| you light up a cigar with a Colibri lighter, you can't help | | | | mechanism of the Colibri Monopol. Colibri lighters are |
| feeling suave and confident. Just like fine wine, a Colibri | | | | individually inspected to ensure that each product |
| lighter add to your sense of taste and style, and | | | | conforms up to par to quality control standards. In fact, |
| enhance your smoking experience. | | | | Colibri lighters are known for being well-made butane |
| Burning a Legacy through history | | | | lighters, that do not have that unpleasant residual taste |
| The Colibri lighter was produced in 1928, by Julius | | | | that matches and most fluid lighters leave. Well-Colibri |
| Lowenthal, when he formed a company with his | | | | lighter models include: |
| brother Benno, after the First World War. He | | | | > Colibri Original - the very first Colibri lighter |
| developed a lighter mechanism that could answer the | | | | designed by Julius Lowenthal |
| technical problems concerning the flint wheel. From this | | | | > Colibri Monogas - improved on the Monopol by |
| solution was born the Colibri Original, the very first of a | | | | coming out in a variety of finishes and a number of |
| hugely successful line of luxury Colibri lighters. In the | | | | action improvements. |
| 1930s Lowenthal obtained a patent for a fully | | | | > Piezo Electric lighter - the precursor of the Colibri |
| automatic lighter and moved from Germany to London | | | | Molectric 88 (one of the most reliable and fashionable |
| where he established Colibri Lighters Ltd. | | | | lighters since its development in the late 60s). |
| Shortly after WWII, Colibri opened its own | | | | > Colibri Supertronic - a luxurious battery model that |
| development department and began making | | | | paved the way for the popular slim lighter. |
| innovations in lighter technology which would enable the | | | | > Colibri Sensatron - a lighter that required no |
| company to establish itself as the industry leader. It has | | | | moving parts for ignition, and operated by the merest |
| been nearly eighty years, and Colibri still continues to to | | | | touch. |
| lead the way with beam sensor, cigar, sport and | | | | > Colibri Lasatron - to ignite, all you have to do is |
| multi-function lighters, along with a wide selection of | | | | pass your finger across a beam sent across a recess |
| impeccably styled and detailed smoking accessories. | | | | that holds photoelectric sensitive cell - truly a |
| Leading the way in Quality Craftsmanship | | | | testament to microchip technology. |
| Since 1928, Colibri has enjoyed the reputation of being | | | | > Colibri Talon Lighter - A small, handy wind-proof |
| the country´s leading manufacturer of quality | | | | lighter, the Colibri Talon is an stylish piece with a |
| lighting instruments and smoking accessories. Colibri | | | | full-view fuel tank and SST torch flame ignition system |
| continues to set the standard for lighters with its | | | | that is dependable, durable and apt for any occasion. |
| innovative design and the numerous advancements in | | | | Enjoying a Colibri lighter |
| lighter technology and smoking accessories. In the | | | | Enjoying a cigar, a pipe or a cigarette has never been |
| post-war years, Colibri had its own Development Dept. | | | | more poignant and bittersweet than in today's |
| and there began a series of technical developments | | | | modern-day London. Colibri lighters are stylish and are |
| which have produced and still are for that matter, a | | | | born of precision craftsmanship. Owning a Colibri lighter |
| while range of exciting new lighters. In 1955 saw the | | | | says that you have fine taste; that quality and style |
| first Colibri Gas Lighter. This was produced in France | | | | are of the utmost importance in a person like you. |
| where the knowledge existed and combined French | | | | Lighting up is not just any ordinary affair - it is a love |
| advances in butane gas tanks and precision | | | | affair, be it lighting a cigar, a pipe, or a cigarette. |