Yet another 'spec me a...' thread - Lighter

Gobbledegeek · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:13

Yes I know...blah, blah, blah but some...

...walked off with my Zippo while in the pub tonight!

Does anyone have any reasonable recommendations for a sub £30 lighter?

Cheers.

cymatty · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:15

Another zippo.

Gobbledegeek · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:17

cymatty said:
Another zippo.

Under advisement but I wonder if anyone has come across anything as good or better?

Gilly · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:17

I have a Zippo I 'acquired' last time I was smashed. Think some dude had left it on a wall with his cigs or something. Its a little hazy.

Anyway, you can have it. You need to collect though.

Pho · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:18

> Zippo

(edit: but a real zippo is of course the best replacement for a zippo)

cymatty · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:18

Dried Graze said:
Under advisement but I wonder if anyone has come across anything as good or better?

I was always under the impression that zippo where the dadies, could be wrong though as i dont use a lighter.

Mobius 1 · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:21

One of those jet flame things that are like, handheld bunsen burners

They own! Turboflames i think they call em.

HamZilla · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:24

-Tauren- said:
One of those jet flame things that are like, handheld bunsen burners They own! Turboflames i think they call em.

I have one of those. Can be difficult to see the flame in daylight though so be careful.

Mobius 1 · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:25

HamZilla said:
I have one of those. Can be difficult to see the flame in daylight though so be careful.

Aye, you can barely see the flame. Only the little wire on the inside goes red or white, i forgot which.

Gobbledegeek · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:26

Gilly said:
I have a Zippo I 'acquired' last time I was smashed. Think some dude had left it on a wall with his cigs or something. Its a little hazy.

Anyway, you can have it. You need to collect though.

'tis most generous of you to offer his lighter but I guess you live too far to make it viable. Thanks anyway.

Gobbledegeek · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:27

Pho said:
> Zippo

(edit: but a real zippo is of course the best replacement for a zippo)

Sadly my pockets are not of requisite proportions.

PardonTheWait · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:31

HamZilla said:
I have one of those. Can be difficult to see the flame in daylight though so be careful.

I've got one of them, and the square one by the same people. Nice lighters, but I never seem to be able to fill them up properly :/

I prefer my zippo anyway.

Mobius 1 · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:32

Mohinder said:
I've got one of them, and the square one by the same people. Nice lighters, but I never seem to be able to fill them up properly :/

I prefer my zippo anyway.

i have no troubles filling it up, just turn it upside down with the gas can and press it down.

PardonTheWait · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:36

-Tauren- said:
i have no troubles filling it up, just turn it upside down with the gas can and press it down.

I have a bizarre inability to refill gas lighters.. seriously. Whenever I do, they never work properly afterwards, they always spack out

Mobius 1 · 8 Jun 2006 at 00:40

Mohinder said:
I have a bizarre inability to refill gas lighters.. seriously. Whenever I do, they never work properly afterwards, they always spack out

Hmm. I used to get that problem, maybe its a cack seal? Do you fill your lighter up upside down? The only reason i do it that way is because i was told to refill my bb gun like that

lol

PardonTheWait · 8 Jun 2006 at 01:05

-Tauren- said:
Do you fill your lighter up upside down?

I honestly don't remember, but I'll be sure to next time

Mobius 1 · 8 Jun 2006 at 01:15

Mohinder said:
I honestly don't remember, but I'll be sure to next time

Let me know if it works

Mundu · 9 Sep 2006 at 21:50

Kindof off topic but my my Zippo doesn't work properly either. I'm pretty sure I'm refilling it correctly and I've even changed the wick and flint but nothing.

Has anyone sent their Zippo for repair or know how to?

Bobbler · 9 Sep 2006 at 22:14

Mundu said:
Kindof off topic but my my Zippo doesn't work properly either. I'm pretty sure I'm refilling it correctly and I've even changed the wick and flint but nothing.

Has anyone sent their Zippo for repair or know how to?

Trick to the replacement wick is to not run it straight. You need to interweve it in with the cotton wool packing in there for it to work properly.

Zippo is really the way to go. Only other alternative is a flint lift arm if you like the retro style "cool".