"Safety" of using a flint-based or "bic" lighter with a VaporGenie?
Many people are probably familiar with the vaporgenie
I've had mine for about a year now and I've just been using a bic lighter almost exclusively with mine for most of that time. It is thought that the rare earth metals used for flint in lighters are toxic:
http://grande.nal.usda.gov/ibids/index.php?mode2=detail&origin=ibids_references&therow=244218 (some of these metals are present in the flint dust from a typical flint lighter)
That said...is using a bic with a vg especially "unsafe"? I've been using a plain old bic for a while and I let it burn for a few seconds until the flame stops sparking and whatnot. But...if you hold the flame like a foot under your nose you can still smell it giving off some sort of odor as it burns...
Also if I hit the vg, empty, with a bic, it has a definite taste that is not present if I just suck on it without any heat applied (it tastes like metal and I am pretty sure it is not resin of past smokes that I taste).
Additionally, if I smell the inside of the top part where I apply the flame when inhaling, it seems to have sort of a butane-y smell that can kind of be removed by wiping it out with some paper towels...but then the paper towels will smell as well.
I'm going to invest in a torch lighter one of these days, but I cannot help but wonder if the bic flame isn't actually burning as clean as one might like to think?
Many people are probably familiar with the vaporgenie
I've had mine for about a year now and I've just been using a bic lighter almost exclusively with mine for most of that time. It is thought that the rare earth metals used for flint in lighters are toxic:
http://grande.nal.usda.gov/ibids/index.php?mode2=detail&origin=ibids_references&therow=244218 (some of these metals are present in the flint dust from a typical flint lighter)
That said...is using a bic with a vg especially "unsafe"? I've been using a plain old bic for a while and I let it burn for a few seconds until the flame stops sparking and whatnot. But...if you hold the flame like a foot under your nose you can still smell it giving off some sort of odor as it burns...
Also if I hit the vg, empty, with a bic, it has a definite taste that is not present if I just suck on it without any heat applied (it tastes like metal and I am pretty sure it is not resin of past smokes that I taste).
Additionally, if I smell the inside of the top part where I apply the flame when inhaling, it seems to have sort of a butane-y smell that can kind of be removed by wiping it out with some paper towels...but then the paper towels will smell as well.
I'm going to invest in a torch lighter one of these days, but I cannot help but wonder if the bic flame isn't actually burning as clean as one might like to think?
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