You can only run these things at Full or Off. This has been confirmed to me by several people with years of experience in handling torches. I did not know that. And I am sure that a significant part of buyers when buying this lamp does not know about it. If you run it at low levels it will overheat. I didn't see anyone in the comment sections mentioning this fact. But it's an important consideration, which is why my rating is only three stars.