雪茄迷的专业雪茄烟具(组图)

真正的雪茄迷的乐趣并不全在烟雾缭绕之中，对雪茄的裁剪、点燃以及照料雪茄同样让他们获得很大的满足。所以对于一个雪茄迷来说，一套齐全的专业烟具是不可缺少。

雪茄迷通常不会固定抽一种口味的雪茄，不同种类和品牌的雪茄长短、粗、细不同，对烟具的规格等要求也不同，所以每项烟具选择不止一种。

　　保湿箱

在圈子里面，雪茄迷喜欢把收藏雪茄叫做“养雪茄”，这形象地说出了雪茄是一件娇贵的珍品，需要悉心的照料。

雪茄既怕热，又怕冷；保存它既不能太潮，又不能太干。当温度超过23摄氏度时雪茄就会生虫，可周遭温度太低，又会把雪茄中的水分“抽干”，从而失去其原有的味道，因此最好的方法是把雪茄保存在雪茄专用保湿箱中。

保湿箱有从十几支装到五百支装的各种大小不同的规格，价格从几千到几万不等。保湿箱内的湿度调节器自动调节盒内的湿度，使内部环境适宜保存雪茄，直接延长存于盒内的雪茄的寿命。

保湿箱用的是一种叫香柏木的木料制作，而且只能用这种木料制作，这样才能使雪茄保持原有的风味。用其它木料制成的箱子很容易与雪茄串味，而香柏木能让雪茄更香。因为做工考究，有些雪茄保湿箱已经成为家居精品。

S.T.Dupont雪茄箱

规格：40.5×29×13.5cm

容量：100支雪茄

价格：2200美元

　　大卫杜夫一号雪茄箱

规格：40.5x26.5x19.5cm

容量：140-170支雪茄

价格：6200美元

旅行雪茄套

在出外旅行的时候，雪茄迷同样希望能随身带上喜爱的雪茄。那么各种大大小小的旅行雪茄套就产生了。

小的旅行雪茄套能装上两三支雪茄，只有眼镜盒大小。大一些的可以装上七八支雪茄。但无论大小，这些雪茄套价值不菲，至少也要上千人民币。

保时捷三支装口袋雪茄盒

Porsche Design Pocket Carbon Fiber Wood Robusto 3CigarCase

价格：450美元

雪茄钻

如果不选择雪茄剪，那么穿刺器也是享用雪茄的一个方法。这种方式是采用尖锐物体，如雪茄钻、针、纸别针或钻等穿刺入雪茄，以形成一个或数个小洞来方便吸用。

这种方式避免雪茄烟帽受损从而保护了外部包裹层。实际上外部包裹层就不会卷曲或散开了。缺点就是小洞会影响吸用。

雪茄剪

在享受雪茄之前，先得剪开冒顶。市场上各种修剪工具都有，重要的是保持切口清洁平顺，否则抽起来就不顺当了，还可能损坏茄衣。

铡刀式雪茄剪（俗称断头台）是目前最流行的工具。雪茄剪有一片垂直的刀片，通过直接切割雪茄烟帽子使雪茄横断面呈圆形。这种切割方式使切口很大，抽吸最方便。但如果手法不熟练就会将茄烟帽子裁去过多而使外部包裹层散开，最终满口烟丝。

剪刀式雪茄剪像一把剪刀，可以在雪茄头部剪出任何尺寸的洞，但是也可能因为手法问题刮伤雪茄，甚至扯落整个头部。

此外还有环形雪茄剪，在雪茄烟头部插入一把环形刀片，稍微旋转一下，取出刀切割出的浅而圆的一小块（如同饼刀）。因为是新产品，其价格也相当昂贵。

Visol双刀片雪茄剪

价格：40美元

打火机

丁烃点火器

点雪茄不能用汽油打火机，因为汽油味道会减损雪茄的风味。丁烃点火器是点燃雪茄的最佳选择，丁烃很干净也没有异味，火焰大小适中也很持久。

据介绍，火苗稳定后给雪茄点火要横着拿住雪茄，将尾端以45度几何角度倾斜，凑近火苗的2．5厘米处，缓缓地旋转一周，把雪茄预热一下，然后再靠近火苗的2．5厘米处，让雪茄从边缘至中央均匀地燃烧。

