Blowtorch buying guide for UK shoppers
Updated: 21 October 2026
A search for a blowtorch on amazon.co.uk mixes dessert torches, camping cartridge heads and trigger units meant for propane cylinders. Crème brûlée, a stuck fitting and a pizza oven are not the same job. Before you pick a row in the [blowtorch comparison](/hub/soldering-and-welding/blowtorch), decide what you are heating, which gas thread you can buy locally, and whether you need fuel in the box. This page is that decision order. The main table ranks the twelve listings once the direction is clear.
A search for a blowtorch on amazon.co.uk mixes dessert torches, camping cartridge heads and trigger units meant for propane cylinders. Crème brûlée, a stuck fitting and a pizza oven are not the same job.
A search for a blowtorch on amazon.co.uk mixes dessert torches, camping cartridge heads and trigger units meant for propane cylinders. Crème brûlée, a stuck fitting and a pizza oven are not the same job. Before you pick a row in the blowtorch comparison, decide what you are heating, which gas thread you can buy locally, and whether you need fuel in the box. This page is that decision order. The main table ranks the twelve listings once the direction is clear.
Our top picks
| Badge | Product | Family | Thread | Gas in the box | Note | Price | Offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best overall |  TBTeek TBTeek GF-901 blowtorch | Refillable butane | Lighter-gas valve | No | 10.0 | about £12.98 | View offer |
| Alternative |  DOMINOX DOMINOX CGA600 torch head | Cylinder head | CGA600 | No | 9.6 | about £26.99 | View offer |
| Best value |  Green Haven Green Haven blowtorch, 4 cartridges | Cartridge head | EN 417 nozzle | 4 cartridges | 9.7 | about £12.99 | View offer |
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What you are buying: three torch families
A refillable butane kitchen torch holds gas in its own small reservoir. You refill from a lighter-gas can through a valve in the base, usually with the torch cool and upside down. In this set that pattern covers Paidasin, both TBTeek GF models, Ankway, CTDMJ and MasterClass. Sellers ship them empty, so budget a supermarket butane can before the first browning job.
A butane cartridge head screws onto a disposable camping-style canister. Green Haven sells a head plus four or eight cartridges. JDHON expects you to attach a canister for the job and remove it afterwards. The risk is the joint, where UK reviews report leaks when the seal fails.
A propane or propylene cylinder head is the plumbing and brazing branch. Sondiko, DOMINOX and Couleeur are trigger-start heads only, with no cylinder in the box. DOMINOX names a CGA600 interface. These tools are clumsy over a ramekin and need ventilation suited to a heavier gas. If the job is sugar and searing, stay with a reservoir torch unless you already own a cartridge kit. If you soft-solder 15 mm copper for wholesome water, start with a cylinder head and read soldering copper pipe before you buy lead-bearing solder.
Match the thread before the brand
Butane for a kitchen torch is the same broad family as lighter refill gas. Pressure is lower than propane, which is fine for browning and small craft, and weaker in the cold when vaporisation slows. Liquid Gas UK notes butane at roughly 1.5 bar versus propane at about 7 bar at 15 °C, and that both gases are heavier than air. A leak pools low. Never hunt it with a flame.
Cartridge heads use the EN 417 camping world of long and short nozzle canisters. Green Haven includes a red adapter for short nozzles. That thread is not the CGA600 (1 in × 20 UNEF) fitting on trade propane and UK MAPP cylinders. Do not adapt a camping cartridge onto a CGA600 head. When you want the fuel comparison in full, see butane or propane. Pick gas and thread together, then the row that lists the same pairing.
Features that matter more than headline temperature
Listings in this set shout 1,300 °C, 2,500 °F, or even 2,800 °C in a bullet that contradicts another field. MasterClass shows 100 °C, which is not a credible flame temperature. Treat every degree figure as seller marketing unless you measured it yourself.
