I have several Blazers, from the Evo to the CG-001 and the Little Buddy...just about any Blazers are good values...
Suggestions on a cigar lighter?
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I use a Ronson torch lighter for my cigars. They are very inexpensive at $3 and you can get them just about anywhere.
sorry but I hate and will never use lighters for cigars again.. Hemp wicks work great. Also if you have the patience for it and its during the day I like to use a magnifying glass, you know like when you were a little kid and burned ants. Works great and its fun
+1 I'm also extremely happy with the purchase of an Old boy lighter.
I would actually get triple or quadruple refined fuels rather than using the match the brands dealy. Ronson butane is useless...
A smoking companion of mine uses an Old Boy and loves it. He always telling me to dump my Zippo pipe lighter and "man up" to an Old Boy.
For better or for worse, I have been smoking cigars and pipes for 40 years now and here is my take on lighting them:
The most reliable and least expensive lighter is a Zippo. It is wind resistant and easy to refill. The downside is that the fumes from standard lighter fluid do not do anything to enhance the aroma or flavor of what you are smoking.
Standard Butane lighters pretty much eliminate the unpleasant fumes, but do not work very well in a windy situation. They are fairly reliable but do need attention once in a while.
Blazer type lighters work great for a short while, but then quickly become finicky and unreliable in damp or cold weather. I have relegated these type of lighters to indoor use as they have disappointed me many a time in the great outdoors.
Matches always work, are cheap and readily available, but as we all know they do not work well outdoors. These work best in stick form, and even better if you can get them in the "strike anywhere" type. When I come across a place to get those, I usually buy a case, since they are not available where I live.
So .........what to use?? My standard "carry" lighter is a Dunhill "old-style" gold lighter that has a double "cigar lighting" flame. It is not the Blazer type so it is less wind resistant, however it will get the job done without the unpleasant fumes, and I pull it out when my friends Blazer lighter craps out - which is very often. The one thing I ALWAYS carry is a book of matches, because no matter what brand or type of lighter you carry, eventually it will either run out of fluid or flint, or just not work for whatever reason. I can tell you guys that I have wound up using good old matches many times over the years, and if you are planning to light something, always carry a book of them as a back-up.
Happy smoking!
Regards,
D/E Bob
The most reliable and least expensive lighter is a Zippo. It is wind resistant and easy to refill. The downside is that the fumes from standard lighter fluid do not do anything to enhance the aroma or flavor of what you are smoking.
Standard Butane lighters pretty much eliminate the unpleasant fumes, but do not work very well in a windy situation. They are fairly reliable but do need attention once in a while.
Blazer type lighters work great for a short while, but then quickly become finicky and unreliable in damp or cold weather. I have relegated these type of lighters to indoor use as they have disappointed me many a time in the great outdoors.
Matches always work, are cheap and readily available, but as we all know they do not work well outdoors. These work best in stick form, and even better if you can get them in the "strike anywhere" type. When I come across a place to get those, I usually buy a case, since they are not available where I live.
So .........what to use?? My standard "carry" lighter is a Dunhill "old-style" gold lighter that has a double "cigar lighting" flame. It is not the Blazer type so it is less wind resistant, however it will get the job done without the unpleasant fumes, and I pull it out when my friends Blazer lighter craps out - which is very often. The one thing I ALWAYS carry is a book of matches, because no matter what brand or type of lighter you carry, eventually it will either run out of fluid or flint, or just not work for whatever reason. I can tell you guys that I have wound up using good old matches many times over the years, and if you are planning to light something, always carry a book of them as a back-up.
Happy smoking!
Regards,
D/E Bob
