Welding / Butane Gas Torches

Bring the heat with Sydney Tools’ massive range of butane gas torches that cover all your heating, soldering and brazing needs.

Whether you’re looking for a torch big or small, we’ve got them all from high output torches and inferno burners for the work site down to micro torches you can keep at home for odd jobs round the house.

Choose from the best known brands like Hot Devil, Bromic and Italco, and stock up on all the cylinders and triggers you could ever need.

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How hot is a butane torch?

The biggest difference between a propane torch and a butane torch is the heat output. Depending on the air flow, a butane torch can burn at temperatures up to around 1,400℃, while a propane torch burns hotter and can reach temperatures up to 2,000℃. 

Butane is easily stored in small containers and is more affordable than propane which makes it perfect for smaller applications like soldering softer metals and heat shrinking. The mini and micro torches on the market tend to be butane fuelled.

Thanks to the higher heat, you’ll find propane in use where higher temperatures are required for welding, soldering, annealing or brazing more heat resistant metals than a butane torch is able to.

Other uses for a gas torch

The beauty of a butane torch is that they aren’t just good for plumbing work, you can put them to a ton of uses around the home. So whether you need to fix a leaky pipe in the bathroom or your family are into their arts and crafts, a gas torch always comes in handy.

You can use a butane torch for repairing broken jewellery and frayed shoelaces or ropes. And as butane burns clean it’s also safe for food applications so you can even use your torch to put a killer sear on a steak!

And if you want to cut down on pesticide use in the garden you can put a blow torch to work to kill weeds.