Me and Antrocles stress this as much as anyone. Be prepared to spend at least $40 on a high quality torch lighter, its just as important as your VG. You wont go wrong with a Colibri, Visol, or Lotus. A lot of people here like the Blazer, but dont get the cheap one. There is nothing worse than trying to blast off and having your light fail you.

With a good lighter and proper technique you can clear a 100mg dose in 1 hit with the glass VG. With a regular bic or flint lighter it would take you at least 3 hits to clear 50 mg.