10 yrs ago.  Now just MAP-Pro which is a total scam.  Buy the blue bottles and save a ton.

I have tried a bunch of other fire starters and the Bernzomatic ts8000 is the only way to go. It burns hotter than other torched and it stays lit in the wind.  They are also well built and will last forever.

well last night i put 4 pieces of royal oak lump into the fireplace insert, lit it with napkin and oil. tossed in a couple buckets of hard nut coal, and i have fire til spring

I'm a caveman compared to the weed torch lighters. A couple pounds of free sawdust, a few drops of tiki torch fuel in each starter topped with melted GulfWax in a half ounce pill container makes enough to last me for two hundred and fifty fires with a total cost under $20 with tiki torch fuel left over. 

The fuel does an excellent job of "wetting" the sawdust into something readily flammable, and the wax holds it all together so they can be stored in a big ol' pickle jar. I just shove one into the bottom vent, light the waxed paper, and come back in 10 minutes to adjust the vents. Burns complete, no residue, bottom up fire. 

gregroscoe said:

I have tried a bunch of other fire starters and the Bernzomatic ts8000 is the only way to go. It burns hotter than other torched and it stays lit in the wind.  They are also well built and will last forever.

I have tried almost all of the methods mentioned above and some others - HF weed burner, isopropyl alcohol, Weber starter cubes, oiled paper towel BGE starter cubes, Looft lighter, heat gun, etc and my hands-down favorite is the Bernzomatic TS8000. 


I used the torch head mentioned by @teefus, and it would not stay lit when inverted. The TS8000 is often sold as a combo with MAP-Pro, but works fine with the propane bottles. 

The cane style torch works too, but is somewhat unwieldy. As is the HF weed burner, which I used for a long time before the TS8000. I can easily carry this around to my other cookers in the yard, doesn't have to be plugged in, and fits in a storage tote when I'm travelling  to an eggfest. 

And if it stops working after a few years, clean the spider webs out of the nozzle. That's the most common reason for these to not work, but its a very easy fix. I had to clean mine out once in 2-3 yrs. 

caliking said:

gregroscoe said:

I have tried a bunch of other fire starters and the Bernzomatic ts8000 is the only way to go. It burns hotter than other torched and it stays lit in the wind.  They are also well built and will last forever.

I have tried almost all of the methods mentioned above and some others - HF weed burner, isopropyl alcohol, Weber starter cubes, oiled paper towel BGE starter cubes, Looft lighter, heat gun, etc and my hands-down favorite is the Bernzomatic TS8000. 


I used the torch head mentioned by @teefus, and it would not stay lit when inverted. The TS8000 is often sold as a combo with MAP-Pro, but works fine with the propane bottles. 

The cane style torch works too, but is somewhat unwieldy. As is the HF weed burner, which I used for a long time before the TS8000. I can easily carry this around to my other cookers in the yard, doesn't have to be plugged in, and fits in a storage tote when I'm travelling  to an eggfest. 

And if it stops working after a few years, clean the spider webs out of the nozzle. That's the most common reason for these to not work, but its a very easy fix. I had to clean mine out once in 2-3 yrs. 

Mine is actually like the one you depict above. It stays lit.