Thunderbird Zippo pipe insert annoyance - any member use it without problem?

[brewshooter]

I have one of the pipe style Thunderbird inserts, the one with the hood and a hole in one side where the flame licks out. The flame does NOT stay lit very well in that one, no matter how I adjust it. I have another Thunderbird insert that is just a more traditional looking Zippo head on it where the flame comes out the top. That one works fine.

 

[ssjones]

A good update Chuck. My two, which are about four years old, aren't too fussy about the source of the butane, but I try to buy the good stuff.

 

[instymp]

I bought one & tossed it after a couple days. Real Zippo stuff is what it is, works all the time.

 

[crusader]

Funny thing is, mine stopped being reliable after about a week. I now use a zippo pipe insert in the T-Bird case because I like the thicker metal of their case vs. my zipp.

 

[sunriseboy]

I bought one and it erupted in a large enough flame that removed some of my right eyebrow and lashes and a bit more hair off my hand. People should buy one of these...if they're dumb enough. There's another one called Z Plus that is much better than this piece of poor designed and executed crapola.

 

[jabo]

Got a Z plus from the Country Squire. Jon David said they were great ! So far no problems.

 

[mrjamesbondage]

GOOD NEWS FELLAS!!!! I have found a way to make your thunderbirds light everytime. If your thunderbird isnt lighting, replace the flint with the flint from a bic lighter!! For some reason none of my zippo flints will make this insert light, but I took the flint out of my bic lighter, threw it in my thumderbird, and now it lights everytime!!!!

 

[alexnorth]

As just an occasional smoker my Thunderbird has yet to fail me after a couple of months.