Butane

[Cigary]

Good fuel is something that we tend to use and lighters tend to work better with 3 or 5X refined butane.  Ronsons seem to be able to work on junk so I'm at a loss as to how that works in the grand scheme.  I have expensive lighters where I use only 5X butane...a big can of Vector will last years so I dont see why most won't buy a can of this instead of saving 50 cents on crap butane?

[Ol' Times CIgars]

Vector or Lucienne are the best butanes for the money in my opinion. Sometimes they run deals on the giant Xikar cans, making them the best deal out there. I used to think the butane thing was bs, but I have been rebuilding/repairing customer lighters for a few years now and the first question I ask is "what fuel do you use." 99% of the time they say "I don't know I got it at a gas station." I just bleed it then refill it and what do you know, it works!  

I think one of the companies had a break down of ppms of each fuel and the cheap brands always had a lot more.

[Cigary]

Ol' Times CIgars - 6/6/2014  5:25 PM  Vector or Lucienne are the best butanes for the money in my opinion. Sometimes they run deals on the giant Xikar cans, making them the best deal out there. I used to think the butane thing was bs, but I have been rebuilding/repairing customer lighters for a few years now and the first question I ask is "what fuel do you use." 99% of the time they say "I don't know I got it at a gas station." I just bleed it then refill it and what do you know, it works!    I think one of the companies had a break down of ppms of each fuel and the cheap brands always had a lot more.

 Can't emphasize this enough about quality butane.  I have my own collection of lighters that range from the lowly Ronson all the way to the ST Duponts.  After working on my own I learned the same thing about butanes....once I started using 5X refined fuel I just don't have issues anymore with any lighters.  I use compressed air but only for insurance to keep the lighter critters from forming in the jet.  I bought 5 cans of Vector fuel about 3 years ago and two of them are still full...the first can is about halfway full and it never goes bad.

[CigarPlace]

I'll use any premium butane 4x refined or better. The fact that we sell Xikar means my lighters tend to get that more than anything else. There also happens to be a can on my desk at all times so there's that. In a pinch when I have to buy butane and my options are limited, Colibri, Vector, and Jetline but I also won't overpay for them either. Some of the shops around here charge like $9 for a small can, I'll just change lighters, ask them to refill me or use matches instead.

Oh and what's with shops charging for matches...?

[Cigary]

Lol....I see that more and more about charging for matches and cedar spills....wait, what???   One can pay $4 for the big can of Vector and I usually will get that from CI but see they don't do that deal very often.  I would order 2 big cans with Free S/H.