i bought mine from a local head shop. it's not the problem i don't think... my lighter IS. i need a torch light or a better lighter with a bigger, hotter flame. cause no matter how many hits i took, i never truely tripped. part of that problem, though, was the fact that i waited like a minute between each toke total, and obviously that kind of nullifies each previous toke cause it's too long of a wait. oh well, i'm gonna try again today (with a better lighter!)