[B.Finnigan]

They're certainly are not a "need" tool but there is a huge convenience factor to them. And a chunk of the cost will be offset with the savings on propane. But I won't claim for a minute it will ever pay for its self with propane savings.

I got it just add a bit more fun to a hobby I already enjoy. Magic is cool but physics is even cooler. A friend of mine is a tool and die maker for Boeing and induction is all they used for HTing. So I can see in a high volume industrial setting the efficiency, consistency, size and safety of using them vs gas or convective heating.