Outdoor lighters
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I use the PB-207 Blue Flame Pocket Micro Torch; in the US it's called a blazer
It's really good although I dont think it's as windproof as the windmill. Burns at 1300c though :twisted:
http://www.blueflamelighters.com/blue-flame-products.html
Be careful of the fakes, they are really crap
:super:
It's really good although I dont think it's as windproof as the windmill. Burns at 1300c though :twisted:
http://www.blueflamelighters.com/blue-flame-products.html
Be careful of the fakes, they are really crap
:super:
Bought one that *looked* like a blazer from a local tobbaconists for £9 quid, it was indeed crap. It worked for about a couple of months, then stuff started falling off tyhe thing.
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Anonymous
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There seem to be a couple of windmill lighters here...
http://www.heinnie.com/cgi-bin/heinnie_store/web_store.cgi?page=FRATOTAB/accessories.htm&cart_id=
Pretty expensive though!
http://www.heinnie.com/cgi-bin/heinnie_store/web_store.cgi?page=FRATOTAB/accessories.htm&cart_id=
Pretty expensive though!
Got a couple ordered, not the delta "hand grenade" but the regular "zippo" stlye, a little neater and more functional IMO. Much cheaper than Hiennie too.
Check out...
http://uk.geocities.com/outdoorsuppliesuk/Windmill.html
Site belongs to Joe from ODS (Joe, hope you dont mind me posting that page, I know it wasn't really for public consumption?) and he's a member here as well as BritishBlades, very good service, very cheap too.
Check out...
http://uk.geocities.com/outdoorsuppliesuk/Windmill.html
Site belongs to Joe from ODS (Joe, hope you dont mind me posting that page, I know it wasn't really for public consumption?) and he's a member here as well as BritishBlades, very good service, very cheap too.
Re the Windmill lighters, why on earth does such a rugged-looking lighter come in such a range of easy to lose colours? Zippo used to make an outdoors series (mainly different from the rest because of the small picture of a campfire on it, presumably so you can assure nervous types that you use it for real manly stuff and you're not going to do anything awful, such as light a cigarette with it) and one of the colour options was bright orange, probably the only really sensible choice I've seen. Not sure if they still make that one, though. I recall seeing a gift pack of a Maglite and Zippo, both in DPM camo, and my immediate thought was how many of those must be out there littering the forest floors of the world, misplaced by their owners.
Funny you should say that BJB, these are the two I have on order....
Glow in the dark (or is it neon green?)
and..
Bright orange ...
:-D
Glow in the dark (or is it neon green?)
and..
Bright orange ...
:-D
A little trawling turned up this link:
http://www.mertonandfalcon.co.uk/pricelist/retail/windmilllighters.htm
The prices seem reasonable compared with other UK suppliers. I've also found that Zippo have discontinued the orange "outdoors" lighter but make an almost identical model in Matte Orange, available at all the usual Zippo suppliers.
http://www.mertonandfalcon.co.uk/pricelist/retail/windmilllighters.htm
The prices seem reasonable compared with other UK suppliers. I've also found that Zippo have discontinued the orange "outdoors" lighter but make an almost identical model in Matte Orange, available at all the usual Zippo suppliers.
Anyone know anything about this lighter?
http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=243&showAllImages=0
The site also sells firesteels, but they're almost thirteen quid!
http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=243&showAllImages=0
The site also sells firesteels, but they're almost thirteen quid!
Yep
Brought one in department store for £10 about 2 years ago very solid in construction (metal lid and body), the burner is still going strong. It saw daily use when I smoked.
The only thing I would say is the paint finish is gone but the mirror is still in good condition
Rob :-D
Brought one in department store for £10 about 2 years ago very solid in construction (metal lid and body), the burner is still going strong. It saw daily use when I smoked.
The only thing I would say is the paint finish is gone but the mirror is still in good condition
Rob :-D
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Barry Smith
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yes the price is far too high. But give these guys credit, they have got someone to submit a video - with music - of someone using a firesteel.
I dont think Ray mears would approve but it is worth a look for the amusement value: go right to the bottom
http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=491
I dont think Ray mears would approve but it is worth a look for the amusement value: go right to the bottom
http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=491
If fifteen quid is too high for this then do you happen to know of other suppliers? An internet search kept turning up the same place, at the same price of course, and I've never seen one locally.
A bit of hunting turned up a Colibri Firebird Quantum locally, for about eleven quid. Looks perfect as an all-purpose, always-in-the-pocket lighter, although the "flameless" design probably makes it rather less effective in extremis than the Blazer or Windmill, and I'd say it seems a bit less rugged too. I also found a lighter shaped like a pair of breasts, but thankfully things are not yet so extreme that I'd need to resort to that.
