Let's face it, the lighter is obsolete. There are so many better ways to get some heat going. What do you all use? Currently I use the hot hit wand + propane torch, and I will continue to do so until I find something that gives a better hit.
I've used hemp wick. It was a bitch to light anything with (this one was probably me), and I couldn't tell any difference in taste. Plus you can stick a lighter in your pocket whereas a glow rod or soldering iron you can't really carry around, or light a joint with either.
Once i was at my cousins house and I couldn't find my lighter so I lit a piece of paper towel from the stove, then used that to light a candle, and took the candle outside to light a joint but then the wind blew the candle out!
When at home, a candle and bee line is all I need to stay medicated. When on the go, normally a lighter to spark a jay. Thats about it. lolz.
I like (organic) bees wax coated hemp wick the best. Ive used the torch and glow rods for a long time and for a while before the hemp wick I would never even have lighters, just the torch. It would always be funny to hand friends a blow torch when they asked for a lighter only to show them the glow rods a bit later. Hakkos always end up sketchy with out a stand (my carpet has gotten it from a hakko pretty bad, fucking stupid people), and are tough for big seshes. solar is awesome when it is around, and I dont do it nearly enough, but wick is always the easiest and most convenient and quickest. I don't hardly use lighters anymore, they are always so harsh and kill the stone, so when I am outside if its not rolled up I use a the full flame and if its in side and preferable to corner i use the fine flame. I have been a convert and addict to and of the humboldt wick since I first got hooked up at a shop in humboldt with a bunch of samples for free. Anything but lighters in the end, and if I have to pick, I vote wick
i just got one of those free samples from humboldt, after i get my check next friday, (first pick up in like 2 weeks), i'm going to use exclusively hemp wicks and a magnifying glass. i'd like to try a glo rod, but it just seems like more work than it's worth.
I use the UV from a light bulb. Really bright bulb inside a Maglite. Takes about 10-12sec to heat a bowl enough where it self ignites. video if u click \/ .... nothing ever touches the bud
Lol at the last two. I use Hempwick right now, Beeline starting tomorrow when it gets here in the mail, and then I plan on purchasing an Herb Iron during the 420 sale which should get here Wednesday. Can't wait to start using the 3rd one
im tryin to be too technical not even sure if thats right..... its just the heat from a lightbulb hahah
haha. I'm glad I can laugh at my self. anyways I'd have to try it before I could say one way or the other
thats crazy that you got 1 of these...my homie has 1 too....but the swing arm broke on his, he said he paid $40 at the china glass smokeshop. how much did u get urs for? i think my homie got ripped. but until i saw his i've never seen 1 b4