Butane Fuel

kardar2

So I bought a sampler pack that comes with a torch lighter. I was told that you want to buy high grade butane fuel. aren't all butane fuels the same? thanks for the input.

Garen B

j0z3r

Garen pretty much covered it, the more refined it is, the fewer impurities in the fuel, and therefore better for the small parts of the lighter. Lava butane is good, it's what I use and would recommend, however any highly refined fuel will work good too.

phobicsquirrel

great info there. I ordered to vector cans and am looking forward to them. I have about half a colibri can left and I do think my tri lighter was clogged. it won't even fill anymore. I ordered a dual flame ixar which seems like a really good lighter. Now that I think of it I have several lighters, all that I love, though the cigar.com one that came with the titan pack is really handy and it even has a fuel window. I've been using that a lot and the flame is much better than on my other 2 colibri single flames.

urbino

I ordered a couple cans of that Vector butane, too. Along with a new lighter. Sent my Xikar back to Xikar.

phobicsquirrel

urbs, did what lighter did you get? I got the axia duel flame. should be here any day. I'm excited.

brc81

My $3 Ronson and $2 Ronson butane work great. Been using the same lighter for nearly 3 years now with the cheap fuel. I've never understood the need or hype of the expensive stuff.

urbino

phobicsquirrel:

urbs, did what lighter did you get? I got the axia duel flame. should be here any day. I'm excited.

I got that big-ass Perdomo table lighter. (It's actually made by Vector, IIRC.) I basically never smoke anywhere but at home, so I like the big ones.

j0z3r

urbino:

phobicsquirrel:

urbs, did what lighter did you get? I got the axia duel flame. should be here any day. I'm excited.

I got that big-ass Perdomo table lighter. (It's actually made by Vector, IIRC.) I basically never smoke anywhere but at home, so I like the big ones.

Oooh, let me know how that Perdomo lighter works, I've been wanting to get one for some time now.

phobicsquirrel

urbino:

phobicsquirrel:

urbs, did what lighter did you get? I got the axia duel flame. should be here any day. I'm excited.

I got that big-ass Perdomo table lighter. (It's actually made by Vector, IIRC.) I basically never smoke anywhere but at home, so I like the big ones.

I almost got that one. It was close but I like the look of the axia. It actually came today, that was super quick!

phobicsquirrel

brc81:

My $3 Ronson and $2 Ronson butane work great. Been using the same lighter for nearly 3 years now with the cheap fuel. I've never understood the need or hype of the expensive stuff.

thats cool. my thing is I like messing with the guys at my cigar shop with fancy new stuff... lol

gmill880

phobicsquirrel

I have a permit

urbino

phobicsquirrel

lol, that may work! I ordered the thing monday or tues with a pound of beads.

urbino

rwheelwright

Maybe someone grabbed the wrong one by mistake.

urbino

gmill880

urbino

kuzi16

iduno... i like my Xikar executive with the colibri fuel. I never could tame a triple flame. I ALWAYS light too hot with one of them.

phobicsquirrel

urbino

urbino

This is going to take some getting used to. The flame on the thing is so thin, you gotta hold it just right to get a light. I'm used to the fatter flame on the Ellipse. Maybe I'll end up liking this one better, but it's definitely going to take some getting used to.

kuzi16

it could, however be more useful in touch up lights when you dont wanna burn off half the side of the wrapper.

urbino

Very true.

kuzi16

kuzi16:

it could, however be more useful in touch up lights when you dont wanna burn off half the side of the wrapper.

...and maybe better for small ring gauge cigars.

urbino

phobicsquirrel

No kidding. I ordered my I3 cutter after you mentioned your lighter and it just came.

urbino

They said it was classified as hazardous materials, which meant ground only and God only knows what else. Allow up to 15 days for delivery, I'm told. That'd be Thursday. Did you get your butane yet?

urbino

So this package finally arrived last Fri., and I picked it up today. Didn't have time to check it out much, but holy God that lighter is huge.