I've never tried an expensive butane lighter. I picked up a cheap one (at WalMart) once. A "Ronson". I think somebody here might have recommended the thing, but I can't remember. What a piece of trash. I have about a 2% success rate getting this thing to light INDOORS. I certainly wouldn't ever waste time trying it under adverse conditions. That's trying it with different flame adjustments, butane full, half full, near empty. Push halfway, pause, then strike. One swift motion to start the butane and strike. It's ridiculous. I have refilled the thing twice, and it's currently empty again. I have tried lighting it (emphasis on "tried") less than 100 times, probably closer to 50. And it's out of butane two times already. I guess you get what you pay for. From what others have said in this thread, $50 or $100 may not buy you a whole lot more than my $5 WalMart special (or whatever it's cost was). If butane lighters like this were the only things you could light up with, we'd have a lot less addicted people (unless they just gave up and ATE their cigarettes!)

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I just found the stupid thing. It's a "Ronson Jet Lite". Now, off to the trash it goes. I don't know why it was still sitting around...
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