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Quantum cigarette or pipe lighters

2 reports to CPSC, the latest made Mar 7, 2016. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 2reports to CPSC
  • Mar 7, 2016the latest report was made
  • Aug 17, 2013the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Quantum
Maker
COLIBRI INC.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Cigarette or pipe lightersCPSC’s product type: Cigarette or Pipe Lighters (code 1604), in Fuel, Lighters and Fireworks: Lighters & Matches

By month

1 report from April 2015 to March 2016; the most in March 2016, 1. 1 earlier report, since August 2013, is in the table.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
March 20161
August 20131

How badly anyone was hurt

  • No one hurt 2 CPSC: Incident, No Injury

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No one hurt

    Made Mar 7, 2016, sent to the company Mar 15, 2016, published by CPSC Apr 5, 2016

    The product, in the report: It’s a standard cigarette lighter Company Code:LF

    I was sitting on my bed when a lighter I had go from the smoke shop down the street just exploded. It’s a Quantum lighter and was brand new and it made a loud pop sound and had a piece of plastic that separated from the main body so the fluid leaked out all over my desk.

    UPC
    012040831612
    Bought from
    Sunset tobacco
    Bought
    Feb 27, 2016
    Where
    Los Angeles, California: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 29, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Quantum, made or sold by COLIBRI INC.
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury
  2. No one hurt

    Made Aug 17, 2013, sent to the company Sep 13, 2013, published by CPSC Sep 27, 2013

    The product, in the report: Quantum disposable lighter

    There was a disposable lighter sitting on my coffee table and it exploded. It was about 75 to 80 degrees and it was last used about 3 to 5 hours before the explosion. A 1 inch by 1/2 inch piece of plastic separated from the lighter. the missing plastic was on the flat side of the lighter and went from the base to about the middle of the lighter The lighter few about 4 feet from the table and landed on the floor. I heard the bang and when I went to investigate I could smell the butane in the air.

    The lighter has the word Quantum stamped into the metal and no other markings on it.

    Model
    I don’t know
    UPC
    I don’t know
    Serial number
    I don’t know
    Where
    Spokane Valley, Washington: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Unknown
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Unspecified
    As this report names them
    Brand Quantum, made or sold by COLIBRI INC.
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources
  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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