Noob- What Cutter and Lighter

LuvBourbon
LuvBourbon Posts: 91 ✭✭✭
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Hello, new to all of this as a week ago and there seems to be a lot of unknown for me. Could I get a little direction on a recommended cutter and a decent lighter?

Thanks for any help.

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  • LuvBourbon
    LuvBourbon Posts: 91 ✭✭✭

    @Usaf06 said:
    I like a straight cut. You can grab a xikar on cigarauctioneer cheap. I also like a triple or quad torch for lighting and a single torch for touch ups

    Thank you sir, I'll check those out.

  • Itsfine
    Itsfine Posts: 20,456 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2022

    Lighter - Vertigo. Cyclone is 8 bucks or less on amazon.. it's a triple flame.

    Cutter - palio. You can get them on cigar page 3 for 30. Xikar is nice too but more expensive.

    Welcome!

    @ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones. 
  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 23,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    if you have a zippo lighter this insert has proven reliable for me:
    https://www.amazon.com/NEW-VERTIGO-LOTUS-PINPOINT-LIGHTER-CLEAR/dp/B00VXXN0QY/

  • LuvBourbon
    LuvBourbon Posts: 91 ✭✭✭

    @VegasFrank said:
    Lighter - Vertigo. Cyclone is 8 bucks or less on amazon.. it's a triple flame.

    Cutter - palio. You can get them on cigar page 3 for 30. Xikar is nice too but more expensive.

    Welcome!

    Thank you for the recommendations and the welcome.

  • LuvBourbon
    LuvBourbon Posts: 91 ✭✭✭

    @silvermouse said:
    if you have a zippo lighter this insert has proven reliable for me:
    https://www.amazon.com/NEW-VERTIGO-LOTUS-PINPOINT-LIGHTER-CLEAR/dp/B00VXXN0QY/

    I do not but that is very neat!

    I've always wanted a zippo.

  • deadman
    deadman Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭✭✭

    2nd Palio. Great cutter and you can get them for $20 or less

  • Jrflickster
    Jrflickster Posts: 4,475 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @silvermouse said:
    if you have a zippo lighter this insert has proven reliable for me:
    https://www.amazon.com/NEW-VERTIGO-LOTUS-PINPOINT-LIGHTER-CLEAR/dp/B00VXXN0QY/

    Love this thxs Edward

  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 9,830 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The most reliable lighter I've ever had is the Scorch Torch triple flame. I have two now, the first one is in the RV, just so I'll always have one there. It's about 10 years old, all the paint's worn off, and it's never hiccupped even once. Just refill, and blaze on. I have a Xicar single flame for touch-ups. Only a couple months old, no troubles so far.

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  • Itsfine
    Itsfine Posts: 20,456 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Amos_Umwhat said:
    The most reliable lighter I've ever had is the Scorch Torch triple flame. I have two now, the first one is in the RV, just so I'll always have one there. It's about 10 years old, all the paint's worn off, and it's never hiccupped even once. Just refill, and blaze on. I have a Xicar single flame for touch-ups. Only a couple months old, no troubles so far.

    Agree. I have a scorch also and it's lit about a thousand sticks for me, no problem. Fifteen bucks full metal jacket, with a fuel window.

    @ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones. 
  • Hobbes86
    Hobbes86 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Whichever lighter and cutter you can afford.

    "Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17

  • LuvBourbon
    LuvBourbon Posts: 91 ✭✭✭

    @Hobbes86 said:
    Whichever lighter and cutter you can afford.

    I can afford a lot of them but I'm not sure which are actually worth their asking price. I've had some good suggestions though.

  • Hobbes86
    Hobbes86 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @LuvBourbon said:
    I can afford a lot of them but I'm not sure which are actually worth their asking price. I've had some good suggestions though.

    I use a Savoy brand double guillotine and a punch cutter that is on the bottom of one of my lighters. It just depends on which one I feel like using and the gauge of the cigar. I just wanted to get across that you don't have to get anything fancy right off the bat, because I know folks sometimes feel pressure to do that.

    You can't really go wrong looking for advice here, lots of knowledgeable men frequent this forum.

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  • Itsfine
    Itsfine Posts: 20,456 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For outdoors in the cold or wind, I recommend the vertigo Zeus. It has foam inside the tank, and the the only reason I can come up with is so that it lights in the cold. 20° no problems, no warm-ups. I keep it outside on the porch.

