Red Dragon VT 2-23 C 100,000 BTU Weed Dragon Propane Vapor Torch Kit

We gave this torch to my father for Christmas. He was like a little kid imagining all the great things that he would be able to do with it. They even took it to Florida with them! It works great and is just the right size to easily handle.

I love the Weed Dragon. My sister gave it to me and told me that she was going to win "Sister of the Year". No doubt. It is the best/most fun way to kill weeds in gravel, pavement, or between paving stones and to clear a weed-filled yard (see warning below). Give a man a weed dragon and never see a weed again!

As has been mentioned in other reviews - you do not need to incinerate weeds: just wilt the leaves (or blades if they are grass-like weeds) and the next day they are dead. I have found that I don't need a large flame to be effective (although it is very satisfying to wield back-yard flame thrower it wastes gas and is more hazardous) - the hottest part is not in the flame anyway! I adjust the flame so when I hold the weed dragon comfortably above the ground it takes one or two seconds to wilt the leaves. Then a gentle sweep of the flame makes short work of weeds. (note: it is the heat which kills - not the flame - so you don't have to keep the flame directly on each weed if you're clearing a patch)

Regarding the complaint about established weeds - I found it quite effective at killing weeds up to six or eight inches tall (but occasionally I hit them again another day if they have woody stalks). However, please do not use fire to clear tall or dense weeds (or around wood structures) - if you don't know why, don't buy this product! Also, you won't want to use a Weed Dragon on flower beds or the lawn.

My only complaint is "It works too well, so I do not get to use it as often as I'd like." I used to take it to my friend's houses but then they saw how much fun it was and now they all have their own Weed Dragons.

I was looking for a torch to start brush pile fires while clearing land. The torch makes starting fires simpler and safer than using flammable liquids. The torch was easily adjustable with plenty of flame to dry and start even damp wood. I will use it later to help maintain reemergence of some of the light brush. The price was 1/3 less than any other source.

I will never again waste money on Roundup. Not only is the weed dragon fun to use, you see the result in minutes. I can't wait to try and cook hot dogs with it.

The red dragon smorts out flames by way of an adjustable control nob on the shaft.When the nob is just cracked it has a gentile flame,but when you open the nob all the way, watch your feet!This thing does due a great job on the weeds,I will put it to a test this winter melting the ice at the end of driveway.

Very easy to use. I would have given it five stars if the handle and hose were a little longer.

The dragon does burn the weeds.........uses a lot of propane and the weeds grow right back after about a week. Not a permanent solution to weeds. Use roundup.

This is very easy to hook up to the propane and get to burning the weeds. I mounted my 20 pound propane onto a hand truck. Now I can wheel it around the yard to take out the weeds. I found you get longer lasting results if you get the weeds real crispy instead of just a little shriveled up. It would be nice to have a squeeze handle to control the gas, however after a little time you get to know how to operate the valve. Well worth the money.

A great well constructed tool that is made with a quality that used to be quite common in this country. Performance is better that I expected. This is truly the best way to remove any unwanted vegetation growth. Having said that however, you must use common sense when using this torch. It will kill all vegetation, including the ones you want to keep. I cant wait to try it out in winter to keep my walk way clear without the use of salt. Very good product, easy to use, uber quality. A few dollars more that the cheap cr*p out of china but well worth it. This tool will last for years.

This thing is awesome. I take such perverse pleasure in frying those little weeds that invade my paver driveway and patio. Seriously, it does a great job. Its even better at starting fires in an outdoor fire pit. I can have a rip roaring bonfire in under 2 minutes

The first time I used this was on my gravel driveway. I've tried round-up and weed be gone but these 'chemical's' which I don't like to use seem to loose their punch after a while. The dragon zapped the weeds and such very well. This location is not my permanent residence and after coming up the next week-end I noticed I got a little close to my pine tree next to the driveway. It was singed. I guess I got a little close. This thing really throws off the heat. I got the cheaper unit that doesn't have the throttle and I found that the wheel that controls the gas output works just fine. It takes a little getting used to thoough. I haven't tried it on ice or bonfires etc. yet. Overall this thing works great, just don't get too close to things you care about.

We have a gravel driveway (300 feet long) and would spend hours fighting a losing battle. The weed dragon has saved us many hours of back-breaking work. Every two months or so, and a half hour of the Weed Dragon does the trick. Ahh, I love the smell of toasted weeds in the morning!

Do yourself a favor and get the weed dragon.

The flame weeder is meant to be used early and often. I just got mine in July. Some of the weeds are well established.
If you start in the spring and regularly use it, it's a dream.

