Who makes a good butane lighter?

[gsganzer]

I'm so tired of grabbing a Bick or Scripto butane lighter to light the fireplace, only to find the dang thing has plenty of fuel, but won't light worth a flip.

Who makes a good one? Preferably one that's refillable. I'd rather buy once cry once and have a quality lighter I don't have to cuss each time.

 

[Peter 315]

Maybe this one.....Amazon.com: Bernz-O-Matic ST22T Micro Flame Butane Torch Kit: Home Improvement we just use the propane torch at work.....

 

[caver]

Not practical if you want to light a candle but great for the fireplace. It's made by Mr Torch. Tractor Supply had them on closeout for a couple bucks. I bought one and liked it so much I ran back and bought another for the camper.

 

[tallyho8]

I like these a lot but on cold days the butane pressure always gets lower and sometimes it won't light on the first click.

Amazon.com: Lengthened Flame Lighter 2 Pack Multi-Purpose Refillable Lighters for Kitchen Fireplace Pilot Light Candle Refillable Outdoor Fire Lighter for Kitchen Barbecue Flame Lighter (Butane Gas Not Included): Home & Kitchen

 

[4570Man]

I’ve had good luck with gas station cigarette lighters. I’m not a smoker but I carry one all the time and they pretty much always work. I use a propane torch in the wood stove.

 

[blackxrunner]

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.

 

[gsganzer]

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.

Ding...ding...ding! I think we have a winner. I don't know why I didn't think of that. Perfect solution.

 

[Jstpssng]

Not Butane but I like my Zippo... it fit's conveniently into my watch pocket so that it's always within reach as I'm kneeling down to light the stove, and stays lit while you set it down to reach for another pice of kindling. While not really windproof as claimed, it does work better than a butane when standing outside trying to warm your key up to thaw the lock so that you can get back into your truck. (Not quite so important, now that I have remotes for both trucks.) The drawback is that you need to fill it every few days whether you use it or not.

 

[4570Man]

Not Butane but I like my Zippo... it fit's conveniently into my watch pocket so that it's always within reach as I'm kneeling down to light the stove, and stays lit while you set it down to reach for another pice of kindling. While not really windproof as claimed, it does work better than a butane when standing outside trying to warm your key up to thaw the lock so that you can get back into your truck. (Not quite so important, now that I have remotes for both trucks.) The drawback is that you need to fill it every few days whether you use it or not.

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

 

[user.69169]

WiBing on de third shift in WuFlu Prison make de best, but dey hard to find.
Half de shell pink & other half purple.

 

[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