Quote Originally Posted by QuietC
now i use matches, but i'd like to have a nice zippo. first off, would a zippo really change the taste of a cigar? second, do they evaporate fast like the cheaper versions do?
I use them all the time. You fill them and they last for a few weeks, less in the summer when the temperature is warmer.

There are those who swear up and down that it ruins the taste of their cigar but I maintain that is an urban legend.

I've done a little experiment on people who swear they can tell the difference but when we actually make them light their cigars blindly, they have NEVER been able to tell the difference. It's all in their heads.

Now again, there are those out there who think I'm full-o-crap for saying this but I'd like them to to the "Zippo Challenge" someday because I'd bet some cigars they cannot tell the difference.