Quote Originally Posted by vapefiend
A conventional flame lighter will produce soot-no way around it. They're just not hot enough to completely burn all the carbon. A torch lighter burns clean (no soot produced) but the higher heat isn't recommended for the Genie-too easy to overcook. But you can use a torch lighter to get rid of the soot on the Genie's ceramic filter. That high temp, pinpoint flame will do a good cleaning job on the filter.


yeah, using a torch-type lighter I ended up igniting the herb... it took more finess, but for me worked well -- until the lighter quit on me :wtf: