I've kinda wondered that myself. If it's windy, I can almost always get my pipe lit using these maneuvers.Thelonious monkfish wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 12:04 pm Have not used anything but matches for years and only smoke outside. Have not had luck with lighters except Zippo but I taste fuel throught the bowl, and not faintly. Also why do people say you can't use matches outside? Seen that comment countless times but can't figure out why.
In extremely windy weather I will go almost fully wrapped around the lit match like this:
Different strokes though. I have a Zippo that I used for a while, but the taste of napthalene is not my favorite. Also, it seems like tobacco just burns better with a match, especially for the first light. I can see why folks char the crap out of their rims with butane on a first light.