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Rconectn · 02-26-2008, 06:10 PM

I read on another board that many people prefer a "soft flame" lighter to light their cigars rather than using a torch lighter. This may sound like a dumb question, but I'm sorry, but what is a "soft flame" lighter? I'm trying to find an alternative to torch lighters b/c I have trouble with torch lighters during the day, I usually end up charring the foot of the cigar b/c I can't see the flame due to the sunlight. Does this happen to anyone else? Anyway, does a "soft flame" lighter avoid this problem; I mean are you able to see the flame in sunlight?

One more question where can you purchase a good quality "soft flame" lighter? Something under $60. Thanks in advance.

LabRatGDI · 02-26-2008, 06:19 PM

Soft-flame lighter is like a Bic disposable, DuPont, IM Corona or Zippo...soft, yellow flame as opposed to the hard blue jet flame of a torch lighter.

Rconectn · 02-26-2008, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by LabRatGDI

Soft-flame lighter is like a Bic disposable, DuPont, IM Corona or Zippo...soft, yellow flame as opposed to the hard blue jet flame of a torch lighter.

Ah, ok thank you. Now for my other question. Who here also has trouble lighting a cigar with a torch during a bright and sunny day? The flame seems to disappear on me and I end up charring the foot of my cigar, I hate it!

Renaissance Man · 02-26-2008, 08:16 PM

Bright daylight can be an issue and it is easy to scorch the foot of your cigar with a torch if you are not careful - one of the reasons I prefer a soft flame.....

airjoe · 03-14-2008, 11:11 AM

It is difficult to see if there is a flame. You can put your finger over the top of the lighter to see if it is lit.

SmoKerch · 03-14-2008, 09:40 PM

Light cigar, then go outside.

Duh.

univibe88 · 03-15-2008, 05:06 PM

I can't see my torch flame during the day, but it doesn't seem to bother me. I guess I've lit enough cigars that I know how far to hold the lighter from the foot without having to see the flame.

02-26-2008, 06:10 PM	#1
Rconectn Club Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 1,182	Lighter question I read on another board that many people prefer a "soft flame" lighter to light their cigars rather than using a torch lighter. This may sound like a dumb question, but I'm sorry, but what is a "soft flame" lighter? I'm trying to find an alternative to torch lighters b/c I have trouble with torch lighters during the day, I usually end up charring the foot of the cigar b/c I can't see the flame due to the sunlight. Does this happen to anyone else? Anyway, does a "soft flame" lighter avoid this problem; I mean are you able to see the flame in sunlight? One more question where can you purchase a good quality "soft flame" lighter? Something under $60. Thanks in advance. __________________ "If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?" -William Shakespeare

02-26-2008, 06:19 PM	#2
LabRatGDI Herf God Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Willowick, OH Posts: 36,008	Soft-flame lighter is like a Bic disposable, DuPont, IM Corona or Zippo...soft, yellow flame as opposed to the hard blue jet flame of a torch lighter. __________________ I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. -- Benjamin Franklin

02-26-2008, 08:16 PM	#4
Renaissance Man Owner Emeritus Herf God Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Reno, NV Vatican City Posts: 16,692	Bright daylight can be an issue and it is easy to scorch the foot of your cigar with a torch if you are not careful - one of the reasons I prefer a soft flame..... __________________ *My current rotation: Bolivars (RC, PC, BBF, CE and Corona JR), Punch Punch, El Original Claro Corona and Lancero, Davidoff Grand Cru #1, VR Famoso, Upmann #2, and R&J Churchill.*

03-14-2008, 11:11 AM	#5
airjoe Starting Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: 1623 Gray Bark Drive, Oldsmar, FL 34677 Posts: 80	It is difficult to see if there is a flame. You can put your finger over the top of the lighter to see if it is lit. __________________ Let men who want to marry men do it. Let women who want to marry women do it. Let those who want to abort their babies do it. In 3 generations there will be no more Democrats.

03-14-2008, 09:40 PM	#6
SmoKerch Herf God Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 23,607	Light cigar, then go outside. Duh. __________________ Kercheval Bros. LLP Professional Procrastination Consultants 1 - (900) - GO# - SAND The Great State of Confusion Just because I may be paranoid, it doesn't mean there aren't people out there trying to get me. Visit us on The Facebook: Kercheval Bros. Procrastination Consultants ! Galatians 5:24 - NLT

03-15-2008, 05:06 PM	#7
univibe88 Herf Meister Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Slidell 4 Life Posts: 5,814	I can't see my torch flame during the day, but it doesn't seem to bother me. I guess I've lit enough cigars that I know how far to hold the lighter from the foot without having to see the flame. __________________ Karl "No man's life, liberty, or property is safe," warned Mark Twain, "while Congress is in session."