My colibri firebird hasn't worked right since I got it out of the store. Took it home, and the flame would go from very low when I lit it, to very high if I held it, then back low again... I know it was purged and then filled completely, I had them purge/fill it for me before I left with it. I emptied it, then purged it, then refilled it. No dice, same problems. I could live with just that, a flame's a flame, right? I've got this lighter:
If you haven't used it, the entire silver piece moves down when you click it to ignite. Well, one day, after I filled the lighter, and let it sit for a few minutes to warm back up to room temperature, I tried to light the lighter. I got a nice big flame. Right out from under the silver part and over the top of my hand. Fortunately, it went out in less than a second, and did nothing but burn the hair off the back of my hand (and palms!
) I've had 3rd degree burns on the other hand, and they suck, I don't want em again. Ever since that giant flame shot out the underside, I haven't been able to get the lighter to light again. And for the record, I wasn't stupid enough to try to light the lighter again... I gave it to the roommate I don't like and asked him to try lighting it. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to reproduce the hand-singing flame, or any other flame. So now I'm torn as to what to do. I don't wanna pay $5 shipping to send it back, as that's about 1/4 of what I paid for the lighter. I'm thinking of going back to the B&M and asking to swap it for a Z-plus, as I keep hearing good things about them...