Vertigo Stinger Quad Torch Lighter

The Stinger is Vertigo’s four flame lighter, the most torch you can throw at a cigar short of a table lighter. Four jets meet in the middle and put a wide, even ring of heat across the whole foot at once.

Where a quad earns its keep is the big ring gauges, the 60s and up that a single jet turns into a chore, lighting one arc of the foot while the rest sits cold. Four flames toast the entire face in one pass. The tradeoff is fuel: four jets drain a tank fast, which is why the wide fuel window matters here more than on a single, so you are not caught dry mid light. A fold-out punch cutter sits in the base for round-headed cigars.

The body is plastic rather than metal, in charcoal or clear, which is what keeps a four jet lighter at this price. The clear version has a small side benefit: you can see the butane level straight through the tank. Refillable, and like any jet it runs best on triple refined butane with the tank bled empty before each refill.