Many individuals who prefer to purchase reusable products have moved from fluid-filled lighters to a butane lighter. These devices are cleaner-burning, impart no taste to tobacco and come in designs that are as windproof as their fluid-filled cousins. They also provide a very long service life and can be purchased in designs with ornamented and commemorative cases. While their reliability is not an issue, many individuals wonder how many lights they can get out of a tank of fuel.
There is no solid answer to this question. Butane torches come in so many designs that the question is really not one of how many lights but one of how efficient any given model of torch may be. For instance, there are butane torches which are very small and which have a single, low-temperature flame. There are others which are much larger and which produce high-pressure, high-temperature flames. Obviously, these differences in design will make a significant difference in efficiency.
A high-pressure flame will consume more fuel. This is because there is more butane being forced through the nozzle which causes the tank to be drained more rapidly. To offset this, many manufacturers produce high-pressure flame models with larger reservoirs which results in them being able to produce roughly the same amount of lights that a standard lighter can produce with a smaller tank. Butane torches come in many shapes and sizes, however, and among the most fuel-inefficient are the multi-jet models.
With larger lighters, the reservoir is oftentimes very much enlarged to accommodate more powerful flames and multiple jets. This has the effect of balancing out the number of lights that one can expect from a full tank of fuel with what one would expect from a less-powerful lighter. In either case, butane is a long-lasting fuel and even a lighter which is heavily-used should only have to be refueled a couple of times each month. Relative to the weight, butane lighters provide many more lights than liquid-filled lighters.
In the end, the most efficient lighters will be those that produce the gentlest flame. Turning one's flame up higher will diminish the efficiency. In most cases, one can count on at least 100 lights out of their butane reservoir depending upon their usage habits and the number of jets on their lighter. To increase this number, one may simply turn down the fuel valve a bit.
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Dave Sabot is the owner of specialty butane lighters store. With expert knowledge of cigar accessories, including Pipe lighter s, Dave also authors a highly rated blog featuring cigar smoking tips .
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