hehe, you no understand🌫

When I was smoking pipes heavily, I used Imco pipe lighters. They worked great for a while, then they would develop all kinds of problems. I had at least a dozen of them and they are all shot now, but they were made for pipe lighting and did a great job while they lasted.

I got a vector as a gift 3 years ago, as long as I use Xikar or Colibri fuel it works fine, also have an Xikar triple torch, but I don't use it much unless i want to impress the hood.

I use the old colibri refill lighters... I've never used anything other than colibri butane in them and they've all held up for a couple of years without issue...

Cute kids.

Please enlighten me.

Ummm, lol. He is no kid! And his old pipes were made from glass or brass. 😇

Ding ding winner ! I have 4 top of the line Xikars in need of repair,tired of paying shipping to have fixed.

Bernzomatic torch (TS3000) should do the trick. Just watch the eye brows.

I was speaking about his avatar (kids), no reference made about his age.

Many lighter malfunctions are a result of the butane fuel. The only lighters that I've known to not care much about fuel quality are Ronson's.

And to my surprise, I found that xikar fuel isn't as good as Vector fuel. I own 30+ lighters and noticed performance and flame issues with several after I switched to xikar fuel for several months. I started to suspect the fuel was an issue so went back to vector. There was an immediate improvement in the flames of several lighters. I literally purged xikar fuel, replaced with vector fuel and saw immediate improvement in the flames of these lighters (I took before and after pics of 4 different lighters and the results were impressive).

My personal favorite torch lighter is the Lotus L48. Angled dual flame, fuel window, discrete slide out punch and can light 8-10 sticks on a full tank. The xikar fuel messed this lighter up and not even the switch back to Vector could fix it. I had no issues with the lighter when running it on vector fuel but after a few months on xikar fuel, the problems started. I had to return the lighter for service. Once it came back working properly, Its been on a steady diet of vector fuel and I have no issues.

Every lighter I own works, all 30ish of em (both inexpensive and not so inexpensive). Vector fuel is the main reason they all work.
Long story short, unless you buy a Ronson lighter, buy Vector fuel as I suspect many of the lighter issues in this thread are due to butane issues.

Grandkids actually, the little boy is in the midst of a tough battle with a malignant brain tumor.