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Mental Illness is a Terrible thing to Waste!
Just received a Vertigo pipe lighter I purchased recently. It seem like a good buy, besides my BIC was getting low so what the hell, I bought it.
After inspecting it I found several things that were a bit disappointing to me. One it's made for left-handers. I being grown up on Zippo's and reluctantly Bic's I strike a lighter using my right thumb. Well ya can't do that with a Vertigo, if ya do you have to turn it around in your hand to light your pipe. Try it if ya have one, I dare ya. Second the orifice is loose and spins around and if your not careful you'll light a digit. And finally the third, doesn't really matter but the built in tamper is way too short to use on any pipe with a bowl deeper then a 1 -1/4", that gives you a 1/4" to hold on to.
Oh, I could use it left handed but, why? It's uncomfortable and as many of you know or starting to know, I'm a bit set in my ways and things that may work for someone else don't always work for me. Just glad I didn't buy an Old Boy, although it's very unlikely because I've never spent that kind of money even on a pipe, so why should I light a $50 -$185 pipe with an almost $300 lighter? Anyway..........
What's your opinion on these Vertigo's?
After inspecting it I found several things that were a bit disappointing to me. One it's made for left-handers. I being grown up on Zippo's and reluctantly Bic's I strike a lighter using my right thumb. Well ya can't do that with a Vertigo, if ya do you have to turn it around in your hand to light your pipe. Try it if ya have one, I dare ya. Second the orifice is loose and spins around and if your not careful you'll light a digit. And finally the third, doesn't really matter but the built in tamper is way too short to use on any pipe with a bowl deeper then a 1 -1/4", that gives you a 1/4" to hold on to.
Oh, I could use it left handed but, why? It's uncomfortable and as many of you know or starting to know, I'm a bit set in my ways and things that may work for someone else don't always work for me. Just glad I didn't buy an Old Boy, although it's very unlikely because I've never spent that kind of money even on a pipe, so why should I light a $50 -$185 pipe with an almost $300 lighter? Anyway..........
What's your opinion on these Vertigo's?