About a month ago I posted (in another forum) my frustration with my $75 Colibri lighter. For the first couple of weeks it worked beautifully. However, I began experiencing problems with the flame sputtering and then flat out going out on me. I tried everything I could think of and nothing helped.
Someone (who works at a cigar shop and sells Colibri lighters) provided me some good advice that I was unaware of at the time. Before refilling, you need to make sure you let out ALL of the fuel first. Don't re-fill on top of what you already have in the lighter. In addition, if you ever have any problems with the flame, just try pushing the valve quickly to let a little bit of fuel out. This sometimes gets the flame back to its original state. He also suggested that I periodically take some of that air spray (that you use on keyboards to remove dust) and use on the top valves (lighters).
Although I haven't ever tried the spray, I no longer have any issues that can't be corrected pretty fast. I went from wanting to junk my lighter to loving it again. It's so smooth!
I'm not sure if you've tried all of these things before, but if not, give it a shot before you completely give up on it!
