Zippo Lighter or Butane Lighter

[Pallidan]

Zippo and Kiribi Kabuto here as well

 

[captpat]

Both Zippo outside on challenging weather days, butane pipe lighter for pipes with deep bowls

 

[Pallidan]

Both Zippo outside on challenging weather days, butane pipe lighter for pipes with deep bowls

Why a butane for deeper bowls?

 

[HitchensDog]

IM Corona Old Boy and Zippo. I like both actually. My Zippo pipe lighter has more nostalgia for me because it was a gift given to me twenty years ago.

 

[stokesdale]

I use Zippo's but have used Bic's as well when I don't have my Zippo with me and my son is around (he smokes cigarettes). I prefer Zippo's for several reasons (1) easy to light when it's windy, especially when I'm out in my fields harvesting hay or on my boat (2) they get a lot of flame to the tobacco and quickly (3) I can buy Zippos that fit my personality...Ford Zippos, 2nd amendment Zippos, Don't Tread On Me Zippos, etc. The one big drawback with a Zippo versus a Bic is that it is easier to burn the rim of your pipe, although that's not a big deal to me because all of my pipes look like crap after a year anyway.

 

[Pit&Pipes]

What I choose from...

 

[Scot Pennington]

I use matches, Zippo, and Djeep for reliability and ease of use. If I don't have any of those, anything that works is better than just looking at my tobacco.

 

[NomadOrb]

I like to use a ferro rod to light my pipe when I can't find my flint and steel.

Zippo wind, Kiribi Kabuto no wind.

 

[drrock]

What do you use and why?

Both
Zippo outside if it's windy
Old Boy & a slew of others any other time

 

[jcsoldit]

I use both, a Zippo with a low odor fuel and butane. I prefer butane, however I find they don't work well when cold, so it's Zippo when outside or in my truck during winter months.

 

[Grangerous]

I’d use the burning finger of my dead enemies if it lit my pipe.

“My enemy vanquished, the herds scattered, the village aflame and the weeping wives and daughters of my enemies at me feet and clasped to my breast armor.” - Ghengis Kahn

Ghengis, describing a good day. I’ll bet he smoked Pirate Cake in a Cob.

Always a Zippo. Yes, I can taste it.

But GRANGER lights itself, right, Ash?

 

[Jshogan2]

I use whatever I happen to have on hand. Traveling it's usually a bic. At home, oftentimes butane. Sometimes Zippo is out and about but close to home...that's just usually how it works out.

 

[Lawyer66]

Always loved Zippos and cool lighters in general. But I mostly use a match, it affords me the least possible unwanted fuel taste in my opinions. I have smoked pipes, cigarettes, cigars, and I usually find matches work best for letting the tobacco be center stage.

 

[coyja]

At some point I am going to bridge both worlds and try one of those pipe butane inserts in a Zippo case.
I think I've been saying that for three years now though, lol.

 

[workman]

Zippo. I always have a box of matches and a bic laying around, just in case.
But I always use a Zippo. I prefer a regular Zippo over the pipe type, although I have both.

 

[username]

I like my bic. Always had a problem with the zippo fuel evaporating. But that’s probably something I did wrong. Never had a problem with bics.

 

[fjc623]

Tried both zippo and regular butane soft Flame. Zippo is good outdoors but the lighter fluid taste seems to come thru on the first few puffs might as well light the pipe with a citronella lamp.

Butane soft flame burns clean no smell seems the logical choice.

 

[Ctbill]

Zippo almost exclusively. EXCEPT in the car/truck, then Bic (for safety reason...). Ever drop a Zippo while in use in your car/truck? NOT fun...?

 

[sablebrush52]

I find this works pretty well:

 

[Goggy302]

I'm new to the pipe world. I like the look of the Zippo but to me I smell and taste of the fuel feels like it's kills the tobacco. So I just stick with butane lighters