I know a lot of you are worried about shipping it in, and waiting. However, you can take them back to any shop that sells Xikar, and get it replaced there. I've done this with 2 lighters that were having burner issues. Swapped out on the spot, with no questions. I think you can even choose to do an upgrade at that point. At least, the last time I went in, they said "your lighter sells for $50, so you can have that towards any Xikar". I swapped lighter models at that point and couldn't be happier.