长支无硫火柴

有些雪茄迷喜欢用火柴点燃雪茄。点雪茄不能选择普通火柴，因为其化学物质会使雪茄烟中含有化学物的味道。

而专门用的雪茄火柴至少有7厘米长，不含硫磺。在点燃雪茄时，应该用两根并排着的火柴以使火焰面宽并且持久。擦燃火柴后，待火柴头化学物质充分燃烧再点燃雪茄。

烟灰缸

由于抽雪茄耗费的时间比较长，所以还应该准备一只特定的雪茄烟灰缸。雪茄烟灰缸并不只是为了放烟灰——因为无论是雪茄迷的手还是雪茄，都需要给予适当的休息时间。当雪茄迷的手需要稍事休息的时，他就就可以惬意地把雪茄靠在烟灰缸的扶托上。

雪茄烟灰缸上有专门摆放雪茄的“槽”，有几个“槽”就能放几支雪茄。

布加迪孟加锡雪茄烟灰缸

价格：1500美元

BengalBoy's WindProof Cigar Lighter RoundUp!! S.T. DuPont Colibri Blue Rhino & Vector Cigar Torches!! What Type of WindProof Lighter is Right for You? I Give you My Pick for the "Bleeding EDGE" P.I.M.P'a'Nado!!



Well, I love sunglasses, cigars and lighters almost as much as I love wireless gadgets.. And because I think of things like lighters as not only functional......but fashionable as well... I have more than one. Different enviroments and social situations call for more than one kind of dress,,,,, right??? So why would you carry your $400 DunHill Unique Sport with you when you were boating??? That's right, a oil fueled and flint flame lighter just won't cut it outside when you need to light that 'n "Kick Ass" CAO Soprano Edition "BOSS" stogie.... NO WAY!! Too Big, Too Moist and Too WINDY!! Burn your fingers all to ,,,,,but everyone will say.... "Hey, that's a Nice Lighter!!"

So, cigar smokers in particular need a WindProof lighter when they are outside or in enviroments where you need to get ignition fast as easy... So, I present to you my review of the newest and most interesting WindProof Lighters at this time.

1. S.T. DuPont "X-tend" series lighter.
2. Colibri Quantum "Sapphire" series lighter.
3. Colibri Quantum "EnterPrise" series lighter.
4. Blue Rhino "AfterBurner" series lighter.
5. Vector Table Torch.



All of these lighters have different personalities and are designed for different users as well as different enviroments. But every single one of them has that one Special Characteristic That made me Pick it for this test.....

They are all "P.I.M.P." !!

So get yourself a Nice Cocktail, your favorite Smoke, and of course your P.I.M.P.'st wireless device.....and read on my Fellow Cigar Smokers for the perfect windproof lighter and my pick as the "Best Windproof Lighter for the Bleeding EDGE P.I.M.P.a'Nado"....



Now, as some you already know, BengalBoy is a long time cigar smoker from back in the day when I used to sneak the little Swisher Sweet "RawHide" "Ropes" or something like that...... hehe.. little cigars that looked like the ones Clint Eastwood smoked in the "Good, Bad and the Ugly" "Fist Full of Dollars" etc.... Now, I love lighters and the "Oil & Flint" ones are my favorites and most collectable investments. However, my Dunhill Unique Sports, however good it looks.......... just isn't something I want to carry with me on my boat or outside to the pool, beach, or ballgame. The chance you will lose it or drop it on a hard surface is something to think about....but the most practicle reason is that it just takes to long and can be too difficult to light a nice cigar in outdoor enviroments. Blown out flames and burned knuckles are not good for Type "A" personalities!! That's where the "WindProof" lighter comes in.

