Because I was expecting this Butane Lighter to arrive today, I made some Cream Brulle', which needs a descent flame to melt a topping of sugar to the crack stage.
That's not going to happen with this lighter. The box that it arrived in says "cigar lighter". In an emergency, if a person lit a little shredded paper, and it lit something bigger, IF you could keep it lit long enough to light shredded paper, maybe, but I doubt it would. We used a new cartridge of butane, filled the cartridge to full, quickly finding a small cigarette lighter would have a more powerful flame.
We'll be returning ASAP. Defective!