Where to find Ronson Jetlite?

[mbraud4]

Used these lighters for years when I smoked. My walmart no longer carries them...but I found them at Walgreens for $5 per today. Picked up a couple. Nothing fancy about these lighters...but they burn any type of fuel with no problems...and if they break, you only lost 5 bucks. Mine were always reliable back then, more so than most $30-50 torch lighters. These get my

[shopkins82]

Originally Posted by mbraud4

...but they burn any type of fuel with no problems...

Through some fairly unscientific experimenting the 3 I have on hand all seem to actually run BETTER on Ronson fuel, especially when the adjustment restrictor is removed and the flame height is really cranked up... an over-driven flame on 5x Refined fuel is more prone to softening and puffing-out and requires the height to be dialed down close to or below the original limited max.

[357]

Originally Posted by shopkins82

Through some fairly unscientific experimenting the 3 I have on hand all seem to actually run BETTER on Ronson fuel, especially when the adjustment restrictor is removed and the flame height is really cranked up... an over-driven flame on 5x Refined fuel is more prone to softening and puffing-out and requires the height to be dialed down close to or below the original limited max.

My experience is the opposite. I only used Ronson fuel in one of my Jetlites. It was also the only one not to last more than 3 months. The rest I feed Vector and some of them have been going for years.

[shopkins82]

Originally Posted by 357

My experience is the opposite. I only used Ronson fuel in one of my Jetlites. It was also the only one not to last more than 3 months. The rest I feed Vector and some of them have been going for years.

My comments really only pertained to performance at max flame and not longevity. Mine have only been going a few months each and get rotated around with a Lotus Laser, B&M house lighters, and soon an Ever Tech Spark. It's definitely not like any one sees daily (or even weekly) use. It's quite possible that my Ronson-fueled Jet Lite torches will give up the goat well before before my FasFile-fueled torches.