Who uses stick matches?

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Danbreeze

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Does anyone out there actually use stick matches? I was given a box of Macanudo long sticks and loved them. They are not always ideal outdoors, but to me it cooks the foot better. Anyone agree/disagree?
 
I usually smoke outside, so the stick matches are a pain. A tourch lighter works really well in the wind.
 
Totally agree-i have a Blazer PB-207 but give me a good old fashioned long match anyday. i only have the torch for outdoors windy use [where itis excellent] but i feel i have more control with a match. love the feeling of using one too-kinda retro feeling. i also feel it is easier to use as its a cooler flame than a torch so can actually touch the foot of the gar.
 
Indoors i use long cooks matches for pipes and cigars, however outdoors i use my ronson or my blue flame if its windy (or for pipes).
 
I almost always use matches. When I first started smoking a pipe, I was told that using a conventional lighter runs the risk of tainting the tobaccy with chemicals.
 
It is a toss up when I'm in my shop. Sort of a 50/50 split between my Roburn 7705 and the stick match. Outside I stick to my cheap but reliable Nibo.
 
trainwrek said:
Does anyone out there actually use stick matches? I was given a box of Macanudo long sticks and loved them. They are not always ideal outdoors, but to me it cooks the foot better. Anyone agree/disagree?
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I use stick matches whever I can. It is definately the best way to light a cigar. The only problem is that you cant use them everywhere. That is where the :gn torch lighter come in.

But, if I am inside its matches all the way.
 
I prefer stick matches but am usually using book matches,,I rip off about six matches and light them all at once and this seems to work pretty good..

Jerry in Minnesota.
 
I have never lit a cigar with anything else..EVER...not really by choice, but I dont have a lighter. The only lighter I own (a butane one) doesn't work! I really get annoyed when there is some wind, but I will use a whole box if I have to!! I enjoy it now.
 
for the sitting in the easy chair and enjoying what is happening you cannot beat a stick match but it also depends on the cigar. a light really mild cigar will need to be lit with a stick match or you can smell the butane in the cigar. just my :2
 
trainwrek said:
Does anyone out there actually use stick matches? I was given a box of Macanudo long sticks and loved them. They are not always ideal outdoors, but to me it cooks the foot better. Anyone agree/disagree?
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I dont use em
 
I use my torch lighter most of the time but there are a few occasions when I do use stick matches. (like when I've forgotten my lighter & left at home. Or when I haven't refilled it with fluid.) :c

Other times I just want the feel of nostalgia and go with the old way and use the match. Outdoors on a windy day is a pain in the arse. :c

Ain't it fun just experimenting?

It's a wonderful life. :)
 
I use whatever I have laying around.. usually my bic lighter for cigars, and if Im lighting a pipe, I use matches..
Scott
 
I started my cigar smoking using only stick matches. But after using a hell of a lot of matches to light 1 smoke, I switched to a table torch. Haven't used anything else since.
 
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