Best Hack for Fixing a Plugged Cigar Torch Lighter - Cigar 101

Gary Korb of Cigar Advisor gives you an easy trick that could help save your broken or plugged cigar torch lighter.
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[@erenmillamrealtor]

I gave this a try and it worked the first time for about half of my lighters. The second time, 99%. There was only one lighter that was giving me a hard time, but in the end, it succumbed to this hack and and started working. I went back through my history to find this video to give it a like and comment.

[@superque4]

*WOW!!!* I've owned a cigar lounge for over 10 yrs and have NEVER heard this. It just fixed 3 of my favorite torches that were just languishing in my dead drawer because I couldn't bear to throw them away. THANK YOU! I owe you a cigar if you're ever in town.

[@charisabbas6852]

Excellent! Thanks much! I had 5 different irreplaceable and rare collectors butane torch lighters that I never thought I would get working ever again after all my different attempts over the years. This brought everyone of them new life in minutes. You, sir, are a hero

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Glad we could help. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@SamuelDavidDeLuce]

Unless the butane lighter is a rather expensive one and even those eventually lose their lives. It's just inevitable. I used that trick for a good year or so on several different styles and qualities and it never failed... they all eventually took a dive into the trash compactor (yes, I purposely referenced Star Wars) I've never owned a super expensive one but I imagine their guts are a little more durable than your average one you pick up at a liquor store or something. Go to a cigar grotto. You'll find higher end lighters there or you could maybe shop online Fuel too is important. Now More refined the better. Get yourself a few stainless steel wire brushes or even the copper brushes and after every 2 or 3 times of usage. Take those brushes with the burners pointed down with the bristles facing up at the burners and start cleaning. I usually twist the lighter rather than the brush. I keep the brush stationary and twist the lighter itself. I think I have more control therefore making the cleaning quicker and more sufficient, because all the debris is falling down away from the burners as opposed to the debris falling back into the burners further messing it up more. I hope you understand that mess I just wrote

[@ar007r]

@@SamuelDavidDeLuce i Just bought a palladium line 2 ST Dupont for $1500. I dont think I will use a wire brush on it but I know that I certainly did not use ST Dupont fuel for $90 for 60ml. I found a company that makes fuel for culinary purposes because their propane and butanes are 99.99998% pure. ST Dupont is only 99.995% which actually makes a difference (its not approved for use in food processing). I see comments about people using 'cheaper fuels' on expensive lighters like mine and its quite annoying that they fall for marketing. My fuel is 11x refined and ST Dupont is 3x. The other interesting thing to note is that its about how pure the gasses are in the fuel not just the butane. The butane cans that contain nothing but pure butane do not work on lighters. The lighter mixes use a 30/70 propane to butane mixture. I had no idea there was propane in all our refills but this was confirmed by the chemists at the company I purchase from. My bottle says 70/30 and (butane/propane) and I was worried I bought the wrong product. They are actually all this way. It is not exactly correct to tell people to buy the purest butane possible since they do actually sell pure butane cans. Strange huh? Also I used this new fuel in place of the xikar fuel and it actually made some of my lighters that have a tiny bit of problems with reliability light perfectly every time for the first time. The fuel is called Blue (blue flame butane blend). It beats ST Dupont and ST Dupont is literally 7200% more expensive per ml.

[@JSinM]

I've been using these for decades... never crossed my mind to try that. Bravo and Cheers!

[@bxfromdasoufakakellz5399]

dude thank you. I have been trying to figure out the problem with my torch lighter for some time now and I stumbled upon ur video... SAVED ME TONS OF FUTURE MONEY! lol I was often buying more torches thinking "another one bites the dust....." (theme song in the background and all)

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Thanks for watching and we're glad we could help save you some money.

[@campc1]

An ABSOLUTE Miracle of an hack. Worked, still does. Short, sweet, too the point and WORKS. Thanks sir!

[@EllocoEncerrado]

Thank you so much, Mr Korb, this really helped me. I left a torch lighter sitting there after a refill for over a month and it started acting up once I wanted to use it again. Since it was late at night, all I had was the internet to fix it, I'm glad your video came up. Thank you again.

[@tammyhill875]

You are the MAN ! Can’t even believe this worked 10 out of my 11 butane lighters ! Kudos!!

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Glad we could help.

[@adamgroppman8306]

Just tried it and it worked on my little torch lighter that had gotten a sloppy, loose flame. Now it's an intense torch again! Thanks!

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Thanks for watching and glad you were able to save your lighter.

[@anthonyfranks793]

Thank you this worked wonders for my 5 lighters! There was one stubborn lighter that needed one additional step, which was to switch away from Ronson butane that I got at Walmart to a premium butane that I got off Amazon. After that, along with the step that you mentioned, it started functioning perfectly!

[@jessem2193]

Loyal cigar guy for years. Really nice video quite a cool way to fix this problem. You are a Legend Sir!!

[@michaelslattery513]

Wow. I have tried so many things over the years and nothing worked as well as this hack. Well done sir!

[@e.miller8662]

This is the best hack I have seen so far for fixing my torches flame! And it burns like it's new again, thank you so very much!

