The Best Fuel for Refillable Lighters

The fuel used on one’s lighter goes a long way toward determining both the performance and the longevity of the device. When one purchases a high-end refillable lighter, such as a Colibri torch lighter or a liquid-fueled refillable such as a Zippo, it makes sense to protect that investment by making certain only the highest-quality materials are used to actually fuel the device.

Making certain that one gets the best flavor starts with how the cigar is lit. There are various means of doing this and some cigar smokers have very strong preferences for and against certain means. The most controversial way cigars are lit is with liquid-fueled refillable lighters.

The nozzle on a can of butane is designed to fit perfectly with the receiver on a refillable lighter. Anything that doesn’t quite fit is most certainly not the correct fuel and one should not attempt to make it work by force. This can ruin the lighter as much as can using the incorrect fuel.

Liquid-fueled lighters are amazingly durable devices which are fairly forgiving where the quality of the fuel is used. So long as actual lighter fluid is being used, they offer good performance. However, the cheaper brands of lighter fluid, like their butane counterparts, tend to have more impurities. In liquid-fueled lighters, these impurities will be noticeable in the form of a foul odor when the lighter is sparked and in a distinctive and unpleasant taste on the first few puffs of any tobacco lit with the lighter. For the best results, use a fluid that advertises lending no flavor to tobacco. This is a mark of purity.

Lighting a cigar, for some smokers, should only be done in the most traditional way possible. This means either matches or cedar strips are employed. Matches obviously burn no fuel which may lend a taste to the cigar and cedar strips have a pleasant smell all their own. These methods, of course, lack the inherent convenience of a lighter. Given that lighting a cigar is a complex process, it may take several matches to get the stogie burning. Cedar strips have the disadvantage of being poor choices where portability is concerned and, of course, they can crumble in one’s pockets.

Brian is a business consultant for an online lotus lighter store and has expert knowledge of cigar accessories, including cigar cutter lighters.

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