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Most people, including myself, haven’t ever had a second thought about butane. The only time in life I’ve really thought about butane was when my lighter wasn’t working. If I could see that my lighter had fuel in it, I would assume I just had a bad torch lighter.  This isn’t always the case but we’ll get to that in a minute. In today’s world, the butane that is used for lighters is more than just the fuel itself. It is a combination of butane, isobutene, mixed with propane, and some air. Cans of this fuel are pressurized so that when you fill up a lighter the fuel is propelled from the draw vacuumed can into the lighter. Not all butane is created equal This is where the quality of butane makes a difference. Just a second ago I mentioned that if I knew I had fuel in my lighter and it didn’t light up, I assumed I just had a bad torch lighter. Then I learned about the QUALITY of butane fuel. Putting cheap low-quality fuel in your torch lighter is like putting cheap low-qual...

  Butane Fuel for lighters Most people, including myself, haven’t ever had a second thought about butane. The only time in life I’ve really thought about butane was when my lighter wasn’t working. If I could see that my lighter had fuel in it, I would assume I just had a bad torch lighter.  This isn’t always the case but we’ll get to that in a minute. In today’s world, the butane that is used for lighters is more than just the fuel itself. It is a combination of butane, isobutene, mixed with propane, and some air. Cans of this fuel are pressurized so that when you fill up a lighter the fuel is propelled from the draw vacuumed can into the lighter. Not all butane is created equal This is where the quality of butane makes a difference. Just a second ago I mentioned that if I knew I had fuel in my lighter and it didn’t light up, I assumed I just had a bad torch lighter. Then I learned about the QUALITY of butane fuel. Putting cheap low-quality fuel in your torch light...