Colibri has been around since 1928 by Julius Lowenthal, who in the same year, invented the world’s first working semi-automatic lighter. They’ve been making lighters, writing instruments, jewelry, and other smoking accessories ever since. Colibri supplied the “golden gun” for the Bond film “The Man with the Golden Gun”. They basically pioneered integrating cutters and punches into lighters. When I was approached by the company with an offer to pick a couple of items to try out, I remembered the “Firebird” lighter that I received with a subscription to Cigar Magazine (a product of Lew Rothman of JR Cigars fame, featuring writing by his then employee, Steve Saka, among others) which although really beat up, still works ten-plus years later. Looking at the Colibri website, the first thing I saw was a green Daytona lighter, and I thought to myself, “damn, that would match my car!” Unfortunately, the lighter that arrived was the gunmetal finish, which would have been my second choice anyway. So I’ve been using the Colibri Daytona exclusively, and it’s been very easy on fuel. One of the big things I like about this lighter is the fuel window. They’ve employed some sort of magic which shows the fuel in blue, leaving the empty space clear. Very cleaver, and really easy to see when you are low. The window is huge too, not 
just the tiny windows some lighters have that are hard gauge the fuel level. A 2500° flame is a 2500° flame from any lighter, so it’s the features that make a lighter stand out. Another handy feature is the large adjustment wheel on the bottom. No tools needed for this one, and if you get a Butane Lighter Air Bleed Tool from Kevin at Cigar Prop, you definitely don’t need any tools. The business end of the lighter has a little door to keep pocket lint out when it’s not in use too. I’m quite satisfied with the flame on this, of course time will tell how it holds up, but out of the box it’s a nifty lighter, and I expect it to stand the test of time.
I have one criticism. A couple of years ago a competitor came out with a new lighter that was “supercar inspired”, and this Daytona has a similar marketing angle. I don’t suppose many people would pick up on this or care, and I probably shouldn’t even mention it. I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and they are both really nice lighters, both are in my regular rotation. I appreciate the features of the Colibri more though, it’s made everything easy, without sacrificing styling, which is cool.
That’s all for today, until the next time,
CigarCraig
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Man I’ve been wanting a new lighter and this thing looks sexy!