A Bethlehem Alpha fits the price range and is also very conservative on oxygen. It will do smallish boro quite nicely. I went from a hothead clone to a Spartan and then the Alpha. Loved my Alpha! I have upgraded to the Bravo, but use just the center fire (Alpha) 95% of the time. I only turn on the outer flame when I need some extra heat on larger boro pieces. If I had known about the Alpha, I would have skipped the Spartan step completely. It's not a bad torch,, but uses more oxygen and doesn't give you a nice pinpoint flame. I use tanked oxygen, but many people run the Alpha on an oxycon with no problems.
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Michele
--- on a Bethlehem Bravo with tanked oxy
"I'd rather have glassy friends than classy friends."
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