Anyone have an "old fashioned" silver zippo lighter?

[MrMatt]

I have one that has the cotton inside it to hold the lighter fluid....how the FUCK do you guys keep it from not evaporating every couple days? I don't even smoke but have the lighter just in case I should need an open flame, or a cute girl asks for a light. But it seems like every 4 or 5 days the lighter fluid has completely evaporated from the cotton and I have to refill it again. wtf?

 

[zerocool84]

Go buy a 99c lighter then. Keeping one on you just to look cool is dumb.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Sounds like a hipster thing. Just get a fifty cent Bic lighter from Walmart.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

My Zippo has been empty for a couple of years. They're cool, but too much hassle.

 

[mizzou]

this is precisely why zippos are now out of date.

You can try pulling the wick out and re-cutting it if it's too burnt, then make sure you have quality lighter fluid

I also dont' believe they last longer then a few days regardless

 

[MrMatt]

meh...not a fan of those things. Plus what if I ever get in some badass fight and gasoline ends up trailing out of some warehouse where we were fighting? When I walk out of it in slow motion I won't be able to flick my lighter and throw it at the puddle of gas; those bic's are self extinguishing.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

meh...not a fan of those things. Plus what if I ever get in some badass fight and gasoline ends up trailing out of some warehouse where we were fighting? When I walk out of it in slow motion I won't be able to flick my lighter and throw it at the puddle of gas; those bic's are self extinguishing.

Shit, then buy a matchbox.

 

[Heller]

meh...not a fan of those things. Plus what if I ever get in some badass fight and gasoline ends up trailing out of some warehouse where we were fighting? When I walk out of it in slow motion I won't be able to flick my lighter and throw it at the puddle of gas; those bic's are self extinguishing.

hahahaha , you have to be fucking kidding me right?

 

[zerocool84]

meh...not a fan of those things. Plus what if I ever get in some badass fight and gasoline ends up trailing out of some warehouse where we were fighting? When I walk out of it in slow motion I won't be able to flick my lighter and throw it at the puddle of gas; those bic's are self extinguishing.

Keep one of these in your pocket then. It's the old school way to light fires.

 

[alfa147x]

Well it's a good thing I didn't get a zippo
I ended up getting a colibri lighter

 

[surfsatwerk]

Silly humans with your primitive flame devices. I simply harness the awesome power of my will to bring flame forth whenever I desire it.

 

[Mike Gayner]

You're not doing anything wrong OP - this is exactly right, and why Zippos suck 99.99% of the time. I experience exactly the same problem (also dont smoke, like to have a lighter around, etc).

 

[GagHalfrunt]

When I smoked I carried a Zippo and it didn't evaporate that quickly. I got two to three weeks out of one fill and a small bottle of fluid would last a year.

 

[eldorado99]

Silly humans with your primitive flame devices. I simply harness the awesome power of my will to bring flame forth whenever I desire it.

 

[Ika]

yeah I think my zippo empties itself in about two weeks or so. I lost my last bottle of Ronsonol (think someone stole it) and haven't bothered to pick up another one because honestly, Zippos are awesome, but they're really not useful at all.

 

[Raincity]

When I smoked I carried a Zippo and it didn't evaporate that quickly. I got two to three weeks out of one fill and a small bottle of fluid would last a year.

Then your the exception to the rule.

 

[konakid7]

I always wanted a zippo lighter. They look awesome, but they seem too much of a hassle to deal with.

 

[lxskllr]

You don't keep it from evaporating. Zippos are really only appropriate for regular smokers, or I guess someone that needs fire regularly. I carried a Zippo for 25 years, and they're the best at what they do. They not only light cigarettes under harsh conditions, they make a good emergency lantern, that you don't have to worry about exploding, or blistering your thumb on.

 

[insect9]

I have a Zippo, but don't fill much any more. I have an Imco that I fill regularly for my pipes, and a butane lighter for cigars.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Then your the exception to the rule.

I'm the exception to the rule that states that every ATOT denizen has the grammar skills of a retarded dyslexic chimpanzee, but not to any Zippo rules. If a person needs to fill their Zippo every 4 to 5 days it's user error and not a design deficiency.

 

[mmntech]

Silly humans with your primitive flame devices. I simply harness the awesome power of my will to bring flame forth whenever I desire it.

Haven't heard someone say that since last year's pride parade.

 

[mizzou]

you should always impress a lady with a modified butane torch lighter with a 6 inch arc

 

[BoomerD]

I've carried zippo lighters for close to 40 years. I agree with those who say they're a PITA...They need to be refilled at least every couple of weeks...and if you overfill them, then stick them in your pocket....OUCH! The fluid always leaks and you get a chemical burn from the naptha.
However, I prefer them to a butane lighter. Nearly windproof, and they work well, even at sub-zero temps when a butane lighter won't.

We went to Hawaii 5 or so years ago...right after they decided that you couldn't carry lighters on planes anymore...and lost a zippo that I'd carried for 20+ years. the "We'll ship it for you" place at the airport was closed, and we had parked in an off-site parking facility. They wouldn't allow me to remove the wick and wadding, thus rendering safe...my only choice was to toss it.

 

[Born2bwire]

Yeah, you gotta keep refilling them. But when it comes to any kind of wind, the Zippo works wonders.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Yeah, you gotta keep refilling them. But when it comes to any kind of wind, the Zippo works wonders.

I find Zippos to be only slightly better than Bics in the wind. The butane torch ones as the best in windy conditions.