
STOP! Before you do
so, and heaven help you if you flick open a Zippo-style lighter in front of any
stuffy purist cigar smokers, pay close attention to a few bits of background
and an awesome solution that you've been searching for.
First, purists believe you should light your cigar with
nothing other than cedar spills. I think
that’s outstanding but seldom practical.
Setting these aside, the rule of the game is gas! Butane is the best go-to lighter fuel you can
depend on to fire up your cigars, yielding nothing but the tastes of delicious
tobacco. The curse of the Zippo-style
lighter is its fuel source. The
ingenious design involves a wick packed into cotton batting topped by a striker
wheel and a bit of flint. The wick is
constantly damp with the fuel oil stored in the soaked cotton batting. When the striker wheel is spun, sparks fly,
ignition ensues, and a hypnotic flame flickers to life. The problem is this method stinks. No, really, it stinks. Zippo fluid is fine if you’re lighting up a
Marlboro because there’s not a lot of good flavor to that smoke to worry about
tainting. But your Padrón or Toraño have
done nothing to merit such abuse.

Now back to your granddad’s Zippo. Here’s what you do: first remove the insert
of the lighter and put it back into that cigar box of memories that you pulled
the lighter from in the first place. You
may want to keep it as it is a part of the lighter and may well have
sentimental value. You are now left with
the case of the lighter. Next add a Z-Plus Butane Lighter Insert right into the case. It fits perfectly, functions the same way as
the original hardware to keep the case closed, and you’re now cooking with
gas. This will give you a great lighter
that will keep you not only tasting your cigars as they should be, but you also
get to keep an old favorite lighter properly in circulation.
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