What UK reviewers comment on is more useful. A safety lock matters if children visit the kitchen. The GF-901 is widely praised, yet many buyers say the lowest setting blows out after seconds. Piezo sparks fail on several models, and lighting from outside is a stop if you smell gas. Gas in the box is only the two Green Haven kits. Paidasin's fuel gauge is disputed in at least one UK review. Sondiko and Couleeur reviews include broken lock buttons and threads that gall. A lock that fails open is worse than no lock.
Rules, storage, and when this is not gas work
Owning a torch is not regulated gas installation work. HSE guidance on portable cylinder appliances places most handheld tools fed from a cylinder outside the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations, while altering live gas pipework remains for a Gas Safe registered engineer. If you are cutting into a live installation, stop.
For culinary use, HSE Catering Information Sheet 23 warns against leaving a blowtorch on a hot hob and against an improvised rig on mains gas. Liquid Gas UK adds the storage rules: a ventilated place, no refilling of disposable cylinders, no cellar storage, and never a flame as a leak test. Refill or swap a cartridge only when the metal is cool, with no other ignition source nearby.
England and Wales ban lead solder on wholesome water under the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations. Scotland mirrors that in byelaws. A kitchen title that says soldering does not exempt you. Choose lead-free solder and a heat source that can actually bring the fitting up to temperature.
Common questions
Do I need butane inside the torch or a separate cylinder?
Reservoir models take a built-in tank filled from lighter gas. Green Haven and JDHON take a cartridge. DOMINOX, Sondiko and Couleeur take a larger propane or propylene cylinder. Mixing those families without reading the thread is the expensive mistake. The head and the can have to name the same fitting.
Which jobs need propane or MAPP-type gas instead of kitchen butane?
Soft-soldering 15 mm copper, brazing, or freeing a large rusted fastener needs sustained heat from a cylinder head. Browning sugar or searing a steak does not. BPEC training notes that butane can suit small-diameter pipe in open conditions, while larger wet fittings want a cylinder or a hose-fed setup. That is training guidance, not a ranking of these ASINs.
Does gas come in the box on amazon.co.uk?
In this twelve-product set, only Green Haven includes fuel. One kit has four cartridges. The other has eight. Every other listing arrives empty, including the refillable butane torches and the three cylinder heads. Budget the can or the cylinder as a second purchase on day one.
Can I use camping-gas cartridges on a plumbing torch head?
Not on a CGA600 head. EN 417 camping cartridges fit cartridge kitchen heads such as Green Haven. They do not fit DOMINOX's named interface. Do not force an adapter between the two. If the threads fight you, stop. A forced joint is a leak, not a workaround.
Are seller temperature figures reliable?
No, not for comparing one model with another. Several listings contradict their own bullets. UK fuel merchants quote propane and propylene flame temperatures in air around 1,950 to 1,985 °C, far below some amazon bullets. Buy for the lock, a flame that stays lit, and a thread that matches the can you can actually purchase.
What should I buy alongside the torch?
Reservoir buyers need butane lighter fuel and patience for the first purge fill. Cylinder-head buyers need a correctly threaded propane or propylene cylinder, commonly around 400 g, from a trade or merchant shelf, plus lead-free solder and flux if the job is plumbing. A heat-resistant mat helps a joint. BPEC stresses that the mat is an aid, not a target for the flame.
Related pages
Sources
Sources taken from the research digest. Listings were checked on 19 October 2026.
- HSE — L56 gas safety (retrieved 19.10.2026)
- HSE — CAIS 23 culinary torches (retrieved 19.10.2026)
- Liquid Gas UK — cylinder safety sheet (retrieved 19.10.2026)
- Water Regs UK — solders and fluxes (retrieved 19.10.2026)
- WaterSafe — lead-free solder (retrieved 19.10.2026)
- BPEC — copper pipe skills note (retrieved 19.10.2026)
- GOV.UK — General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (retrieved 19.10.2026)
- Lava Fire — MAPP cylinders (retrieved 19.10.2026)