smokintexas
What have I gotton myself into?!
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- Aug 2, 2008
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I really am at a loss here with my inability to buy and maintain a lighter. The first lighter I got was a $35 dual flame Colibri knockoff that worked great when I first got it. It quickly ran out of fluid so I grabbed some Lucienne quadruple refined butane fluid, purged the lighter of the air buildup, filled up the lighter, waited for the fluid to warm up, and the first few times I did this things went well. After doing it a few more times I noticed how quickly and often air would build up. It got to the point that every time I tried to light it it took about 10-15 tries to get it to light and stay lit. It would spark, and catch flame for a split second, but would not stay lit even though I heard the gas coming from the lighter. When it got to this point is when I decided to get a Blazer lighter and was blown away by how well it worked when I initially filled it up. Well, after a few times of refilling it I ran into the same issue I ran into with the Colibri knockoff but now it wont catch a flame at all and it sounds like there isn't much gas coming out at all. The other thing that is worrisome is that when there is fluid in the Blazer I can hear it leaking when I'm not even using it. So now I've got one lighter (Colibri knockoff) that works some of the time, and I've got a Blazer lighter that doesn't work at all. :angry: