Pardon the newb question, but for those who use the Brick every day, how often do you refill your lighter? And how low do you let it get before purging/refilling? I have almost no experience w/ torches and their nuances so I'm learning as I go.
I'm referring specifically to this one. I'm starting to think I shouldn't let it get much lower than the level in this picture (correct me if I'm wrong about that). Have you noticed a dropoff in performance out of the Junior when you let it get below a certain point, even if the lighter appears to be working normally?
I am also interested in how low others let it get, but I would say that the torch in that picture is still about half full (easily) and you'd be wasting a lot of butane if you purge and refill it that early. I usually refill my torches when the liquid is down to about the bottom seam, basically nearly completely empty. One thing that does seem consistent with all the torches I have tried (which is admittedly only a few) is that as time goes by and the fluid level decreases, you need to adjust the torch strength higher to maintain the same size flame.
I have a couple of
these (also sometimes branded as 'Xing') and they are great. The tank is nice is big and even using it as my daily driver it only requires refilling after weeks of use. Only complaint is that my wife finds the button hard to press sometimes. She prefers the Scorch Matador lighter (which appears to be unavailable on Amazon at the moment), but it has a much smaller tank (and a difficult to see through window for determining how full it is.) If we only used the Matador it would need refilling about once a week (I know because we did for a while).
Unrelated to lighters: a while back I had mentioned putting a screen up into the metal ring under the intake, and that I thought it made it so that accidental combustion is less likely. I totally stand by that still, and in fact went and got some 1/2 in screens and put one under the intake tube. A 1/2 in screen fits perfectly in there, directly under the glass intake tube. (This is instead of the one I had put in the metal tube, not in addition to, just to be clear. I took that one out and replaced it with this one.) I have actually put intake screens like this into both my Jr and my full size brick, and I feel certain this lets me get a bit more aggressive with the flame without combusting. (It is still possible to combust, of course, but stopping the actual flame with a screen makes it much less likely.) Pack of 20 1/2 in screens cost me a whole dollar, so totally worth it to me, particularly for the Jr. I found that the Jr felt super easy to accidentally combust with, perhaps because of the shorter intake tube. I had a couple friends combust in the Jr on their first tries using it, but after putting a screen in the intake the only combustion event I've had was my own, and was because I was really pushing it to see how far I could. (I wrote a post about this a few pages back.)
I am curious if any other have tried a screen in the intake like this, and if you could tell the difference.
Part of why I got some smaller screens for under the intake is that I found that the one I had put up in the metal ring actually started collecting abv fluff which apparently flies around up in there when hits are being taken. Having the screen between the glass and wood instead alleviates that, and might also reduce the charring of the wood right under the intake (but I can't tell now, as I already had some charring from before I did this.)
If you couldn't tell, I am still totally in love with my Bricks. In fact I recently got another Brick as a gift for an old friend (split the cost with the friend's bro, in fact) who is going to have one awesome holiday season this year. He doesn't know it yet, but he's gonna get bricked...
. Came back here and immediately got VAS!!!!! I bought an arizer air, then airvape xs, then snagged a Daisy here in the classifieds, then I grabbed a Milaana and thanks to 
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