Matches vs lighter

[BryGuySC]

I prefer kitchen matches.
I carry a zippo with a butane pipe insert.
I use bics when convenient. I do find the bics are more prone to burning the back edge of the pipe.

[GWBowman]

I like matches, but they are more of a mess and the wind gives them more trouble than a lighter. My youngest, Luke, bought me a Lotus Vertigo Pipe Lighter I really like, but I can never get a refill to last as long as I think it should. My Zippo Pipe Lighter seems rough on the pipe rim, and back to refilling. Bics sometimes burn my thumb, because I don't always hold them right. I wish there was a place to score these local. Would like to try one, but I hate to pay as much or more in shipping than the item. Circle K sells them, but looks like only on the west coast.

[Aguineapig]

I use a zippo pipe lighter most of the time. Originally used 100% matches, but if you ever smoke outdoors you know how tricky that can be. I still use matches in the shop, but the convenience of the zippo wins out most of the time.

[Emperor Zurg]

My youngest, Luke, bought me a Lotus Vertigo Pipe Lighter I really like, but I can never get a refill to last as long as I think it should.

Oh no... I see a 'how to fill your butane lighter' thread in the near future, replete with all the nonsense about 'purging the air' before you fill. The horror. Oh my head... I think I'll just start pounding it against the cement wall right now...

[Haebar]

I use disposable lighters 90% of the time. I recently got a Nimrod pipe lighter on ebay but I haven't figured out the secret to lighting my pipe with it.

[Nature]

I picked up one of these to try.
Dual Style Flame Lighter



A little cheap, but with the soft flame at a 90 degree angle, it is similar to the zippo pipe lighter. I haven't tried it out on a pipe yet.
It has a single torch that you can use for cigars too.

It seems a bit touchy on the adjustment. The soft flame goes from just a flicker to shooting out 4" with a minimal turn of the dial.

[Cool Breeze]

I prefer matches but I use a lighter most of the time out of laziness. Mostly Bics.

I guess I should get me one of the angled pipe lighters since I'm starting to buy some nice briar pipes.

[Bruck]

Matches require two hands, lighter, one. Therefore lighter for Bruck.

I have/have had a few "fancy" pipe lighters. I usually end up using a bic disposable - read into that what you will

[droy1958]

Oh no... I see a 'how to fill your butane lighter' thread in the near future, replete with all the nonsense about 'purging the air' before you fill. The horror. Oh my head... I think I'll just start pounding it against the cement wall right now...

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[Cool Breeze]

Repeat this word several times.....BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC BIC
Every uppity lighter I've bought has been a pain in the a$$.......

Yeah, me too.

I've never bought a pipe lighter, but the torches I've bought have been terrible.
I'll fill them with butane and they'll work great for one or two cigars, then they'll spit and sputter and not stay lit.

I've purged them and I use the good Xikar triple filtered fuel and they still do the same thing.

Hell, I even light cigars with Bics half the time. I'd like to find a good one that would work, but for that much money, I'd rather just spend it on more cigars, pipes and pipe tobacco.