What Is Your GoTo Lighter?

[ehsanh06]

Mine has to be my Ace of Spades Zippo with the Pipe insert - Occasional will use matches or BIC lighter.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Yes it was, I've gone full circle back to BIC's, I was messing with a brass tube around the flame, to stop it burning my thumb, work in progress..??

Just don't try to point the BIC's flame down. Hold the light at a 45º upright position, and draw the flame to the tobacco. A real thumb saver!

 

[jpmcwjr]

Tank size is fine. Mine last quite a while, but I don't use just one lighter a day. Several weeks, usually.

Do you exhaust the propellant every now and then?

An update on my 2 ST Dupont Chinese clones after several months use, they need refilling almost every day with regular use, I presume either, because they have a small tank or they leak a little. But nice looking and good working lighters when pipe smoking socially. Good buys.

 

[MrTom]

Just don't try to point the BIC's flame down. Hold the light at a 45º upright position, and draw the flame to the tobacco. A real thumb saver!

Thanks for the tip sir, got the knack now ???

 

[MrTom]

The final, final, GOTO lighter. Had enough of refillables & use my disposable BIC's with a Chrome sleeve for everyday use.
(May use the 2 Chinese ST DuPont's socially & the WAY torch lighter for stormy lunts).

 

[MrTom]

I have been using mine for a few months and they work ver very well. I love the fit and finish. Fuel for me lasts weeks, bu I only have one bowl per day, and not necessarily everyday. I also switch up between two of these and a Kiribi.

I am glad yours is working out well, but surprised they need such quick refilling.

I find them excellent lighters, but not my regular Goto lighters. I've tended to leave them laying around unused, then after filling them use them regularly for a few days every now & then. So perhaps my criticism that they need refilling quite often is unfair, compared to using them as your regular Goto lighter. But that is what I found after by using them periodically after leaving them unused.
Highly recommended lighters.

 

[ricehat89]

Kiribi Kabuto - 2 years and running like a beast!

 

[Mr_Smokey]

I'm using two translucent Clippers so I can see how much liquid is left in them and I find it makes refills easier than with the opaque ones.

 

[hauntedmyst]

My two Corona Old Boys are in need of repairs so I've been using the $5 Lane lighter.

 

[Mr_Smokey]

These are the ones I'm using, some kind of childrens' lighters...

 

[mikethompson]

I use my pipe Zippo exclusively, but smoke so infrequently that the fuel always evaporates from it. I've bought a NOS Imco 6800 that is on a slow boat from Europe that I can't wait to try out.

 

[michail]

A black mat Corona Old Boy and the classic BIC

 

[paulfg]

I have an old boy and a Dunhill rollagas,The old boy gets most use as I dont take the Dunhill out of the house but the Dunhill is more reliable

 

[donjgiles]

I have tried a Colibri Pacific Air... it broke
ST Dupont knockoff ... it broke

I mainly use wooden matches for the first part of the bowl, a Bic for the last of the bowl.
But today, I decided to get fancy and get this Old Boy

 

[smokey789]

My go to is wooden matches, though I will use a Zippo pipe lighter and it works well. I don't like using anything else. The flame is too hot.

 

[jpmcwjr]

You'll love that one, Don.

As to too hot? Just keep the flame further from the tobacco. You don't want the flame actually touching the tobacco- the superheated air beyond the tip lights it nicely.

 

[anotherbob]

I just got a Colibri because the zippo flame is too big for my tiny blowfish pipe. And the thing is great. Like the zippo a little more because it works in the wind. But the little Colibri works great for pipes too. Soft flame is way different then bic for sure.

 

[vates]

I really need to gather all my lighters in one place and make a group photo. The collection gas grown a bit since my last update Although it's not that easy due to the lock-down....

 

[Misanthrope]

I’ve got a Lotus Vertigo Puffer that I got from a local shop, and a Kiribi Mikazuki that costs four times as much. I was annoyed to find myself using the Puffer more...but it’s got built-in tools and is more convenient outside or while on the go than wrangling a separate lighter and pipe tool. I should’ve thought about that before I bought the Mikazuki.

 

[autumnfog]

Zippo outdoors. Matches indoors.
I have the plain brushed chrome model, prefer simplicity in things.