Who makes a good butane lighter?

[Alan W.]

I always liked the crack pipe lighters at the gas stations but have had very little luck with them after a refill.

 

[Peter 315]

I always liked the crack pipe lighters at the gas stations but have had very little luck with them after a refill.

Haha..............

 

[user.69169]

How bout 1 of dese?
Oklahoma Joe'''s Propane Charcoal Lighter 481685R6 481685R6 88643 - SIM Supply

 

[oosik]

I use those small propane lighters you get at the grocery store check out. I light my burn barrel with them. Don't like reaching down into my burn barrel with anything that's on fire. Never know what might happen. I roll up a single chunk of paper towel - light it and throw into the burn barrel.

 

[Dwellonroof]

for the fireplace, burn barrel and the like I use a self lighting mapp gas torch. No sense in dealing with a little piddly flame off the lighter. Get it hot and get it lit.

That’s exactly what I use

 

[Doofy]

That was my gripe with the zippo and why I quite using it.

My problems with Zippo's...fluid would leak and burn my leg. Couldn't beat that flame though. Bic's were fine until the flames got wimpy.

 

[Jstpssng]

I remember when you could adjust the flame on BIC's.

Maybe that should go in one of the "You know that you're getting old" threads.

This year I've been lighting fires in my stove the old fashioned way... with a wooden match.

 

[rangerfredbob]

On my wood stove we have a Harbor Freight butane torch, currently one of the old orange ones with the knob on top that I'm sure isn't OSHA approved... anyway, the newer black ones aren't too bad either, but neither are the $5 generic "crack torches" from the gas station or grocery store checkout. They're all hit or miss, I have 4 of the old orange HFT torches, two still work, two leak. Heck, I even have a couple of the older black self igniting pencil torches floating around. I might be a pyro or just a collector of nifty stuff? hoarder? not sure, I'm trying to get better at accumulating...

 

[tallyho8]

I have always liked these Chinese propane lighters. As I get older it is harder and harder for me to turn the wheel to light a Bic or a Zippo. These lighters with triggers are very easy to light, have adjustable high flames, are fairly windproof and are refillable.

Chinese propane lighters - YouTube

Chinese propane lighters 2 - YouTube