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Will Work for Boli GM's..
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Re: Colibri will never have my business again.
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No Good Bastage!
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Re: Colibri will never have my business again.
We have a joke at the shop: "When you sell a Colibri, give the customer a pack of matches".
ATL
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The CS Little Spoon
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Re: Colibri will never have my business again.
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There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an after-dinner hour with a cigar; easy, pleasant, empty, perhaps enlivened by some fable of strife to be forgotten - before the end is told - even if there happens to be any end to it. -Joseph Conrad |
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I <3 Lars Tetens
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Re: Colibri will never have my business again.
I'll join the choir:
I've never had much luck with Colibri lighters either. Had a few of them over the last 5 years and they just don't work right. I bought a cheap torch that looks like a little blowtorch at a gas station 2 years ago for 2.95, and It is the BEST lighter I've ever had, easy. Still use it, even. ![]() |
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Cubano Gorilla Herfoso
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No Good Bastage!
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Here is a site that has the Zippo Inserts. If you got an old zippo sitting around with a spent insert. This is the thing to put in it. Still the best lighter I have ever had! The Zippo selection ain't bad either. http://lightersdirect.com/product_in...oducts_id=2252 ATL
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[SIZE="3"]Why pay $100 on a therapy session when you can spend $25 on a cigar? Whatever it is will come back; so what, smoke another one. [SIZE="2"]Raul Julia[/SIZE][/SIZE] |
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Huge Puffer Fish packed with spikes
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Re: Colibri will never have my business again.
Zippo insert - the new Blazer Micro Torch (best damn cigar lighter made - end of story) and beads can all be had from heartfelt industries.
www.heartfeltindustries.com get everything you need right there - good prices too. ![]()
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Evolving Lead Puffer Fish
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Re: Colibri will never have my business again.
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I haven't had a problem with a single butane lighter I own. I've got 1 Z-plus insert that I carry with me, and a Colibri Firebird Schooner that I use at home along with 5 no-name cheapies (I fill these all at once, use one until it's empty, throw it in the drawer, grab another and repeat.) I have no idea why I have such good luck with these lighters and everyone else at the cigar shop does not. Maybe holding the cigar too close to the lighter has something to do with it? Blowback burning out the mechanism. Or maybe it is just plain luck (I happen to choose the 1 in 100 that are manufactured flawlessly each and every time). |
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Evolving Lead Puffer Fish
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Re: Colibri will never have my business again.
I'll stick to my zippo with the old fasioned flint and wick...
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Puffer Fish with some spikes
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Re: Colibri will never have my business again.
My z-plus died on me after using it for a while. When I push down the ignition I can hear/smell the gas coming out but it doesn't make that click and ignite the gas. Wouldn't pay to send it back as I have to pay shipping which may cost close to what the insert costs in the first place. I might as well buy a new one.
Oh and my $5 cheapo lighter with light up fuel tank still works like a charm after 2 years. |
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Puffer Fish with many spikes
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Re: Colibri will never have my business again.
I got a $5 triple flame torch lighter that i got in japan. Works like a charm and i don't worry about emptying the darn thing before refilling. Just top it up every so often and it keeps on giving me reliable service.
Thanks for the warning about the colibri. I want an St. Dupont lighter next (if anyone knows where i can get a deal on those -please clue me in...)! |
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Still Smitty's biotch!
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Re: Colibri will never have my business again.
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The blazer Z-Plus insert that Blazer makes has been very good thus far as well, but I have heard of the ignition switch wearing out on some of them. If you don't need a pocket size lighter a Roburn model MT-770 simply cannot be beat. You can usually get them for $30 or under and will perform flawlessly with ANY butane and NO maintenance. Colibri, Nibo, Prometheus, Vector I have had mixed luck with all of them. The best advice on Colibri is to buy their inexpensive ones, the costly ones are less reliable in my experience. -Matt- Last edited by txmatt; 01-03-2006 at 12:27 PM.. |
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