Best lighter to use..

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There IS a difference in the quality of the lighters...

Bic produce a smaller flame, allowing you to corner the bowl better and not fully cherry it, the smaller flame also means you inhale less butane.

The cheap chinese lighters pride was referring to originally as butane (usually thin and clear) produce a huge flame in excess of an inch or so much larger than Bics. This cherrie the weed more leading to a harsher hit and more chemically taste if that helps. That's why people dont usually use Zippos for bowls, since its all just chemicals extra

Actually, the chinese ones have adjustable flames, you can make them as small(barely visible) or as large(6+ inches) as you want. Sometimes the little adjusting knob is blocked by the metal wind shield, so you might have to remove it. Probably worth the $0.2 the bic costs just to have it tuned correctly out of the box. I don't know what "cherrie" means, but there are no chemicals in a torch or chinese lighter that aren't in a bic, and unless by "harsher" you mean "hotter" (temperature-wise) I don't know what you're talking about.

If you didnt know you should always use a bic, your retarded

No, that's not true. There is nothing special about a bic, other than a carefully tuned flame. If you think there aremajor differences between lighters after reading this thread, then you're retarded.

this entry is from Here

"Lighters

Lighters come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Ordinary cigarette lighters are adequate for smoking bud, but they're not the best. If ordinary lighters are used, it's best to make sure the flame is at least 1.5" tall. When lighting, the lighter is best held vertically, with the flame being sucked over the edge of the bowl onto the bud. This method avoids singed fingers.

If possible, a pipe lighter should be purchased. Pipe lighters emit a tall flame at a ninety-degree angle, making it easier to light a bowl. The same effect can be achieved with conventional lighters by using a lighter "holster". The only one I've seen was made out of leather and had a "belt strap" on the back. The lighter was put into the holster, and the index and middle fingers fit snugly into the belt strap (with the holster resting on *top* of the fingers). The thumb could then flick the lighter with all fingers safely away from the flame even if the lighter were held sideways to light the bowl.

Above all else, though, the most important characteristic to look for in a lighter is reliability. It's depressing to be holding a packed bong, ready for a hit, and flicking the lighter over and over without getting a flame."

well... I'm not totally sure about "regular" lighters and others... but I think that torch lighters seem too harsh and too hot for the weed. aka burning more than you could of gotten in your lungs. Either way, after reading that entry from that site, I'm buying a "pipe lighter" on ebay.
I like the idea of high-end lighter + 45~90 degree flame that simply makes it look cooler when getting high.
I'm definitely a quality over quantity guy.

Yeah, pipe lighters are nice, most (not all) of them are torch flames FYI...
Also, torch lighters are not "too harsh" or "too hot" for the weed, with a Bic or a torch it's just going to be burned bud. Torch lighters can make the pipe hotter, but that's the only existent negative effect (if you are smoking out of glass)

i always try and use bic, i dont think i wouldever use a tourch lighter just cause it would burn to much green, as for matches let the sulfer burn off for a few seconds before using them

A torch lighter doesn't burn any more green, it just burns hotter, if anything it would help you get more out of your bud. Letting the sulfur burn off matches is advisable, that stuff is nasty.