A member recently offered to send me one, and after using it for a bit I have a couple of thoughts.
In no particular order:
* Lighting can be tricky. It's best if you hold down the wheel for at least a half second before sparking it.
* When it lights it sometimes goes out randomly, requiring a relight.
* Sometimes you have to wait a minute between relights (annoying as all hell).
* Lid gets in the way sometimes when trying to light a cigar.
* The nonadjustable flame seems to be self adjusting. Sometimes it's nice and big, sometimes it's small and week.
* Fuel window is crap. One minute it's showing it's empty, the next it says it's more then full.
Overall I like the idea of a butane Zippo lighter. I even like the flint ignition. What I don't like is how unreliable it is in the day to day use. Some days are much better then others. Some days it's unusable. Butane fuel seems very sensitive to temperature, which can be a problem leaving it in your car on a cold day.
I am going to play with it a bit more (purge, etc) and see if I can get it to be more reliable. I filled it initially with some cheap butane, but later got a can of Zippo brand butane.
Speaking from an uninformed standpoint, and only going on real world applications, why wouldn't propane be used as a fuel? Higher pressures, less susceptible to cold, more reliable.... Just curious, if anyone can fill me in on that I'd appreciate it.
In no particular order:
* Lighting can be tricky. It's best if you hold down the wheel for at least a half second before sparking it.
* When it lights it sometimes goes out randomly, requiring a relight.
* Sometimes you have to wait a minute between relights (annoying as all hell).
* Lid gets in the way sometimes when trying to light a cigar.
* The nonadjustable flame seems to be self adjusting. Sometimes it's nice and big, sometimes it's small and week.
* Fuel window is crap. One minute it's showing it's empty, the next it says it's more then full.
Overall I like the idea of a butane Zippo lighter. I even like the flint ignition. What I don't like is how unreliable it is in the day to day use. Some days are much better then others. Some days it's unusable. Butane fuel seems very sensitive to temperature, which can be a problem leaving it in your car on a cold day.
I am going to play with it a bit more (purge, etc) and see if I can get it to be more reliable. I filled it initially with some cheap butane, but later got a can of Zippo brand butane.
Speaking from an uninformed standpoint, and only going on real world applications, why wouldn't propane be used as a fuel? Higher pressures, less susceptible to cold, more reliable.... Just curious, if anyone can fill me in on that I'd appreciate it.