Powerful! Arrrrgh!! Cleans up weeds in a hurry. Just be careful of your plants. Love it for my garden paths, but be careful that you don't get too close to plants.

Works great! Very easy to use. It's very effective on killing unwanted weeds. Built well, should last forever.

Red Dragon VT2-23C 100,000 BTU Weed Dragon Garden Torch Kit Easy to use. Love the way it illiminates weeds on our brick patio and at the curb in front of our house. Its a pleasure not to have to use chemicals.

This torch works great ! Zapped all my weeds, however some will require you to hold it there for a few seconds.

BE CAREFUL !!
I started a little fire by hitting some dry leaves...it is very easy to do this, so keep a hose nearby and the propane as far as the hose allows.

Also, the end of the torch is hot even after it's off. Rest it on concrete and walk away from it, or do what I do, dip the end it a bucket of water.

This item is great. My husband loves it. It burns the weeds and they're dead within a couple of days. No more pulling weeds. It took so long pulling weeds in between the bricks of the patio. Now within minutes and its done.

Simple to use however lugging around BBQ propane tank with dolly is a bit cumbersome. Wipes out the small weeds with ease. However, the larger weeds are harder to kill, I just run a few extra passes over them and actually burn them. I have about two acres and had a lot of weeds by the time I got the Weed Dragon; the filled tank lasted took care of all the weeds I needed to kill.

Scorching weeds on my petanque court is fun, and it's nice to not use chemical weed killers there. We already had a rolling cart (hand truck) which is essential to move the propane tank while working. It's noisier than I expected... a good reminder it's a serious tool.

Did exactly what it is supposed to do. No problems hooking up to propane tank. Killed all weeds as described and then I basically burned them off once they were dried up.

This is the best kind of product. It does exactly what it says. If you want to get rid of weeds, it does it. Start charcoal? It does it in no time at all. Fittings are nice. Quality seems high. This type of product has been around a long time. This is the best one for the money that I have seen or used.

This is an awesome product. It will wipe out the weeds within a couple of days. Be careful, it easily catches fire to anything in its path.

Easy to use, easy to set up, takes practice to know how long to flame live weeds. Depending on the weed 10-20 seconds is sufficient but other thicker mats with deep roots may take multiple treatment. Always keep a hose close by and keep flame straight up and down rather than sideways to be most effective. The gas trolley is made for a large tank rather than the average smaller tank you may have around for your barbecue. Sound construction. Oh yeah - its also fun.

have not used yet but when the ice needs melting I bet this will do the trick!

Really good product for the money. Simple design which eliminates maintenance, but does the job very well.

love this weed killer. works like a charm in the garden, in the crakes in the driveway, and around the fence. be careful though it doesn't care what type of plant growth it kills

This thing works great, just as advertised. Our little farm is organic, so I never use chemicals for weed control. I have a couple of gas-powered string trimmers which I still have to use a few places, but since I got the Weed Dragon I now use it almost exclusively.

A couple of reasons I prefer this over the gas-powered string trimmers: 1) No messy mixing of gas and oil 2) It starts every time with just a flick of the flint striker gadget--no choking, priming, pulling, pulling, pulling... 3) Much quieter--I can listen to my iPod while using it.

Best feature of all: I've got several small ponds in the front and back of the house. With a string trimmer, the cut grass goes flying everywhere, mostly into the ponds, making a big mess to clean up. With the Weed Dragon, the weeds just wither in place with no extra cleanup required.

Tip: What I do around the water features is cook the weeds one day and then let them dry out for 2 or 3 days. At that point, they're dry and brown and a little unsightly, so I go back over them with the Weed Dragon and toast them again. Since they're brown and dry, they immediately flare up and turn to ash and disappear. The surrounding grass and weeds never catch fire, since they weren't treated the first time. This double treatment leaves me with a clean, weed-free area and no residue. Note that you should still keep a fire extinguisher and hose nearby to make sure things don't get out of control.

I ordered one of these becasue I was tired of pulling weeds from between the cracks on a patio I build that is a slate floor with sand filler surrounded by castle wall bricks with rose bushes behind. We have a lot of weeds that like to pop up and since our dogs play out there and eat grass poison was not an option. I bought this, got it a day later (thanks amazon!) and hooked it up to my grills propane tank. Instantly I lit it (why wait?!?!?) and man was this thing impressive! It's weeding with a flame thrower/torch. You literally only have to pass it over the weeds for a few seconds and they start to wilt. A day or two later they are dead. Now at this point you can pull them eaisly or relight your torch and burn em again! :) It by no means is "magic" but it does do the job as long as you aren't expecting the thing to vaporize weeds. It kills the cells of the plant and basically it starves it to death. I do recommend keeping the garden hose handy just because it's a safety issue.

