As to Colibri, I have had a Quantum Belmont for the past year and a half or so, and have gotten great service from it. I took it apart every month or so and cleaned the mechanism and only used quality fuel. It still works and I use it on occasion, but the Z-plus gets used far more often.
As far as the Colibri fuel, it works well, but after switching to Vector, I had far less problems with my lighters. IMO, if anybody that uses Colibri switched, they wouldn't go back.
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It may aslo depand on your lighter. Some gt clogged very easy and others do not have a problem. It is also recomened that all of the gas is epeleed from your lighter before you refill it. Read your owners manual to find out how to do that. It will keep a lot of the crap out of your lighter and extend the useful life of your lighter.
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All torch lighters have failed me at one time or another. Some rather quickly, to my great disappointment. Price never seemed to be a factor. If I ever purchased another torch lighter, I would strongly consider an ST Dupont X-tend.
But, I doubt it will ever come to that. I exclusively use flint/soft flame lighters now. They are much less complicated and thus have less mechanisms to fail. My main lighter is a Colibri CEO Elite. I also have a Prometheus Barron and an ST Dupont Ligne 2. I like each of them, and particularly enjoy the large reservoir and fuel capacity window of the Colibri. I have beat it to heck over the past two years and it shows no sign of wear.
I use Vector fuel exclusively.
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i've had a prometheus single flame for over a year...still works very well. There was 1 night where it took a swim in my hot tub, that was about 6 months ago. After it had dried out the next day it was back to normal.
Wife got me a Colibri a few years ago for an anniversary present and I've had no problems with it,thankfully. It's triple flame and seems to have a decent sized tank.
When I'm at home and it's not windy, I go old school and use two wooden kitchen matches to light up. Hold'em a quarter inch a part and I get good results every time. At a buck fifty for a whole box, price is not bad either.
When I'm at home and it's not windy, I go old school and use two wooden kitchen matches to light up. Hold'em a quarter inch a part and I get good results every time. At a buck fifty for a whole box, price is not bad either.
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Right on, I will always use a cedar spill if possible, lighter is for emergency use only.
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I'd love to be able to do that--Its just so classy. I smoke in my car at work 99% of the time though, so its kind of hard to do.
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I have a cheapo triple flame from my dad. It works great. No clogs and one hell of a flame. Gets cigars going in no time. I am pretty impressed with it.
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Typically use matches when I'm smoking at home, but my favorite lighter was a present from my step dad, a St Dupont Gatsby in gold with black chinese lacquer - its 35 years old and still lights up every time! I use the red dupont gas and it works very well. As for refuelling, I smoke several times a week and haven't refilled it since October!
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The other important thing to remember is to purge your lighter of oxygen just before refilling it. Its a poor oxygen/fuel mix ratio that is the bane to most torch lighters.
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I've got several torch lighters and only one of them works really well, the cheapest one. For pipes, my favorite was the Imco, but they only lasted a year or so before the went haywire. I mostly use my cheap single flame torch, but on occasion use a cheap butane or refillable soft flame butane. I've got plenty of wood matches, but don't like using them.
I have an Xikar that I've never been able to fuel.
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