Customer Reviews:
 Swift light stinks (literally!) Try these November 10, 2008
Justin Page (Portland, ME)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you don't like your home, church or personal temple to smell like a truck backing out, use Three Kings instead. Made in holland, the accelerant is either saltpeter or something, it doesn't stink quite a bad when lit.
Remember to wait until charcoal is white or you will sufficate it.
Lights easily, burns evenly and cleanly. October 13, 2009
Marika E. Buchberger (New Jersey United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This product lights easily though holding them in tongs is highly recommended. The product stays lit for a long time. Burns evenly and cleanly with nearly zero smoke. Place sand at the bottom of your incense burner to protect against excess heat, these charcoals reach red hot temperatures.
 Swiftlite is MUCH better January 5, 2010
Person
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
These coals work just fine, but that's not the problem. They're VERY messy.....even though the coals are sealed inside packets of ten, everything is covered in thick, black dust.....the outside of the box itself, the inside of the box, the wrappers, and every time you go to get a coal you invariably end up getting the thick, black dust all over your hands, clothes, and wherever you are lighting the coal. The coals are also quite brittle and they break apart very easily. No matter how careful you are, you WILL get black dust EVERYWHERE and parts of the edges of the discs will break off.
Another problem is that when they light, they spit sparks like mad. Of course you expect some sparks, and out of common sense you should keep lit charcoal in your censer and far away from anything flammable, but these coals are going for a world record or something! I had one lit, sitting in a censer on a table a couple feet away from me, and I had to jump back because sparks were hitting me!
As I said before, these coals work just fine and were they the only quick-lighting charcoal available I wouldn't complain. However, there is an alternative available that lights just as quickly and stays lit just as long with minimal mess and sparks: Swift-Lite. I wish I hadn't bought the entire box because now I'm stuck with these things for however long it takes me to burn 100 charcoals.
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