Cigar Lighter in hand luggage - any advice?

[Sean62]

I will be travelling to Canada soon with cigars and wondering whether my cigar lighter will be permitted as carry on luggage?  

[Bijan]

Technically butane lighters aren't allowed in cabin or checked baggage. I've been ok with checked baggage though. Others can chime in on cabin baggage.

[jhalischuk]

Sometimes I've gotten through with them, sometimes not. Might be best to get a cheap torch and hope it doesn't get confiscated. 

Also most corner stores, at least in Ontario, have single flame torches you can get for $5-10. 

 

[Cigar Surgeon]

Buy one of these. Carry the refillable part on the plane as it's allowed. Check the cartridge part in your luggage.

https://www.amazon.com/SOTO-Soto-Pocket-Torch-2019/dp/B005G3PQJQ/

[Bijan]

17 minutes ago, Cigar Surgeon said:

Buy one of these. Carry the refillable part on the plane as it's allowed. Check the cartridge part in your luggage.

https://www.amazon.com/SOTO-Soto-Pocket-Torch-2019/dp/B005G3PQJQ/

The goal might be to travel without checked luggage though.

[BigGuns]

1 hour ago, jhalischuk said:

Sometimes I've gotten through with them, sometimes not. Might be best to get a cheap torch and hope it doesn't get confiscated. 

Also most corner stores, at least in Ontario, have single flame torches you can get for $5-10. 

 

This.  As @Bijan said, TSA rules say no butane lighters anywhere (checked, carry on, etc).  I've gotten through with a cheapie the last couple times I flew over the summer.

[Cigar Surgeon]

21 minutes ago, Bijan said:

The goal might be to travel without checked luggage though.

Not a lot of options for OP then outside of a Djeep then.

[Glass Half Full]

In the U.S., at least, I know that it's legal to fly with matches in your carry on.  I've flown with them upwards of a dozen times.  I know that's not ideal, but it's been my work-around as I don't want to lose my good lighter to TSA or to their search of checked baggage.  Sulfur-free cigar matches are great as long as there's not too much wind.  ...The 3-match light is a classic.  :)

[Monocle]

FoH branded travel lighter has been wonderful for me. I fly about 30-35 times/year and haven’t had an issue with it—I’m on a flight now with it in my backpack. They’re usually available on the FoH webstore under accessories, though I don’t know if they can be purchased now with the carts freeze. 

[riderpride]

In my experience each agent is different in Canada. To be safe, I travel with matches and Spanish cedar 'sticks' from a box divider or a tubo.

[Glass Half Full]

33 minutes ago, riderpride said:

In my experience each agent is different in Canada. To be safe, I travel with matches and Spanish cedar 'sticks' from a box divider or a tubo.

The cedar is truly the classic light.  Something about it always brings me back to Cuba, and yet I don't do it often enough, once in a blue moon.

Great advice.  (And I'll be putting some in my bag from now on

[Fuzz]

Just buy a gas station cheapie when you arrive. Unless you absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt, must smoke the second you get off the plane... which is another problem all together.

I mean, it's Canada. It's not like you are traveling to the deepest, darkest depths of the wilderness, where they still have yet to discover fire... or tik tok.

[BrightonCorgi]

I keep a Bic in my toiletry bag and never been taken.  I do fly a lot (pre Covid).  Worst that can happen is I have to buy another...

[mprach024]

Golf bags.  You can smuggle just about anything in your golf bag.  

[RDB]

I almost always take a cheap torch in my hand luggage. It only gets found one time in 20. This is Europe, Mid-East & Africa airports - but not Israel!

[Chibearsv]

4 hours ago, mprach024 said:

Golf bags.  You can smuggle just about anything in your golf bag.  

Clean your clubs though. I’ve been stopped before because fertilizer residue triggered the TSA test for explosives.  Then they search everything. 

[jonnyfromiranny]

I check them when I can, but have gotten through several time with torches purchased from Amazon. I always try and place them in the middle of my luggage buried inside one of my clothing pockets.

[mprach024]

1 hour ago, Chibearsv said:

Clean your clubs though. I’ve been stopped before because fertilizer residue triggered the TSA test for explosives.  Then they search everything. 

Lol fertilizer, that’s actually really funny.  But seriously what kind of heathen golfer are you!?  Wipe your clubs after every shot, take care of them they take care of you.  Grooves are meant to be a void not a dirt holder.  Still......fertilizer TSA check....😂😂.

[Timothy556]

I have put one in my checked luggage. I always recommend never traveling with something you would be upset about being lost, stolen, or broken. Also, you should be able to pick up a decent lighter where ever you go. Safe travels. 

[BrightonCorgi]

Anyone using this or the similar?

https://www.amazon.com/Colibri-Tranzpack-Approved-Airline-Lighter/dp/B018KUYNEA

 

[Bijan]

41 minutes ago, BrightonCorgi said:

Anyone using this or the similar?

https://www.amazon.com/Colibri-Tranzpack-Approved-Airline-Lighter/dp/B018KUYNEA

 

Seems discontinued and possibly not applicable:

 

[Timothy556]

On 9/12/2021 at 4:40 PM, Cigar Surgeon said:

Buy one of these. Carry the refillable part on the plane as it's allowed. Check the cartridge part in your luggage.

https://www.amazon.com/SOTO-Soto-Pocket-Torch-2019/dp/B005G3PQJQ/

I use  one of these when I go camping. I also recommend it. 

[Bijan]

4 minutes ago, therealrsr said:

@Bijan  that info would have been nice for TSA to include on the page I referenced lol.  Classic government efficiency there.

They have a separate page for that:

https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/items/torch-lighters

Completely different animal apparently 😂