Windproof Lighters, also known as "Cigar Torches" are Butane powered and unlike my "Cartier Lighter"..... are not flint ignition with a languid flame ...... but are like torches where the flame is focused, forced under high pressure, and extremely HOTTTT!!!!! For cigar smokers it results in a quicker light and a flame that is not easily blown out or across your fingers and knuckles while holding the lighter... OUCH!!

Oil & Gas Flint Lighter Flame...

WindProof or Torch Lighter Flame...



See the Difference????

Now, all of our Lighters in this Roundup are Torches, but all are different in their personality or design. Some are definitely outdoor personality lighters while a couple of them are most certainly intended for "Da'Club" and more "Sophisticated" pursuits.....



Here you see the width of the lighters compared to each other... From left to right, ...

Blue Rhino "AfterBurner" in Gunmetal, Colibri Quantum "Enterprise", Blue Rhino "AfterBurner" in Titanium, Colibri Quantum "Sapphire", and S.T. DuPont "X-tend" Special OpusX Edition in Chrome.. All lighters save the Afterburner are turned ignition button front.



So, let me begin with the S.T. Dupont Xtend Windproof Lighter in the Limited "OpusX" Edition.

1. S.T. DuPont X-tend Torch Lighter "Opus X" Special Edition.





This lighter is made in Paris, France by what is generally considered the World's Finest Lighter company. S.T. Dupont creates limited and highly collectible cigar & cigarette lighters ranging in price from a few $$ hundred to a few $$ thousand dollars. Along with Dunhill, certain lighters made by S.T. Dupont are really investment quality pieces just like a fine watch. Available in a highly polished aluminum, as well as black & red laquer finish, the X-tend lighters come with a 2 year warranty. You have to send the lighter in for service or warranty work and cannot return it to the original store of purchase for warranty claims.





Packaged in a cardboard outer sleeve and hard plastic case, the S.T. DuPont X-tend comes with manual and warranty books.









The X-tend is a very Beautiful machined aluminum case with a integrated "ignition" lever built into the side of the lighter. You can see it better on the black version.... notice the chrome bar?? Thats the "ignition" lever...



At the bottom of the lighter you will find the fuel filler nipple and flame height adjustment screw as well as a fuel level window.



At the top of the lighter is a unique flame "shutter" that scissors open when the ignition lever is pressed and closes when you release the lever.





The shutter prevents pocket lint and other forign objects from clogging or affecting your sensitive burner. Performance with the single burner is top notch and the fuel resevior holds enough butane to last me a week or more of constant lighting. Ignition is always positive and everything is made and works like a fine pen or watch. At $150 it is by far the most expensive lighter in this roundup...... but when you hold it and use it you see and feel the quality of the materials and construction.



Extremely P.I.M.P., the S.T. DuPont X-tend lighter is cool on the town to light a Kitten's cigarette or to light up that Victory Stoogie at the 19 hole. Its class and quality rolled up in a sporty design.

2. Colibri Quantum "Sapphire" series lighter.






The Colibri brand of lighters are very well known among smokers due to the large variety and wide price range. The Quantum "Sapphire" series lighter is an example of Colibri's high range lighter and at $100 is its most expensive at this time. With a 1 year warranty you can carry the Colibri into the store you purchased it from or contact Colibri for RMA instructions on where to return for service and repair. Made of some alloy but nicely chromed and finished with a mirrored gray body. The most interesting cosmetic touch, though, is the "Sapphire" LED light that glows when you raise the burner cap to enable the electronic ignition bar. Seems silly.... but the execution and cosmetic appearance of the lighter makes this one of the greatest little novelties I've ever seen in a tobacco product. Everyone comments on it when you light up in a Night Club or light the cigarette of the little Hottie bummin a light at the bar.



The "Sapphire" comes in a heavy cardboard box with embossed lettering and cardboard outer sleeve. Inside you will find your lighter, warranty and manual, as well as a very nice,,,although bulky leather pouch for protecting your investment.