Jul 19, 2017 · If you are using Coleman fuel, Naptha, or some other substitute fuel in your Zippo that is quick evaporating you can slow the process dramatically by putting a few drops of …

Feb 25, 2024 · Hi, I tried to search anything on here regarding arc lighters after seeing how so many of you carry a backup butane or lighter fluid type lighter along with a Ferro rod in your …

Jun 12, 2010 · Today I discovered under the kitchen sink a 12oz can of Ronsonol lighter fluid. It is a tin can similar to the 4oz Zippo can (all Ronsonol fluids have been in plastic bottles for a long …

Sep 17, 2016 · The clear winner here is the Zippo, it is smaller in both width and length with the waterproof case. Zippo is about 2 ¼” long, 1 ½” wide, ½” deep, and the Bic is about 4” long, 1 …

Jun 10, 2023 · Zippo fuel is very volatile, like white stove gas. In fact some people use white gas as Zippo fuel. Unless a Zippo has personal or sentimental value (like this one OP got as a gift), …

Mar 2, 2024 · For a liquid fuel lighter in a kit, I'd go peanut style as fuel tends to evaporate too fast from zippo style. Otherwise try a standard Bic. Lots of good refillable butane lighters have …

Aug 7, 2020 · I use a Zippo insert in a THYRM Pyrovault. This also extends the time it takes for the Zippo lighter fluid to evaporate. View attachment 983245 For the ultimate 'bushcraft …

Mar 30, 2019 · For Zippo type lighters, just store them dry with a bottle of fuel. Ronson or Zippo fluid is naptha, the same stuff that ‘coleman’ fuel is, white gas = naptha. If you sealed flints …

Jan 9, 2024 · I’ve tried just about every lighter in current and past production. I favor Bic standard and minis, Scripto, Ronson JetLite and Zippo lighters to start my fires, along with Baylite 1/2” x …

Jan 2, 2022 · Zippo’s were carried by most GIs in Nam, including myself. They just plain work in the worst conditions imaginable. White gas works, if you run out of Zippo lighter fluid. I like the …