I've used the kitchen torches for a lot of my experimenting over the years, and none of them really cut it for anything, for any length of time, let alone decent sized silver soldering jobs except for the one I use now - being broke I couldn't yet afford a specialist torch, 'but The Range' had some quite beefy looking kitchen torches and they work great for me - decently large and hot flame, no problem soldering silver rings in the shed during winter, delicate enough for finer work if turned down, and only quite cheap at ~ 10 quid (if they still do them!).

Mine's work flawlessly for almost a year, and for really large stuff it won't quite cope with or to speed up heating, or to do a silver melt, I supplement with some extra heat from a plumbers torch.

Only problem for me is because this works well for me, it'll no doubt take me longer to save-up for what I really want LOL!

Cheers,

Shaun/FloWolF