[vmelkon]

Does anyone have this basic torch? I use it for chemistry and various activities.
It is a bernzomatic UL2317
http://www.bernzomatic.com/item.html?id=8

I bought it and after 10 uses in 2 months, it stopped working. I exchanged it for the same thing and again it stopped working after 7 uses in 2 months. I exchanged it for a new one. I asked for a refund the second time but they said they can only do exchange.

I sent bernzomatic a email 2 weeks ago but I didn't get a response.

[Arkcon]

Funny.  I have one, and it worked fine for a couple of home repair uses over a few months.  Then, for years, it was adequate for flaming the top of creme brulee -- although it has definitely lost gas power.  Recently, I used it to heat a stuck metal part, and I had to turn it all the way up, but it still worked fine.  And this is years of storage in my humid basement.  Is that what you're experiencing, slow loss of heating ability unless you turn the flame all the way up?  Or does it fail utterly?

[vmelkon]

The gas flow gets reduced but after 1 or 2 more uses, it is way down. A couple of uses after and the flame doesn't stay on anymore because the flow is too low even if I turn the valve to the max.