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- 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
- Unable to locate Mini Bic Lighters - local or national?
Plasma lighters similarly can have problems with the batteries at such temperatures Maybe you want some stormproof matches REI has them or you can order them There is a gotcha, which is that while the matches are waterproof, they won't light if the striker paper is wet
- 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
- 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
- Anyone carry a Zippo as their primary fire starting means?
Douglass was a US company and came out with this lighter in 1926 Back then it was $5, which was a considerable amount in a time, when most lighters were 69 cents (according to the company blurb) The company later folded but the lighters had a comback with the Tokyo Pipe Company starting to produce them in 1993 The lighters are handbuilt in
- Going light weight. Solid fuel tablet stoves verses alcohol burners. If . . .
Going light weight Solid fuel tablet stoves verses alcohol burners If you have tried both which do you like better and why
- Bics do not last forever, check your kits. - Bushcraft USA Forums
As I have said, apart from Zippo lighters, Clipper lighters were THE Survivalist Survival go to refillable lighters, the British Army's Experimentation Trial Group (Regiment) aka ETG fieldcraft tried tested = passed these
- Most reliable butane lighter? | Page 4 | Bushcraft USA Forums
Before lighters were everywhere, bushcrafters used matches, and we have a big thread about match safes There are super nice ones (K M etc ) that hold maybe 20 matches
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