Colibri Reload

[cschwalbe]

I just read an article on the Colibri Reload lighter.
Has anyone ever used one? Pros / Cons and your opinion of the lighter would be helpful before I made my purchase.

 

[keinreis]

In general it seems their lighters suck bad, however I have one of the rare ones. 7 years and still lights every time

 

[Monsterdg]

In general, I'm a fan of Colibri lighters, and I just picked up a couple of Reloads on CBid ($7 each I think.) Packages came with the lighter and 2 cartridges (one installed already, plus an extra.)

I love this lighter. It feels really substantial in your hand, and it has the widest flame I've seen of any single torch lighter. I haven't tried to reload it yet. Fuel use seems a little high, but I will make that trade off for the big flame.

CI sites have a 3 pack of cartridges for $6.50 normally, and I'm sure they go on sale/bid on their related sites.

 

[cschwalbe]

Awesome. Thanks for the info. I think for the price, I will buy one and see how it lasts.

 

[Aircooled]

I have one. Nice lighter, cartridges pop in nicely, but ...

I agree with Monsterdg --- it sucks fuel down fast! Cheap to buy, but they get you on the consumables. Like ink jet printers and printer cartridges, or those household mops where you have to use their cleaning pads and cleaner.

 

[Alwayslit]

$7 bucks you can't go wrong.