[doingitsideways]

As above, for sustained heat, then a hand held isn't realistically an option.

Although, I am a plumber and I only use a hand held, where as a mate of mine is too and he only uses a bottle, maybe personal preference because I can't be bothered lugging the bottle about. We use enough tools as it is!

I use a Rothenberger Superfire 2, hand held, metal bodied, self lighting and extinguishing with really good control. Uses blue propane canisters. Pretty much the standard choice for plumbers these days.

Had it for a few years now and it's been good.

I had a TurboTorch Extreme before the Rothenberger, was good quality, but plastic bodied handle wasn't great and I killed it by dropping a load of solder down the outlet!!
Would make an excellent starter torch though.

Hope this helps.

Steve