Used this item, as per instructions, on my gravel driveway. Used a lot of propane in the process. It did burn the weed surface but did not kill the weeds themselves. The weeds grew back in about a week. Wound up using herbicide anyway. It did work very well in cleaning up already dead vegetation. I would recommend getting it for that purpose. Just make sure you're standing upwind to avoid breathing in smoke which may contain herbicide. I might be a little charitable giving it 3 stars.

Amazon delivered the weed dragon promptly. The thing does what is supposed to. I would warn people though, that it is something to use very carefully. One could get burned easily. Also, when you edge with it, or try to kill a weed in the middle of grass or near bushes, the heat from the flame will kill more than just the weed. But maybe one should expect that?
I killed weed growth a foot away from a rose bush and some of the rose bush leaves died from the flame's heat. Bush is okay though.

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I am enjoying using the weed dragon. It took some practice for me to learn to use it without leaving weeds behind or scorching my plants. Weeds take longer to regrow than when pulling them by hand. I now only weed by hand close to the plants and use the weed dragon everywhere else.

It doesn't say in the ad, but you need to use a refillable gas bottle with this model. I had an extra one from an old grill and a dolly to strap it onto, so I was all set to use it right away. If I had to buy those two items as well, it would be quite an expense.

Weeding the yard took days, now it was done in less than two hours and no returns yet. Even did the gutters in the street, neighbors have since borrowed the FLAME THROWER as the kids call it and cleaned up their yards. It is now an neighborhood asset.

The product seems to be of good quality and works well (a little too well). However a 100K BTU is probabaly too much for the average suburban user. When turned on 'full blast' The cone of flame covers a good 12 inch area, and the kill area is probabaly another 6-12 inches. If I throttle it down to 'low' it seems to work better, but it is still a little much for 'spot treating' weeds on my quarter acre suburban lawn.

--DD

I have pine trees next to the rocks around the house. This thing is great at burning the dried pine needles without disturbing the rocks. No bending over, messing up the rocks, etc. Easy to use product.

Great for destroying small areas of weeds. I purchased the torch for clearing out some stinging nettles and it did wonders. Needed to burn the nettles twice, about 5 days apart, to totally kill the plant. With a little practice, using the torch can become surgical in killing weeds around the plants you want to keep. If looking to clear larger areas, like bigger than say 10 x 20, a bigger torch might be easier and faster to use. Over long periods of use, hands become somewhat strained due to the straight angle of the handle. For easy mobility, I straped the propane tank to a 2 wheel hand truck and rolled it to where ever I needed to. Overall, a great purchase that will gets tons of use on my 7 acres.

This item works pretty well. I really like it! So far, I've used this during the Spring season killing weeds throughout the yard, sidewalk cracks and the fence line. I recommend using this weed dragon after it rains while most of the ground is still wet to prevent any fast spreading fires. Otherwise, have a garden hose or extinguisher ready in hand. I've also used it to light up the charcoal grill with no need of lighter fluid. This item definitely beats buying expensive weed killer!
A cart for the propane tank would be nice but, I did not want to spend any money for it. Let's see what this thing can do during the Winter time...

I bought this primarily for natural herbicide free weeding. Having an infant crawling around, I was really hesitant about spraying Roundup and having that leeching into the soil, not to mention, our property borders a creek. I ordered this and had it the next day! Hooked it up and immediately began flame throwing. Thankfully, I began in the middle of our brick patio. This baby kicks out quite a flame. It was a breezy day, I suggest using this when there is little to no wind. It doesn't produce a tight concentrated flame like a propane soldering torch for plumbing would.

Honestly I almost canceled the order in lieu of the $28 model from Harbor Freight. Thankfully you can't yet do that on an iPod touch or mobile phone. The more I thought about it, do I really want to trust an inferior tool when I am dealing with 100,000 BTU?

Do keep a fire extinguisher or hose on hand! I did this the day after a rainstorm, which I'd suggest. Do NOT do it when it is dry outside. Even so, the grass caught on fire a couple of times.

Next task.... I have a carpenter ant hill right where the sand box is supposed to go. No need to pesticides, I'll turn the ground and flame away. Not even summer yet, and I can't wait to try this on the ice in the driveway!

Product is well constructed. It does, however, take a few repeat flamings over a period of time to kill the weeds.

