My buddy ran his cat through one of these and the early version gave him a cat with a hot dog body and one messed up eye, which he printed and hung in his garage. The newer version came out clean but boring, and he deleted it.

Ran into the same lag problem with a cloud tool last summer, but mine was worse, it needed wifi or it just froze up. Switched to running one on my shop desktop and now I jot notes in the truck and sync when I get back. Still just me and two guys though, so no clue how it handles a bigger crew.

Kept the torch in my knife bag for about six months before I finally admitted the stick lighter does 90% of what I need. The one thing it's actually good for is searing fish skin when the flat top is full during a rush, since it gets way hotter than a little lighter and you don't have to wait. But for creme brulee? Two batches is about right, that's all most of us ever make. A $300 torch for that is wild, my guy at the supply store was just working the sale.