Quote Originally Posted by CentralTimeSmoke View Post
That's the other thing about expensive lighters...they want that fancy butane that's $20 a bottle or they won't work. Garbage. Long live the Vertigo!!
Same can be said for the Ronson Jetlite. Workhorse of a lighter and dirt cheap. As far as butate lighters, cheap is the way to go IMO.

ANY lighter is going to plug eventually. Inside any and all of them there's a little white rod of porous plastic that restricts the flow of butatne to the nozzle. You can see it thru the clear plastic in some lighters. That rod basically takes the place of an orifice. I have torn apart many lighters and it seems the same rod is in all of them. It is not replaceable that I know of. It just stands to reason that eventually that sucker is going to get plugged as even the most expensive butane you can find will contain at least SOME impurities. I for one, would rather throw away a $7 lighter than a $200 one.