In recent months, I have reviewed two triple-flame lighters that are among the most common you will see when walking into your local brick-and-mortar retailer and wanting something that doesn’t sit on the counter and has to come out from the locked cabinet: the XIKAR Trezo and the Colibri Stealth 3. Should you find yourself staring these two lighters down and wanting or needing to make a purchase of one of them, you’ll notice that they have a fair amount in common. Both are priced around $100, both have triple flames arranged in a straight line with the outer jets angled in to focus the flames and both have warranties that last at least two years, though XIKAR’s is a lifetime warranty—more on that later. Over the past few weeks, I have been using both lighters in as even a rotation as I could, giving them both plenty of chances to both impress and show me their weaknesses. From a basic performance standpoint, the two units come across fairly even and share a design that I really have come to prefer. Both units have flip-top lids that reveal a straight line of three jets, ignited by sliding the large button in the ...
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