Zippo flame is HUGE... trim the wick to make it smaller?

[WelshBloke]

Side question, is Zippo really life time warranty? I have a few dead/stuck zippo in my drawer.

The natural habitat of a Zippo is the back of a drawer. You get one because they look cool then after a while you realise that a cheap disposal gas lighter does the job better and you use one of those instead.

 

[lxskllr]

Disposables are only good if you're smoking crack or something. You can't beat a zippo for cigarettes, or general lighting duties, including an emergency light source. The only issue, is if you aren't a smoker, the fuel will probably evaporate before you use it. I missed carrying a zippo more than I missed smoking when I quit.

@Denly No spark means it needs a flint. You can scavenge one from a disposable lighter. Bics are the best, but you may have to break the flint shorter so it fits. Stuck wheel is also probably lack of flint, but it may have decomposed flint jamming up the works. You may have to gouge it out with a piece of wire or something.

 

[WelshBloke]

Disposables are only good if you're smoking crack or something. You can't beat a zippo for cigarettes, or general lighting duties, including an emergency light source. The only issue, is if you aren't a smoker, the fuel will probably evaporate before you use it. I missed carrying a zippo more than I missed smoking when I quit.

Zippos are great to play with but they run out quickly if you don't use them, and they run out quickly if you do use them. They leak and make your jeans smell. They smell if they don't leak. They don't like getting wet. They cost more to fill than a cheap disposable.

I would much rather have a couple of cheap disposables (after I'd checked that they work!) If you get them wet you can just blow the worst of the water out and they'll start working. They last forever. You can adjust the flame so that you can get a flame into somewhere if you're trying to light a fire.
The only advantage a Zippo has is its more satisfying to play with.

 

[Captante]

Too late Dude, OP likely burned to death or something since then.

Or died of old-age!

 

[FlyinRyan91]

Zippos are great to play with but they run out quickly if you don't use them, and they run out quickly if you do use them. They leak and make your jeans smell. They smell if they don't leak. They don't like getting wet. They cost more to fill than a cheap disposable.

I would much rather have a couple of cheap disposables (after I'd checked that they work!) If you get them wet you can just blow the worst of the water out and they'll start working. They last forever. You can adjust the flame so that you can get a flame into somewhere if you're trying to light a fire.
The only advantage a Zippo has is its more satisfying to play with.

You obviously never dropped a zippo in water. Every now and then my zippo will fall out of my shirt pocket into at least 2 inches+ of water. Completely submerged too. The first couple times, I didn't think it was going to light. I didn't have to blow on anything, and it lit right up. It still lights when I forget to empty my pockets before climbing down into a backflow preventer pit, and drop it. You'd be surprised about how decently well of a seal brass on brass can create. And most don't know, when you buy a new zippo, always take the packing and wick out of the insert, and re run the wick through each rayon ball. Some reason, the zippo factory will stuff the wicks up in to the top area of the insert keeping you from using the entire amount of lighter fluidl. You can make the fluid last for a month or so without lighting it. All you need is to cut a section of a biciycle tire tube just at or just under the length of your zippo. Slide the small sleeve of rubber you just scavenged over your zippo, and enjoy not only a fuel tight seal that let's your unused fuel in your unused zippo last an ungodly amount of time, but also a water tight seal that makes the lighter 95%more or less water proof. They don't stink if lid is kept closed, and if your getting lighter fluid on your pants then you are over filling your lighter which also causes it to dry out sooner. When they do "stink", when lit, I think it stinks great. Stinks like I'm about to grill up some fat ass juice back yard burgers.

 

[mopardude87]

This thread would be a necromancers wet dream cause you people keep on bringing it back. 16 years give or take a few months then nearly 3 entire weeks. Glad Zippos are that popular still at least, good lighters.

 

[WelshBloke]

You obviously never dropped a zippo in water. Every now and then my zippo will fall out of my shirt pocket into at least 2 inches+ of water. Completely submerged too. The first couple times, I didn't think it was going to light. I didn't have to blow on anything, and it lit right up. It still lights when I forget to empty my pockets before climbing down into a backflow preventer pit, and drop it. You'd be surprised about how decently well of a seal brass on brass can create. And most don't know, when you buy a new zippo, always take the packing and wick out of the insert, and re run the wick through each rayon ball. Some reason, the zippo factory will stuff the wicks up in to the top area of the insert keeping you from using the entire amount of lighter fluidl. You can make the fluid last for a month or so without lighting it. All you need is to cut a section of a biciycle tire tube just at or just under the length of your zippo. Slide the small sleeve of rubber you just scavenged over your zippo, and enjoy not only a fuel tight seal that let's your unused fuel in your unused zippo last an ungodly amount of time, but also a water tight seal that makes the lighter 95%more or less water proof. They don't stink if lid is kept closed, and if your getting lighter fluid on your pants then you are over filling your lighter which also causes it to dry out sooner. When they do "stink", when lit, I think it stinks great. Stinks like I'm about to grill up some fat ass juice back yard burgers.

Or I could get a cheap disposable that works better, lasts longer before running out, doesn't smell, and is cheaper?
Lighting a cigar on a zippo is a good way to ruin a cigar, a cheap gas lighter is perfect.