The tool works as advertised and is easy to use. However, for weed removal it is not entirely effective for existing weeds. To be fair, the documentation indicates that new weeds are manageable but for established weeds it may take several attempts. I found that I had to employ alternative methods to remove established weeds. It is, without doubt, best suited for removing new weeds from walkways, gravel paths, etc. As for fence lines it depends on what the surrounding environment is like and, as suggested in the guide, keep a fire extinguisher and water hose handy.

This torch works great. I took a chance and ordered it hoping it wasn't imported and I was pleased to see both the torch and it's included flint igniter are made right here in America.

I was able to kill the weeds along 200' of sidewalk and stone wall in less than 1/2 hour. Results are as good as chemical herbicides, and you don't have the cramping hand ache from trying to spend that much time with a spray bottle. Works best if you flame weeds right after a rain, they are full of water and easier to kill and you start fewer fires around leaves or other debris.

Wilting weeds and stomping on the few small fires that start are much more fun than you might expect.

Of course it's an open flame, so engage your brain before waving it around. Properly adjusted the flame is hard to see in daylight, and heat can damage nearby plants that don't seem close enough to be harmed. A metal snow shovel is useful if you want to flame weeds around cultivated shrubs or plants. You can use the metal shovel to reliably shield desirable plants from the heat. Be aware that any paint on your shovel might not be there when you're done (and I wouldn't try it with a plastic shovel).

I'm pleased with this tool, and I'm sure it will do a good job getting the charcoal started in the barbeque and melting winter ice too.

How about it Amazon, can you try to include location of manufacture in more item descriptions? Many times I pass over a purchase because I don't want to end up with something made overseas and can't tell from the description.

I purchased the 100,000 BTU Weed Dragon Torch for myself, and another for my brother who has a 100-acre farm. The torch is solidly constructed, lights easily, and puts out an intensely hot flame. Its uses are limited by one's imagination.

Flame Engineering's Weed Dragon Garden Torck works as advertised. Does kill those weeds dead when nothing else would. We live on a river and try to keep use of chemicals down to a minimum as we want to keep the river free of pollutants and other harmfull matter.

I purchased another torch through Amazon. My original one lasted almost 20 years. I searched the local hardware stores, but they only had Chinese knockoffs. I use the torch to clean up weeds around patio stones, gardens, and along my rural driveway. The torch also works great for starting my Weber charcoal BBQ. You can avoid using the charcoal lighter fluid, PLUS it starts the coals quickly and cleanly.

The torch uses your own refillable 20 lb propane tank to save you money and waste. If you should need replacement O rings in the future, you can get them at your local propane or hardware store.

Support quality American made products. The job you save may be your own.

This is a terrific "green" alternative to chemical weed-killers. Just pass the business end of this propane torch over the leaves of your weeds and they wilt within a few days. Some of your tougher weeds may take repeated applications.

It bears mentioning that if your weeds are in mulch, do this on a wet day and have a hose handy, just in case. I've set my mulch smoldering a couple of times. Also beware of any dry leaves you missed during Fall cleanup. They will make a merry blaze, too.

This is not only terrific for cleaning out the weeds sprouting up through cracks in the sidewalk or driveway, but also clearing out weedy spots against chain link fences.

Terrifically useful tool.

This is a affordable weed burner, not as nice as an infrared burner, but at less than half the cost, it is a great deal. It is not necessary to burn the weed, just heat it till the color of the leaves change, wait a few days and the weed will be dead. It works better if the ground is wet and the weed is turgid (full of water). Plus it is fun to watch them die and a lot healthier that spaying chemicals everywhere.

I purchased this to help control weeds in my garden without using chemicals. Works great. You do have to use care since it is an open flame but if you follow the instructions and put a call into their customer service line for tips you'll have great success. You do have to flame several times over the season but way easier and quicker than pulling weeds. I've had my torch for almost a year and have used it for many other things. It worked great for ice removal off of my steps and my husband uses it for heating up the block on his tractor and starting pit fires. I can't wait until next Spring so I can start killing those unwanted weeds.

What a disappointment! It is much more than just heat. A long and very hot fire comes out of the end. We passed it over the weeds slowly as the directions indicate and nothing happened. Holding the fire on the weed until it singed and almost burned or did burn seemed to work better. Also, you can only use this in a very pristine area. No pineneedles, small leaves or mulch. The instructions say to carry a fire extinguisher with you as you work. We were working in an area that had small pieces of old leaves around rocks,etc that we could not rake all away. We kept starting fires in that area and having to put them out with water. We used a lot of butane (expensive) and a week later many of the weeds, though burned on the top, are sprouting new soots from the roots.

I searched on Weed Dragon and found the Flame Engineering site.

I will gladley let you know how i like this weed product if i can find one to buy and try . Maybe some one can help me find one