Unlike normal lighters jet flame lighters don't stain glass pipes with soot, which is useful when such pipes are used as a vaporizer. Moreover the flame of these butane gas or torch lighters is hotter, making them more suitable for heating herbs which require a higher temperature to give off their active components.

The gas supply, and thus the intensity of the flame, can be adjusted effortlessly. With a lock lever the lighter can be put on 'continuous burning'.