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Glad we could help.

[@leoattard864]

You sir, are a legend, I was so sad when I saw that one of the jets of my brand new cigar lighter was apparently blocked, your hack just made my day

[@ramonagarciabryant9051]

I just tried this on a cheap butane lighter and it totally worked. Thank u so much for this hack it works beautifully.

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

So glad to read that Ramona. Thank you, and pass it on. ;-)

[@maloneyphil]

This just fixed my favourite Xikar lighter! Worked like a charm. Thank you so much!

[@i_am_stc3958]

I just did this on one of the jets in my Colibri Monaco lighter, worked like a charm. Thank You!!

[@strobyemtp]

Thank you Gary! Worked like a charm.

[@ineedfiles]

Wow awesome. Unfortunately this used torch my friend gave me is way too big now lol but, it fixed the problem i had with my new torch

[@zumyj]

Finally a simple trick that works. Thanks bud!

[@JamesMBaima]

One of the best and simplest hacks Awesome info.

[@SouthTexasLivin]

You saved me $120 💪🏽🙏

[@justinhafner12383]

Thats a hack ive been hanging my head against the wall for years waiting for so my head would like to sincerely thank you (a long with my collection of torches I almost threw away convinced there wasn't a solution

[@forpublic777]

your video is short but very helpful. thanks

[@lazydayhobbies1540]

UNBELIEVABLE... Worked like a charm.

[@joepublic7692]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! i got a jobon triple jet torch lighter couple of months ago, and 2 of the jets hsd stopped working. Now it works like the day it came 😁 made up

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Glad we could help, thanks for watching and commenting.

[@wvuhill]

Works perfectly. Thank you!!

[@mlkollman]

Wow! So simple and it works. THANKS!

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

We're glad we could help. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.

[@Sals_Special_Solutions]

Awesome! Thanks

[@buzzrandy714]

You are awesome thank you

[@HuynhTrinh-gy8hc]

Thank you so much This hack saved my life

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

We're glad we can help.

[@StevieBlack2112]

This works! My Colibri table lighter wouldn't ignite so I tried this. Worked straight away😊😊

[@heraldofthemetalgods2620]

amazing, ty so much

[@labelkilled]

Legit, I thought you had a pile of bots juicing the comments but I figured the lighter was dead anyway, might as well try. Got my Honest brand jet back up. What’s more is that it was only lighting like a plain bic and has regained its jet flow. It’s an angled pistol type shape with a drop over cover so that was very inconvenient. Seriously thanks.

[@cihuacatzin]

Thank you, it works!

[@BeaverIslander]

Worked great on my Morretti freeby.

[@flhxs]

Saved my Colibri lighter! Thx!

[@slowmotionenergylovebeing6327]

Thank you

[@normcote270]

Great hack, thank you much!!!!

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Thanks for watching.

[@Alex_Rdz90]

THANKS A TON !!!

[@goodwingirl7337]

Thank you! I've had this torch lighter for a while and I really like the way it looked a nice one but the darn thing has been sputtering since the first time I refilled it and I've done all kinds of things to it trying to get it to work right I just tried your trick and it works perfectly thank you!

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

We're glad we could help, thanks for watching and leaving a comment.

[@SamuelDavidDeLuce]

Make sure you bleed it properly

[@SamuelDavidDeLuce]

The fuel you use is going to help as well. The more refined the better, less bullshit to clog your lines and burners

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

@@SamuelDavidDeLuce We agree.

[@SamuelDavidDeLuce]

@@CigarAdvisorMagazine and I agree with you that you agree with me that I agree with you! 😁😉 I am hilarious!

[@IAMandychainlow2010]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉thank you!!! Wisdom wisdom 💯⚡finally fixed

[@markb.1517]

Thank u sir..u js saved my favorite lighter!!

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

We're glad we could help. Thanks for watching.

[@Greenleaf99xl]

It worked thanks so much

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Glad we could help.

[@tomclemens136]

Thank You!!!

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Thanks for watching.

[@Fit4Infinity]

puro genius. You saved my favorite flame from the ash heap.

[@kilstromkhrono8949]

This worked really well I was able to dab thank you

[@davidlindemann9159]

Thank you! :)

[@AlbytheSlayer]

That's some sweet hack, sir. Thank you!

[@garykorb468]

Glad you liked it. G-~

[@SteveSam66]

Hell Yeah!! Thanks

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Thanks for watching.

[@julianhalpern8334]

WOW! Incredbile

[@pamrjohnson2493]

Genius ty

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Thanks for watching.

[@keekwai2]

THAT"S the hack I needed! All the others used a can of compressed air. Which is just another "gas". But who has one lying around?

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Glad we could help. Thanks for watching.

[@rafaeltorre1643]

It worked!

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Glad we could help.

