Odd...my favorite and best lighter is the Colibri Talon. Have 3, all at least 2-3 years old and still going strong,whereas I have 4 higher end Xikars waiting to be sent back for repair.

Translation: cheap disposable crap they're having private-labelled for them by some sweatshop in China. Buy Xikar instead.

You must not live near a CI brick-and-mortar store, because you can walk into one of them, hand them any non-functional Xikar products, and they'll simply hand you equivalent new-in-box versions right off the Xikar display shelves. No receipts or other paperwork, no ID, no nothing.

30 seconds and you walk out with new gear. Repeat whenever necessary, forever. I've already done it a few times, once even replacing two dead lighters in the same transaction. No problem at all.

That's something that needs to be fixed

If you're patient, you can get these real cheap.

Last long, big tank

Or, get a Ronson

Not really. I think the idea is that the lighter/cutter ITSELF has the warranty, irrespective of who owns it, so as long as you're holding the dead Xikar product, it doesn't matter who you are.

And yes, it's awesome. Thoroughly awesome. You buy them ONCE, and forever after, all your lighter problems are solved for $0.00 in a few seconds and with zero hassle.

Racist!

We're screwed

Thanks, Steve....I hate having to explain myself. But, I should know better than letting Politics threads seep out of their sandbox

What? Do you mean to tell me that cows can't vote?

At least in Chicago, I know they can!

There are no cows in Chicago since the fire.

It's years, not months, and the "hefty price" is only for people who don't wait for sales.

For example, a few years back, CI offered this package deal for $22:

1 Xikar 5-count Herf-a-dor clone in cool fluorescent orange.

1 Xikar double-guillotine cutter

1 Xikar Stratosphere lighter (high-altitude capable)

5 Xikar HC cigars.

If you figure the cigars were $2 each, that means the lighter, cutter and box cost a combined total of about $12, and all three of them are infinitely replaceable over-the-counter in 30 seconds for zero dollars with no paperwork or hassle, for the rest of your life.

Combine that with replacement intervals measured in years, and I can't conceive of anything that comes anywhere close to matching, let alone beating, that value.

Bought a DuPont MaxiJet over ten years ago and although I have dropped it countless times on concrete it never fails.

Elitist!🍺