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Used to do a LOT of backpacking (several month long treks), and even more of self supported cycle touring (month long trips & a yearlong trip, which included crossing Xiangjiang & Tibet).
Best lighter? Cheapo butane. Always worked. Even above 10000' and in subzero temperatures.
Tip is to pack it such that the valve won't get depressed is all. During foul weather & heat (to mitigate problems from sweat), I wrapped both my open cigarette pack and the lighter in a ziplock baggie.
Tried a new fangled wind proof lighter on my yearlong cycle tour for a while, it failed where the cheapo ones worked fine.
Edit, adding: currently my go to lighters are mini-bics. Have them in all the bags, in the truck & SUV, as well as stock up on them in the 5 pack when we do a Walmart shop (as well as stock up on the full-size 5 pack Bics). We just put them "up" in the original packaging, along with other stores, for rainy days...
I just have Bic lighters but they're in Exotac covers to seal them: fireSLEEVE™
If you really want something reliable I would get a firesteel along with some cotton balls soaked in Vaseline that's what I carry in my Search And Rescue pack. Lighter wise I would always throw in a cheap bic lighter that I get in bulk. They aren't as reliable but they're nice to have.
I usually reach for the firesteel before anything else when starting a fire out in the woods.+1 on having a steel/flint available. Allways do, but have never HAD to resort to it.
...have fired up my pocket rocket stove on a few ovcassions to light a cigarette due to wind & futzin with a bic too long. Bic would have worked eventually, but I wanted a smoke right then!
Cigars!Go to a nice cigar shop or maybe one of them hippie smoke shops
When things actually go serious, easy is often all you can accomplish anyway. Easy becomes difficult and anything more can become next to impossible.I like easy above serious