What are common lighters?, excluding refillable butane ones. Liquid fuel lighters (mostly Zippo) today have niche uses but exist mostly for retro appeal, and metal matches are especially obscure, for good reason As a hobbyist I wouldn't mind having a metal match, but for practicality it's hard to beat a Bic For outdoor use if you want a failproof backup, I'd go with storm matches and or a ferro rod
The Bic lighter is, as of now, the pinnacle of fire making Bic lighters, never really been a fan of them, even when I was a smoker The one thing they have going for them is they are cheap and available pretty much anywhere Any day I would choose a Zippo over a Bic As far as Bics being the pinnacle fire making, I say they are just one of many ways to start a fire
Zippos, trench lighters and match lighters in use! - Bushcraft USA Forums Hey if you really want to go old school, check out the catalytic lighters that use a platinum bead! I do love my Zippos one has a butane insert, the others use a fuel chamber gasket (see amazon) and ranger band to extend refill intervals!
Most reliable butane lighter? - Bushcraft USA Forums I've tried several fancy "survival" lighters, and they were all expensive, bulky and unreliable - utter disappointments I've tried piezo-electric disposables, and they were unreliable Lighters that use lighter fluid have evaporation and leakage problems, and they smell Everyone seems to
Ronson lighters - Bushcraft USA Forums Anyone rebuild old Ronson lighters?I had one as a kid that I remember fondly (and I can't believe that my mom would let me have a lighter at that age) Seems to have been called varaflame art deco model I have found a few affordable similar ones on ebay and am tempted, but meh
Arc Lighter - Bushcraft USA Forums I had one of the lighters that was a single stream of plasma and I had to recharge it constantly 3 Will it travel through a thicker piece of material that makes for a really poor conductor? Such as wood? 4 Do they give an estimate on the longevity of the electrodes? I really hope these things work well and gives us another option
Zippo Lighters - Bushcraft USA Forums Based on another thread it seems a lot of you carry Zippo lighters I posted this question on the other thread but it hasn't gotten any attention Like many, I carry a lighter in all of my fire kits and my cars, but I use a Bic lighter because it seems more reliable than a Zippo I never had
best lighters for the money? | Page 2 | Bushcraft USA Forums I like Zippo lighters, but the aforementioned evaporation issue always aggravated me Even with the ranger band hack, it didn't perform the way I want it to I've tried upgrading my Zippo with the Thunderbird butane insert, which was an improvement in terms of the evaporation issue, but made the lighter more fickle in the cold (in my experience)
Clipper Lighters - two versions. - Bushcraft USA Forums Theres a smaller Clipper lighter than the version, Ive hitherto have used I just got some and I far prefer the small sleek compact Clipper Makes for a more compact lighter in a tin or organizer I only use a lighter for camp fires and stoves etc when I dont use a ferro rod and the smaller