On Tue, 12 May 2009 01:09:02 +0100, brian mitchell
wrote:

Does anyone here use one?
I have a longish circular driveway and quite a lot of paths to weed and
am thinking of getting one because I seem to spend a small fortune on
chemical weedkiller and find it isn't all that effective.
I'm thinking of a paraffin one and of those the Sheen X300 seems to have
a monopoly. £150 seems a tad expensive for a glorified blowtorch but I
imagine the operating costs would be less than gas.
But how effective are they? How difficult to operate, to light and keep
alight, and so on? I'd appreciate hearing the word of experience!

brian mitchell

I've never used one, but have heard that such things kill off the
topgrowth but not the roots and you have to keep re-doing it.
A glyphosate based weedkiller will kill off the whole plant and give a
longer-lasting effect.

Pam in Bristol