How to Properly Refill a Cigar Lighter

[JohnS]

This is a short 2 minute video with handy tips in regard to bleeding and settling your lighter each time you re-fuel...

How to Properly Refill a Cigar Lighter

In this Cigar 101 video, Gary shows you how to re-fill your cigar lighters with butane, including how to properly bleed them and several other tip on how to keep your cigar lighter at peak performance.

Source: https://www.cigarworld.com/news/how-to-properly-refill-a-cigar-lighter/

[BigGuns]

Couldn’t agree more with all those points. I religiously bleed and wait after fueling and I firmly believe those are the main reasons the two torches I rotate through have been going strong for 15 years or so.

One thing I also do is lower the flame strength all the way down before bleeding and fueling. I have no idea if that helps, but I recall reading/hearing it once. Any thoughts on this?

[ha_banos]

I've a xikar tech twin jet I've been using as my only lighter for 10 years almost. I occasionally bleed it. Not every refill. Use swan gas. Still on my first refill cylinder ☺️ Been a charm. 

[westg]

2 hours ago, BigGuns said:

Couldn’t agree more with all those points. I religiously bleed and wait after fueling and I firmly believe those are the main reasons the two torches I rotate through have been going strong for 15 years or so.

One thing I also do is lower the flame strength all the way down before bleeding and fueling. I have no idea if that helps, but I recall reading/hearing it once. Any thoughts on this?

And that is all there is to it. 👌

[Habanoschris]

Great stuff🔥

I've found bleeding them is key to longevity particularly for the cheap ones that can stop working after a few cycles otherwise.