"Hi Kent,   I have received my Meco Midget in good order and just completed my first welding session. I feel like a dentist who has been doing root canals with a hatchet, and suddenly discovered real dentist tools! What a beautiful tool it is. Thank you for stocking it and offering it at such a reasonable price."
Nick Boughen

"...I've logged about 10,000 hours on the Meco - it's comfortable, reliable, durable. What Alan says is largely true - the Smith Mini is fairly limited, and the Meco can do the Smith's job and more."
JD

"I prefer the Meco Midget torch or another similar size torch. The Meco Midget is the brass model seen in all my books and videos. We have a Meco Midget at every bench here at the Revere Academy and run them on natural gas and O2. (The torch also runs just fine on bottled propane at 400 degrees F. hotter.) The Meco Midget torch is very versatile, both in the range of heat and in the convenient knobs, which make it easy to control in one hand. The Meco Midget can heat very small jewelry pieces as well as large objects and even melt a couple of ounces of gold."

"Using the torch without any tips works well and produces a whole range of large flames, from oxidizing to reducing. This is how I introduce the torch to students. You can also add a rose bud that spreads the flame wider. You can make the flame smaller with a set of tips, which are graduated in size. And you can also use hypodermic needles (available from some Jewelry suppliers) that fit right onto the Meco and can make the flame minuscule, as small as you would ever want."
A.R.