    It's a single flame but a big single flame so you get precision and volume. It goes through a ton of fuel. I've had two of these crap out on me because all the workings are all plastic, which is the downside, but I get 400 or 500 cigars out of each one.

    12 bucks

    @ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones. 
  • LuvBourbon
    LuvBourbon Posts: 91 ✭✭✭

    @Hobbes86 said:

    @LuvBourbon said:
    I can afford a lot of them but I'm not sure which are actually worth their asking price. I've had some good suggestions though.

    I use a Savoy brand double guillotine and a punch cutter that is on the bottom of one of my lighters. It just depends on which one I feel like using and the gauge of the cigar. I just wanted to get across that you don't have to get anything fancy right off the bat, because I know folks sometimes feel pressure to do that.

    You can't really go wrong looking for advice here, lots of knowledgeable men frequent this forum.

    @VegasFrank said:
    For outdoors in the cold or wind, I recommend the vertigo Zeus. It has foam inside the tank, and the the only reason I can come up with is so that it lights in the cold. 20° no problems, no warm-ups. I keep it outside on the porch.

    It's a single flame but a big single flame so you get precision and volume. It goes through a ton of fuel. I've had two of these crap out on me because all the workings are all plastic, which is the downside, but I get 400 or 500 cigars out of each one.

    12 bucks

    Thanks guys, appreciate it!

  • EgoBoundary
    EgoBoundary Posts: 2,358 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I know all of you guys live in the cold weather, but I think it’s worth mentioning that these smaller lighters need to be kept warm or in your pocket in cold weather … many of them do not work as well in temps as low as 40s-50 (unless warned up)… which happens occasionally in SC.

  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,477 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm a fan of V cutters and use my Xikar XV2 for almost every cigar. You can't cut off too much of the cap with a V cutter. Some people prefer the Colibri which makes a deeper v cut.

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  • Rdp77
    Rdp77 Posts: 8,058 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And remember to use good fuel.

    If it don’t bother me, it don’t bother me. Just leave me alone.

  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,477 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cleaning your cutter blades with Isopropyl alcohol periodically helps to get a clean cut of the cap of the cigar without snags.

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  • Jrflickster
    Jrflickster Posts: 4,475 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2022

    I have this bundle in my work jacket
    Chair in my garage
    Tupperware on the boat right next to the first aid kit
    Center console in the suburban
    The cutters are like $2 or $3 and the lighter was a menards bin special also $2 or $3 bucks maybe $1 I can't remember.

  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,477 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Also, I feel a v-cut keeps loose tobacco from getting in my mouth. I'm easily annoyed when I have to spit out ribbons of tobacco while smoking a cigar.

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  • Itsfine
    Itsfine Posts: 20,456 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What is a menards bin?

    @ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones. 
  • peter4jc
    peter4jc Posts: 18,121 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @VegasFrank said:
    What is a menards bin?

    It's hard to explain, you'd have to see it to believe it. If you come to MKE in June we promise to show you one.

    Plus, foam inside a lighter sitting outside doesn't help. Well, maybe if it was inside before going out, the foam would help in the short term.

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  • Itsfine
    Itsfine Posts: 20,456 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2022

    @peter4jc said:

    @VegasFrank said:
    What is a menards bin?

    It's hard to explain, you'd have to see it to believe it. If you come to MKE in June we promise to show you one.

    Plus, foam inside a lighter sitting outside doesn't help. Well, maybe if it was inside before going out, the foam would help in the short term.

    Yeah probably so. I always found it curious that the foam was in the tank. Is it to prevent the plastic tank from building up too much pressure because it's big? Seems that I have lighters with much bigger tanks that are probably also plastic.

    Who knows? I guess as long as it continues to light when it's cold, that's all I care about.

    @ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones. 
  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 23,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    my zippo lighter butane replacement has an open-cell foam strip in the secondary chamber that traps any bits than make their way in when one refills. I presume its purpose is to prevent plugged jets.

  • Patrickbrick
    Patrickbrick Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

    BIC FOR THE WIN! The less you spend on accessories them more cigars you can get.

    "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give".  Winston Churchill.
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  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 9,830 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Rdp77 said:
    And remember to use good fuel.

    Just so you know, Zippo and Ronson are NOT good fuel. Some of their lighters are good, but not their butane.

    I use Lucienne almost exclusively, but there are other good ones.

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