Why it is important to use cigar lighters

It is important to use a cigar lighter to light your cigar as using a match or fuel filled lighter will spoil the flavours and aromas of the cigar. Here is our guide on cigar lighters.

A cigar is a finely produced product which should be enjoyed over time with a nice beverage, to experience the aromas and flavours that the cigar has to offer.

A fine cigar will have been through a fine process to get to you. Its tobacco will have been cured through a number of different ways to create different aromas and flavours. It will then have been carefully selected for different parts of the cigar and then finely hand rolled to create a cigar of perfection. The cigar may have then been stored in a special wooden box to mature for a number of years. After this exceptional process lighting your cigar without using proper cigar lighters could ruin the aromas and flavours that have been carefully created.

A match is dipped in sulphur to help it spark; using this to light your cigar can result in this being dragged through the cigar spoiling the flavour and aromas of the cigar with every breath. Also because a match is small and burns slowly its flame is affected by any air movement which surrounds it, this will almost certainly lead to an unevenly lit cigar, which could cause areas of the cigar not to burn properly.

A normal fuel filled cigarette lighter will also damage the flavours and aromas of a cigar. The fuel will leave a taste upon the end of the cigar contaminating it. As this is then drawn throughout the cigar, the taste from the lighter will last from the beginning to the end of your cigar.

It’s important to use cigar lighters to light your cigar as they contain Butane an odourless and tasteless gas. Butane cigar lighters will be filled with purely triple or even more filtered Butane. The best cigar lighters have a double, triple or torch flame of Butane. This will mean that they produce an intense flame of green or blue in colour. This intensive flame will help insure that your cigar is lit evenly, as you light your cigar using a cigar lighter make sure you turn your cigar slowly as you draw in air. If you use cigar lighters to light your cigars you will be sure to enjoy every cigar to its maximum potential, enjoying its unspoilt flavours and aromas from beginning to end.