Angled Soft Flame Antique Style Lift Arm Butane Refillable Lighter with Tamper & Pick (Chrome)

This is the third time I buy this cause I like the shape but it gets ruined and defective in one week

I really love the style of this lighter, but I had many qualms about whether they could produce a quality, retro lighter at such a great price. All my misgivings were put to bed when I opened the box. This is a quality piece! The machine work is great, and the fitment is superb. It has a nice weight to it, and has a VERY handy pipe tamper tucked in the bottom of the lighter. My only "negative" comment? This is a retro lighter. If you leave the arm up, it will empty the butane chamber. Or if you play with it a lot because you like it. Or if you just really like lighting it up, over an over. So, yes, that is NOT a fault of the lighter, but of the man using it! Seriously, if you or a friend enjoy classic films from the Golden Age of Hollywood, you have seen this lighter and will love this lighter. Simply put: It beckons from another era whispering "Class"

For a fraction of the price of a high-end pipe lighter brand, this is a very nice reproduction. The weight is good, it looks good. The tamper took me a few seconds to figure out -- you have to rotate it 180 degrees to remove. You don't have to worry about losing it from it falling out. It fits tightly. Tamper has small slotted screwdriver to adjust flame (I wish my other butane lighters had this). That screwdriver also serves as a pipe pick. Filling went okay, the fit is a bit tight. I twisted the can back and forth slightly to improve fit and reduce leakage during filling. This lighter puts out butane as soon as the arm is lifted. If you don't flick the striker wheel immediately, you're spewing butane everywhere. Be conscious of that. I feel like this design works better left-handed, otherwise you're flipping the lighter back and forth.

Its a neat little lighter, it works ok for the first day or two and eventually has a lot of issues. The flame is inconsistent even when its adjusted. For instance, if I lower the fuel flow to make it smaller, the next day it might be really big again, or way too small, so adjustment is constant. It eventually stops being able to hold fuel at all and it just wastes any butane you put in it and loses it over night, making it completely useless in its most basic function. Its a pretty useless paperweight. Would be super neat if it worked more reliably. The flint striker is small so it may be difficult for some to strike it reliably, wasn't an issue for me personally though. Lastly, if this matters to anyone, it is very very sensitive to any wind, you can breathe wrong and the flame goes out.

I really wanted to like this lighter. A replica of another well known pipe lighter that produces an angled soft flame, this almost would be a 4-5. However, after only two refills the bottom valve leaks and will empty the tank. And while I'm not expecting the same build quality of a lighter that costs 10x more, this one just fails at being able to last a few refills.

I actually own the IM Corona Old Boy that this lighter is clearly meant to emulate. I bought this because I love using my Old Boy but I don't always want to take it on the go w me. It's an expensive lighter w sentimental value and losing it would suck. This lighter is chunkier than my old boy and feels more cheaply made (because it is. $100 vs $20 lighter, obviously) beyond that it's fine. If you like the style and function but don't want to spend $100+ on a lighter then this is a reasonable alternative. This lighter is most likely chrome plated pot-metal so be prepared for flaking with long-term use. (That said, parts of my Old Boy are also plated). The Old Boy feels better in the hand and functions more smoothly. It's also got a brass butane tank whereas this is undoubtedly plastic and won't last forever. Up to you. This isn't an heirloom lighter.