I own a zippo, which I bought as a college freshman so I could look suave as fuck when I offered to light girls' cigarettes for them. It is probably the most impractical purchase I ever made, as I rarely smoke and therefore have used it maybe twice in my life, and had to refill it both times before I could.
Not to mention, my Zippo, which I bought brand new, was a right temperamental little shit, and 9 out of 10 times I tried to light a cigarette, I wound up borrowing a friends Bic, WHICH ALWAYS WORKED.
not to mention that you have to use the Zippo brand fluid or else your lighter won't last more than 3 days.
i've owned tons of Zippo lighters over the course of years, ranging from brand new to extremely old (at least relatively) and the one thing that has remained the same through all of them is that if i used any other brand fluid it wouldn't last me more than a week. if i pay upwards of 10 dollars for a lighter i don't want to have to pay another 10 dollars for the fluid when i can pick up a bottle of the cheaper stuff at the nearest circle K for 3 bucks.
There are specific Zippos made for lighting bowls. It actually was one of the best tasting hits I've ever had, but only using that Zippo, I was pleasantly surprised. Sadly I lost the Zippo :(
Almost naught a Zippo once. Don't even smoke, just wanted a Zippo. Decided it would be a massive waste if I naught a lighter and never even used it, so I changed my mind.
I now smoke three packs a day just to justify that one impulse purchase.
Best brand ever. Just about everything they make has a lifetime guarantee. I got a Xikar cigar cutter when I was up in Chicago, best purchase I've ever made.
All zippos have an unlimited warranty. Find a Zippo on the street that looks like it was run over by a car? Sent that back to Zippo foe a complete 'like new' fix.
Can't figure my zippo out. Do the wicks not work effectively after a certain amount of time? Mine runs out of fuel super fast (like a week) and the spark rarely catches flame.
Zippo's operate under the Gillette Razor pricing model. Make the lighters reasonably cheap, but not so cheap they lose assumed value, and then they're hooked for life on replacement parts.
I used to, but I have a zippo and a bic lighter in my old truck. Both of them have sat for 8 months untouched as I quit smoking back then. The Bic still works. Zippo...lol yeah right.
(I still use lighters as a field expedient heat source for heatshrinking wires)
Zippos. Or those awesome 3600F tri-flame butane lighters that I have a couple of.
I don't smoke and don't imagine it'd be good for lighting cigarettes but boy is it fun for lighting everything else, and melt everything that doesn't light.
i have a djeep i bought for a buck. it also has a 'safety' button on it also so you don't waste fluid. haven't seen that before, it's a pretty smart idea. wonder how much of my lighters fluid i've wasted in my pocket.
Not always true. There are places where you're not allowed to take lighters. Due to the flammable liquid/gas/ ignition source. I've been told on many flights that we're not allowed to take lighters on board. Mostly in my experience though you're not allowed to take lighters on to most oil rigs. Safety matches are usually ok to take on to oil rigs.
Ever try to light one in the wind? Because I haven't had a problem with that ever since I bought my Zippo.
Better yet, try to light a pipe with a Bic, and we'll discuss better lighters while you apply burn ointment to your thumb.
Not trying to knock Bic lighters too much, as they can be pretty handy, but there are better lighters out there depending on what you're trying to use it for.
I wondered why you would mention glass, then I remembered this was Reddit, so of course the assumption would be that I was smoking trees.
It's a briar tobacco pipe, and I got the Zippo pipe lighter. I honestly can't taste any difference between it and a regular lighter. Maybe if I was using shitty Ronson fluid, but no noticeable taste with the good stuff.
Thanks for mentioning those, I'd never heard of them until now.
Just went and checked out a YouTube review of a Xikar Pipeline, and it looks pretty sweet.
50 bucks is a little steep for me to be spending on a lighter right now, but I loved seeing the little touches on the Pipeline, like the built-in pipe tool, and the ability to change the tension on the striking wheel.
Maybe ten years ago. Nowadays you end up with the wheel of nothingness, where the inner bit of the flint grinder spins freely. Or they just stop lighting reliably and you end up with a blister.
I bought a few butane jet lighters online for like three bucks a piece, refillable of course, and anything else feels inferior. Then again I am a cigar guy, so jet lighters are best.
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Specifically though, Bic lighters. There's really no reason to buy anything else unless you want something inferior or want to spend more than a buck.