I've a request to comment on Ronson, so here is my take. I used Ronson when I first started out extracting, but also tried Powers and Vector, before settling on Lucienne 4X. The Ronson didn't have ethyl mercaptans added, but did have a fair amount of wax when sprayed on a mirror.
I haven't tried Ronson again for the last six years, and Ronson has gotten a bad rap from soooo many people, on so many forums, for so long, they may have improved their product. I would have to test it again to have a current opinion, but my first analysis caused me to seek other resources.
hmm. interesting. maybe those extra waxes you speak of are why my ronson oil is cloudy??
what do you have to say about the mirror test and how the colibri patch had more white residue than the ronson patch after 24 hours??? I gave them each just a 1 second squirt though so maybe one sprayed a bit more than the other.
I dunno... im still on the fence with ronson. I mean its not the best, and most preferred brand. if theres colibri, definitely use that... but if you had to, and were in a bind, I wouldnt hesitate with ronson one bit.. might be extra wax in it (which is why people say its bad for lighters), but as far as scents and other stuff, theres definitely none of that (which seems to be the reason people dont like it, I think) ive read where people made it sound like if you made ronson oil once, and smoked it, you were absolutely fucked for life, like it was the devil... when really, its not bad at all!!! especially if youre vac purging, or winterizing.
now what a guy should really do is test the 2.50$ NIBO butane from walmart...now that would be worth the savings getting it 60% cheaper than colibri... and if it passes all the tests, AND youre vac purging, winterizing, then vac purging again. what would be so bad??? starts adding up when youre buying cases at a time @ 72$ vs 30$ a case.... (some guys have spent over 1000$ in butane in the last few months... it adds up quick!!!) I dont know if something like this is where you wanna cheap out... my words from earlier "is it really worth possibly ruining 2 precious body parts, your lungs and your brain to save 2$ a can??"
I agree with companies like colibri catching on... I mean, 90% of their sales has got to be to head shops, and im sure some places cant even keep it stocked... colibri aint stupid, theres no way that all the butane they sell annually can possibly be used in lighter refills lol. it aint possible. 1 can fills like 50 lighters and 1 lighter lights like 2000 cigarettes or like 1 pound of weed... theres no way that much gets smoked.