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Chris W.
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Lighters - IM Corona Pipe Lighter - Old Boy Black and Chrome
Somewhat Disappointed.
I am fairly young, at age 24, only been pipe smoking for about 3 years now, and always wanted a pipe lighter like a IM Corona. As soon as I had the money, I bought a black and chrome IM Corona. At first it worked great. I loved it but after a couple days of relatively light use, the coating starts coming off. I email smoking pipes and was told that the coating was not covered in the warranty. That was frustrating, because I spend this much money on something. I expect nice craftsmanship and not have the coating rub off. I wish there was something they could have done because now the coating is rubbing off on my hands and some times clogging the strike wheel. What’s more is it now is developing a new problem where it just is stubborn to try to light. I have one large blood blister on my right thumb now from trying to get it to light, and also have a smaller blister beginning to form on my left hand. I plan on sending it in and hopefully they can get it working again. However, I’m afraid more of the coating will come off and cause more problems. It really bugs me because I’m a perfectionist and it drives me crazy that the finish after very light use is coming off. If I ever buy another expensive lighter again, it will probably not be a IM Corona. Other than that, it feels like a very solid lighter and has the potential to be a solid work horse despite the fore mentioned issues listed above. I’m going to experiment with trying a IM Corona flint to see if that helps. I first had to put a zippo flint in it because that’s all I had, and then my friend whom has a Kiribi gave me a Kiribi flint and same thing. It will not create enough spark to ignite the fuel. Will update this review if possible depending on how the pipe lighter functions after being sent i or if a IM Corona flint fixes the issue(although I don’t think it will).