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Posted: 10/27/2004 3:16:29 PM EDT
I just got one and the thing runs out of fluid fast, does it need a break in period?
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Yup...runs out fast. Nope....no break in period. It jsut seems to evaporate quickly.
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Depends on how much you use it. Also, is the cap tight or loose when closed? Do you leave it open longer than to just light it? (I had a friend who would open the thing and use it as a prop while conducting conversations (annoying). Mine last anywhere from 4 days to a week.
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Mine lasts for about a week, I smoke about a pack and a half a day, and I use the lighter for nothing but lighting smokes. The lid is a little loose. Most people only fill thier zippo about half way, when you fill it you have to take a few minutes and make sure the wadding is completely soaked through, you are done when a drop of fluid starts to form on the wick while it is held upside down. After you have filled it, wipe your hands off, light it and let it burn for a few seconds to burn off the excess fluid.
I have also gotten better results using Ronsonal Flints and fluid. |
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Break in period; Light once, remove flint and clean. Repeat for 10 lights. Then repeat every three lights for the next 20, then every five lights for the next 50. Should be good to go.
Oh, wait, err... never mind. Yeah, use them a lot you'll get 3 - 5 good days on fluid. |
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Evaporative loss. A Zippo is constantly losing fluid whether you use it or not. I keep both Zippos and Bics around for that reason.
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Now that is funny!! Wait'll you leave it in the front pocket of your jeans too long and get that great Zippo shaped chemical burn on your leg. Looks like a square sunburn... |
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Wow so they leak fluid, dont light everytime and burn your skin, plus they cost more than a cheap lighter, yet we all still like them???
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Damn skippy. It's the Amercan way. Besides, you can't do tricks with a Bic. I always keep extra flints and fluid in my car. |
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hell you should see when i sell the arfcom zippos..lots of people love them |
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Real men use Zippos and the ladies like the little butanes!
Tj |
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Of course, you could also save yourself a shitload of trouble in life, and just quit smoking now.
Then you could spend all that money you saved on REAL toys, and be able to argue about the merits of Glock vs. 1911, or AR vs. AK with some first hand experience. A year of smoking a pack per day would cost about the same a new AR... |
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And you slobs were complaining about the butane insert for Zippos the other day, sheesh.
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Evaporates, huh? Well the fluid evaporating is really good for this thing. Pocket Warmer
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What if you smoke and already have those toys (I don't other than the AR, but still...)? What if you buy your smokes on the cheap (avoiding duty taxes) from Switzerland like I do? What if you're in better cardiovascular health than your "healthy" non-smoking friends, despite a pack-a-day 7 year habit? |
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Smart men like myself keep a few extra flints under the felt cover on the bottom. For when they go no sparker on ya!
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Hmmm...not bad. What about the fluid, though? That's what runs out so often. Maybe I need to keep it in a pocket sized "emergency" container. Or I could just make a habit out of squirting a little in the Zippo each day. |
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I keep 3 in there. Also Those complaining of fast evaporation, You're using Ronsonol lighter fuild aren't you? I only use the real zippo brand fluid, A fill in mine will last about 2 weeks, smoke a pack a day. Should we all start post photo's of our zippos now? |
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Actually, I had a buddy that had a neat trick he did with your average cheapo Bic. He'd hold it hand inverted, thumb on the bottom of the lighter and pinky on the wheel striker. Doing some kindof wrist flip the lighter would end up upside down and lit with the flame going up and away from his hand. Then, using the spring button he would let go of the lighter and it would flip into the air (I figure he needed another wrist snap to make this work) then snag it out of the air and put it away. Kindof impressive actually. I've got 3 Zippos and they're all sitting in my desk drawer because I hate maintaining them. |
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I stand corrected, then. |
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Huh. Kindof like a 1911. Badum...pish! |
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Makes me want to take up smoking, just so I can quit and tell myself that's where the next rifle purchase is coming from. |
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You've never done the butane lighter & empty coke can/beer bottle trick? Hold down the butane lighter button letting the gas fill the pop can or bottle....then spin the sparker <???? or whatever it's called> igniting the gas in the can/bottle. Whoosh!!!!! Instant pretty blue jet of flame, warming up the can or bottle. You can also do the same thing just by cupping your hand over the lighter while releasing the gas, but the cupped hand trick just makes a blue-yellow fireball that burns out quick, not like the blowtorch effect of the pop can. <Beavis> FIRE!! FIRE!! he he he <Beavis> Zippos kick ass over butane though. No ceremony or style with the butane. I don't even smoke & I carry one. |
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Also when youre bic is running low on fuel you can chuck them at a good concrete wall. If you're lucky it'll spark and you'll get a fireball.
Usually if they're full just pop but not flame. Works better with the knockoff bics like Cricket. Bics are a little more robust in design. EDIT: Oh! And lets not forget about adjustable flame height disposable lighters. Take off the metal cap thinger and turn the adjuster to high. Then lift the adjuster off the gear and move it to low, put the adjuster back down and move it to high again. So, you just keep turning it up. Eventually it'll spit out so much gas while it's on you'll get about a 1-1/2' flame and little blue fireballs falling off the base. |
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I forgot about that! A buddy of mine borrowed my flamethrower adjusted disposable to light his cigarette & before I could warn him he singed his eyebrows & bangs...... Needless to say he was slightly irked |
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Hehe. Yeah, I've learned never to trust a borrowed lighter. One of my college friends carried two lighters. One for lighting his cigarettes and one for lending to pot smokers. Ah the memories. Why is it dopeheads never have their own lighter? |
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Well, short term memory loss & all that..... they might actually have their own lighter but just can't remember where they left it. Or one of their bong-buddies swiped it. |
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+1 |
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A disposable lighter doesn't become your "friend" the way your Zippo does. I couldn't agree more with the comparisons between it and WWII vintage Colt .45 Automatic Pistols. Hell, I've been practising "non-dominant hand" techniques with my Zippo, just in case I need to burn down a hootch after my right arm's been injured.
[lie]The fact that it has "AR15.com" engraved on the front makes no difference to me whatsoever [/lie]. |
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