[@garykorb468]

I see a lot of you are interested in how to unplug a cigar. OK. There are several ways. The first is to gently roll the cigar between your fingers at different points on the cigar. Start in the middle. Then try closer to the foot, then the head. You can also use a cigar poker, a large paperclip, or a mini-screwdriver. Poke the implement through the foot, but you really have to be careful on this one. Don't go too deep, and try different points on the foot, but not too close to the edge or you'll tear the wrapper. You can also repeat this at the head, but be even more careful. You might also want to check to see if you clipped deep enough. If you still have a little cap, try shearing off a little bit more. Those are the best remedies I know. If the plug is somewhere in the middle, you probably won't be able to reach it. And the deeper you go, the more chance of splitting the wrapper. Hope that helped, and happy smokes. You can also check out this video by Tommy Zman: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipbPkqiriLuif7c G-~

[@omegahtv6779]

Thanks bro I ALWAYS seem to get a tightly rolled cig whenever I purchase a 5-pack of the Partagas Extra Oscuro cigars. Thank you again. 🚬🚬🚬

[@garykorb468]

Glad I could help. G-~

[@RobNO]

Damn, that was efficient !

[@marcofeola8094]

Nice

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Thanks.

[@omegahtv6779]

Great hack bro, now do you have a hack for a too tightly rolled cigar? Thanks.

[@garykorb468]

Please see my comment above.

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

You can check out this video by Tommy Zman: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipbPkqiriLuif7c

[@thegray5730]

Perfect, I was about to throw the damn thing away! 👍

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Glad we could help, thanks for watching.

[@jinnykorulla1978]

YES, like Omegah TV asked, is there a hack to improve a plugged cigar too?? :)

[@garykorb468]

Thanks for the question and please see my comment above.

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

You can check out this video by Tommy Zman: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipbPkqiriLuif7c

[@keekwai2]

You can cure constipation by blowing a can of butane up your bum, so why not a plugged cigar too?

[@Pete..]

hell yea brother thats amazing how come i didnt think if that wtf thats amazing

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

We're glad we could help, thanks for leaving a comment.

[@BassBrotherBuild]

Compressed air, rubber alcohol and qtip

[@casias002]

Will this drop impurities into my lighter? I use premium butane.

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

As far as we know it shouldn't.

[@Jonathan-jo2xu]

Carburetor cleaner or fuel injector cleaner works too

[@garykreitz2428]

I had a lighter that kept going out spiderd wouldn't light I turned the flame all the way up it works good now haha 🙂

[@piroozy]

Why my scorch torch does not turn off completely after using it?

[@superque4]

There must be a grommet or an O-ring seal that has worn or come loose. It stops the gas flow when the button's not being pressed.

[@piroozy]

@@superque4 hello again can you tell me how and where can I access to such o ring, or send me if you have assembly drawing on this torch. It is almost brand new. Thank you so much Jason

[@emdei3351]

I tried it and one jet is still out. Em convinced I got a lemon.

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Sorry to hear that.

[@tbrowntracyj]

Why are you removing butane to fill it with butane Isn't that just a waste

[@campc1]

For a plugged cigar... get a " Modus II"

[@artlupinacci6759]

Not only did that NOT work for me.... I damaged the little coil inside the. lighter .....

[@superque4]

Jesus! How hard were you pressing?

[@steve1619]

I tried this and it pushed the jet down inside my lighter

[@SamuelDavidDeLuce]

Ya I've known about that trick for a couple of years now Here's what else I know That trick only works for so long and it doesn't always work

[@superque4]

Did you know that it's possible to overfill your torch? That also causes sputtering and the flame to blow itself out. Between bleeding before refilling and these two tips, I'm able to cure 99% of the lighter issues that come into my lounge.

[@zaneseligman1313]

Yeah I just tried it didn’t work

[@rubinsteinway]

Tried this several times, doesn't work.

[@G59_SLUM]

You know how you can eliminate from even having to do that?use good quality butane and it won't clog up your tip and you know what works better than butane to clean the tip? An air compressor with air nozzle or a can a dust off compressed air for cleaning out computer keyboards. you're welcome, have a good day

[@johnvillanova4303]

Why use an expensive can of high quality butane for this? Why not just use a can of compressed air that you can pick up at Walmart for about $5?

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

That works too. we have had good luck using butane. Thanks for leaving a comment.

[@rhuckabee44]

It’s literally 30 cents of butane to repeatedly do this to several torches. Why waste my time when it takes a few minutes.

[@superque4]

Because Nobody has a can of spray air lying around and buying one for this singular use is silly considering that practically EVERYONE here already has butane.

[@edgescu2]

3 second blast to the affected jet and lighter works perfect.

[@amightysailingman]

Didn't work for me. Not 100% anyway. After doing it, I get a proper jet for a couple of seconds, but then it goes out again. And with every single press, it gets shorter, until it's clogged again. I can hear the butane hissing after the flame goes out, so it has to be something about the oxygen not reaching the flame.

[@louidravn2404]

i have the same problem

[@Jonathan-jo2xu]

I thought I invented that🫤

[@dartusi_galgos_italianos]

Thank you

[@xpanther85qb]

Thank you works awesome now

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

Thanks for leaving a comment, we're glad we could help.

[@omegahtv6779]

Great hack bro, now do you have a hack for a too tightly rolled cigar? Thanks.

[@garykorb468]

See my comment above.

[@CigarAdvisorMagazine]

You can check out this video by Tommy Zman: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipbPkqiriLuif7c