Need a good lighter for camping

[Corey]

i have one of these and think it might be the best lighter ive ever owned.

http://www.brunton.com/product.php?id=6

I am an Amazon Prime member, [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Brunton-New-Firestorm-Stormproof-Lighter/dp/B000P3ICZ2/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1279836746&sr=8-1-fkmr0"]I could have that puppy[/ame] tomorrow or Saturday

Amazon has a good price on it.

 

[Smksignals]

If it is a cheap lighter. I am more apt to lose it
I do have a few cigar shops not far from me too, I may check them out.

Nice thing about the Cabela's type though is it is something I can pass on down to my sons.
They get everything when I croak anyways.

If you really want to pass your lighter down to your boys, I would buy a Zippo and have it engraved. For camping, a Zippo should work good.

Now to the torch lighters, ugh !!! I have smoked cigars for 10+ years and there is nothing more frustrating than torch lighters. They always work fine in the store, but once you have to refill it, problems !! Half the time you have to bleed the thing prior to filling. Even then the lighter only works some of the time. There are all sorts of crappy fuels out there. The jets in the lighter get clogged easily. So on and so on...

My current torch lighter has been flawless !! Duel jet with a refill window to see the fuel inside. It is made by Xikar, and I use only Xikar fuel. I have probably refilled this lighter 20 times now and I have not had a single problem with it. And it has a lifetime warranty. They will fix it or replace it for free. I put a link below if your interested... Good luck on your purchase.

Xikar Enigma

 

[jcbrandon]

This is the butane torch I was referring to:

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JGCPV2/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000KL2CGO&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=14JAZ1JFJK18V4RDG1CY"]Amazon.com: Weller ML200 Magna-Lite Butane Table-Top Torch: Home Improvement[/ame]


It has served me well for soldering, and lighting damp campfire materials as well as my Rey del Mundos.

 

[Corey]

Lotta good lighters here.
I went with the Alaskan one by Cabelas just now since it is on sale.
I wanted another Willis Breezer hat too, but they are on back order.

As far as the Zippos for my sons, they have tons of them already.
They collect Zippos.

I will see how this lighter works, I am sure it will be fine.

 

[Sawyer]

I have owned several more expensive lighters over the years. I always end up with bic's being the most reliable. But, it also depends where you are using it. I spend a lot of time in the mountains in the winter and everything else always fails at altitude. Bic's almost always work. My experience... others may disagree. just my 2 cents.

 

[CSG]

At altitude you need to keep Bic and other butane lighters warm for them to perform their best. Keep them in an inside coat pocket, for example.

 

[JohnnyS]

Buy a bunch of bics and stash them everywhere.
Zippos are cool but don't work as well, seems that they run out of fluid pretty fast in arid environments.
I may mess with vacuum sealing Bics for long term storage in survival kits...:sombrero:

 

[Lynn]

I see that you are in WA. When I was back in CO I tried a couple of the turbo lighters, and they didn't do so well at altitude. Any time I changed altitude I had to fiddle with them to get them to work, and at higher altitudes they just wouldn't work.

I know you already committed, but I wouldn't depend on it until you have thoroughly tested it, to include changing altitude.

For others reading this thread, I recommend a simple striker/flint for lighting your gas stove. Absolutely foolproof:

Also works great for starting fires, especially if you carry a few Vaseline-coated cotton balls (but don't get carried away with the Vaseline, or they get hard to light).

Only problem I've encountered is lighting a lantern, but you couldn't use your lighter for that anyway. I've switched to battery-powered lanterns for simplicity and reliability.

 

[Corey]

The highest altitude up at Mt. Rainier I will be is about 5,000.
Hopefully it should work there.

My propane lantern and stove both have piezo ignitions, so no problem there.

I am going to dig out my strikers for the fun of it, and take along some cotton balls and store them in something soaked with some Vaseline.
Might be kind of fun to start a fire that way.
its been ages since I have started a fire that way.

I have some butane for a small torch I bought ten years ago.
I am not sure of it keeps, maybe I should get a new can of it.

 

[Smksignals]

maybe I should get a new can of it.

YES !! Fuel makes a huge difference in a torch lighter.

 

[Sawyer]

The highest altitude up at Mt. Rainier I will be is about 5,000.
Hopefully it should work there.

My propane lantern and stove both have piezo ignitions, so no problem there.

I am going to dig out my strikers for the fun of it, and take along some cotton balls and store them in something soaked with some Vaseline.
Might be kind of fun to start a fire that way.
its been ages since I have started a fire that way.

I have some butane for a small torch I bought ten years ago.
I am not sure of it keeps, maybe I should get a new can of it.

hand sanitizer also works to start fires.

 

[Corey]

What also works great and I am guilty of using them, is the small packs of firesticks that are the same material as the fireplace logs.

Light one of those sticks and they burn for along time, enough to get dry wood going.
I used all kinds of tricks when camping with my two sons long ago when they were small, and we needed a fire to get dinner cooked on.

This is similar to them, but the ones I had were all exposed, not individually wrapped.
http://www.duraflame.com/aa_products/firestart01.php

 

[lostworldexpedition]

Off topic, but I seem to remember a funny article on Overland Journal (maybe by Monsieur Hanson) were he describes using Cheetos to start a fire. So if you like Cheetos now you have an excuse to carry a few bags


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[RHINO]

Also works great for starting fires, especially if you carry a few Vaseline-coated cotton balls (but don't get carried away with the Vaseline, or they get hard to light).

i dont know if your doing this, but your supposed to tear them open to expose non coated cotton. mine light easy everytime and i dont pay attn to how much or little vasaline i coat on. i carry about 10 of them in a 35mm film canister.

 

[Lynn]

i dont know if your doing this, but your supposed to tear them open to expose non coated cotton. mine light easy everytime and i dont pay attn to how much or little vasaline i coat on. i carry about 10 of them in a 35mm film canister.

Yeah, I learned my lesson. They really don't need to be coated nearly as well as what I did on my first attempt. I carry them in a film can, too, and put a non-coated one in last. But even then, if the can get's too warm the thinned-out Vaseline can wick.