Just curious...I've seen youtube videos where the person only holds the can upside down onto the valve of the lighter for two seconds. I wasn't sure if he only held it there for two seconds because he just wanted to give a quick demonstration, or because two seconds is all it takes to fill up the entire lighter.

Refilling is really fast, just a few seconds is enough. I have a torch lighter with a viewport on it and you can see it get filled in seconds.

Then again, overfilling is not likely since the pressure in the can will not be enough to make the lighter burst. So just holding it for like 5 seconds to be sure cannot hurt.


Kind regards,

The Traveler

Ahh Ok, my lighter's gas chamber is probably a bit bigger than what you had in mind (it's 1.5in wide and 3in tall). But it sounds like I must have wasted a lot of gas since I held the thing on there for like 30 seconds.

I couldn't really tell if it was full because it seemed like the gas started sputtering as soon as I pushed down the can of butane.

It seems to be working now

I quoted my own response to another thread as i felt it seemed relevant. Another reason i love this torch is that you have the viewable fuel chamber so you can easily see it filling up. I find that filling torch lighters is a little tricky sometimes and you have to kind of wiggle the nosel around until it starts filling. This lighter makes it easy.

I have the dark greay one as well although it wont work in this naltitude for some weird reason, 4200 meters is quite high.

Anyhoo one thing that really important to do before you refilol is blled the btank. Take a nail or sharp metal small point and rlelease all the left over pressure in the tank prior to refilling.
They sell tools for this at head shops sometimes but a nail works good, just be careful cuz its ice cold gas coming out.

The n refil until it just stops filling. No need to count it will stop whe its full.