Torch lighters

in the daylight you probably won't see the flame, but you will hear it and definatly see the effects of it. around or in the same place that you fill it should be something that can turn, usually a gold color metal piece that fits around the filling hole, it will have a notch cut in each side so that a flat head screw driver can turn it.

Bildo nailed it!!

Cigarsmoka, you need to look for the thread(s) where torch lighters have been discussed at length. It's very lengthy and I don't want to have to jack it out of my memory banks, mainly because of time constraints, but I will if I have to. If no instructions came with your lighter, then you need to know what they are, because there ARE instructions for these things, and you NEED to follow them. Even so, many inexpensive torch lighters will crap out after six months to a year, while the expensive big name ones will not work very well at all, and most crap out after about six months, never to revive again, especially Colibri's.

It IS possible to revive a crapped out torch lighter, but the success rate is by no means 100%. You DO need to follow the instructions though. We've discussed all the rules and regulations for torch lighter care and feeding here before, so check it out via a search and let us know. If not I'll try to find the time to post Torch Lighters 101 again.

It wasn't my question Bloof :wink:

I like to use matches, but if I am outside I will use the torch, but I hold it far away from the cigar and don't lety the flame touch the foot, only the heat, works like a charm....you don't really need to see the flame, just start far enough away from the cigar and you shouldn't have any problems and making the foot look like a piece of charcoal will be a thing of the past!

That's true, and I'm sorry, but I DID miss the part where you said generic instructions did come with it. As to those generic instructions, pay close attention to them.

Sorry. Trying to catch up quickly after being away from an online computer for a couple of days. I'll try to be more attentive when I come back from my next trip to the city.

bloof, i will forgive you.... Your witty comments and overall humor make up for your extremely rare slip ups.

If it weren't for you I, well I... I might have to actually do work while im here :help:

Lets not think about the bad things, just stick with the happy thoughts provided by bloof.

The Doctore of Stupidity and General Jackassishness is Inn:

They don't call me The Great Dumboni fer nuthin', pardners.

The check for the fee that I'm supposed to charge, but am too stupid to charge, and therefore got talked into PAYING fees for my own Jackassishness, is in the mail. A copy of your invoice, you know, the one you DIDN'T send me, is enclosed.

:dunno: :dunno: :duh: :duh: :duh:

back to the subject at hand... blazer lighters are the best i have found. Had a colibri (wasn't impressed), but my blazer has been around for 2, yes 2 years. It did need a tune up, but after the tune up it runs like new again.

That seems to be the scuttlebutt. Buy Blazer. I have an inexpensive Colibri, the Firebird SST, which I got really cheap and has worked extremely well for at least a year and a half. I recently got one for someone else, which stopped working shortly after I gave it to her. She returned it, and it looks like I may have revived it. This lighter is very durable, and if the second one stays revived, it might be another brand to look for. With the shipping, I think I paid about $18 apiece for these.

Cigarsmoka:
I'm with you. I use diamond large kitchen matches. Inside,outside anywhere. It is amazing how many people approach you when a large match lights.
At a golf course tap room last year, I heard one woman at the next table next to us say" I wish someone would light my fire like that".
That was after my buddie used two matches to relight his cigar. I wished I was 25. A possible hole in one.
Malone

:lol:

Good Experience with Colibri

Just thought I'd chime in and say I've apparently been lucky and had very good luck with Colibri torch lighters. I use one of their twin-torch "Vortex" lighters every day. It's well over a year now and no problems. On the other hand, I just returned a Blazer "Eagle" light that never did light reliably, and when it did light it promptly went out. "You pays your money and you's takes your chances."

Yes Sundial, the two and three flame colibri work the best. Other than that its everyone to his or her choise.