Are torch lighters good or bad for smoking?

[dragonrider]

Depends on what and how you use it. If you use a metal pipe I say no. But if you use glass or better stone, and you use your torch precisely, sure it could have its advantages over regular flame. The regular flame dances with wind and is harder to control. If you burn your bowls like you eat a pie, Then the precision of the torch could make breezes and the such moot.

If by "burn your bowls like you eat a pie" you mean do I bury my whole face in the bowl and gobble it up until it is all gone, then yes, I do burn my bowls like I eat a pie.

Mmmmmm...pie.....