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Post by Stearmandriver on Jul 6, 2018 21:48:55 GMT -5
Hello,
I picked up a zippo (with pipe insert) this spring, and mostly really enjoy it (I always smoke outside). One problem though: I find that with my wider pipes, like a couple of larger Nording freehands, it seems more difficult to draw the flame/heat down into the tobacco. It seems like this is because there's enough room to draw air into the bowl from around the lighter chimney, vs most of the air needing to be drawn through the lighter chimney like with a smaller diameter pipe bowl.
This seems particularly troublesome on relights, where it may be necessary to draw the flame/heat further down into the bowl. It almost seems like the only way it works is to tilt the lighter past horizontal and insert the chimney partially into the pipe bowl. This DOES work, but typically only works at one angle and so results in the tobacco being lit in one spot. It still allows me to smoke an entire bowl (with some careful tamping) but is less than ideal.
I fully acknowledge that when you reach a point in life where things like THIS are the problems you have to solve, things are going OK ;-). But how bout it; do any other zippo users experience this? Any techniques you could suggest? Thanks...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2018 22:11:05 GMT -5
Only way I would use my Zippo outside is stay clear of any wind. I’d light up in the garage before heading outside. The pipe lights much easier and you won’t get that nasty looking burning/scorching on the rim of the pipe. Other then that I have no issues with any Zippo lighter.
Good luck and have patience 👌👍
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 7, 2018 3:07:49 GMT -5
I'm no help here, but you've reminded me to fill up the zippo that a friend gifted me recently. I too, light up in my garage before going outside. Makes life much easier.
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Post by Matthew on Jul 7, 2018 10:52:42 GMT -5
I only use my Zippo to light
cigarettes,They taste nasty anyway.
I have a calibri and a Ronson butane
pipe lighters,much easier on me and my pipes.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 11:06:56 GMT -5
I also use a Corona Old Boy that was gifted to me last year for my Birthday, great lighter and holds fuel for over a week. Just not good on those windy days outside. I have a few different butane lighters but my favorite is definitely the Old Boy👌👍
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Post by trailboss on Jul 7, 2018 11:18:11 GMT -5
My Zippo works fine on all my pipes, but I typically don't smoke my larger bowled pipes a lot, and I am content to have a small area burning as I smoke, after the first few minutes generally, I dredge the ash, retamp and light and go from there.
One of the benefits of a Zippo is that it works well if you are out in a breeze (beter than matches or butane for me), and I don't really taste the fuel if I don't spark the wheel over the bowl as I am drawing...I let it burn for a few seconds before going to the bowl.
If I am sitting on the patio or at the cigar shop, I prefer matches...the maya matches are really nice in that it is a tiny fire that when swirled around the bowl offers precise lighting. When you are done, you can let them tumble onto the ground, and they disappear, unlike wooden matches.
Driving while smoking, a Zippo can't be beat...with a spare flint and my Zippo travel canister, I am good to go.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jul 7, 2018 11:23:32 GMT -5
 On the tractor, in the wind I use a torch lighter, you need a steady hand, not too much movement or you can screw the the pooch.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 11:25:48 GMT -5
Zippo....still made in Bradford Pennsylvania USA with a lifetime warranty. I’ve shipped 2 back to Zippo after over 30 years of use and they were either repaired or replaced. Plus a small package of flints were shipped both time. Superb customer service, they send an email the day it ships and they ship UPS with tracking! Can’t beat that with a stick 👌👍
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Post by zambini on Jul 7, 2018 12:41:19 GMT -5
I use a Zippo lighter outdoors. I light the flame away from the pipe, tilt the pipe and bring the lighter on a perpendicular plane to the ground above the pipe. I then move the lighter around to light the sides and smoke. As I smoke, I use trailboss' technique of mixing (swirling) the ash with the unburnt tobacco and relighting. It works well enough. |
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Post by monbla256 on Jul 7, 2018 13:02:27 GMT -5
Since I usually don't smoke outside I don't encounter this problem but when I do, I use my Dunhill Rollalite w/pipe insert I got back in '69. I smoke a lot of Pots which I would say are wide bowled pipes and have no real problem unless a gale is blowing and if that's the case one has no reason to smoke a pipe outside! BTW, the Rollalite has become the current Rollagass which uses Butane as opposed to fuel of the Rollalite. I use only wooden matches inside and have no problems !  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 7, 2018 13:07:14 GMT -5
The Thunderbird insert works better than the Zippo insert. It also has a lifetime warranty. Just use premium quality butane.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 13:09:18 GMT -5
Have one^^^^^^^^^does work great. Last year I dropped mine on the driveway and had to order another.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 13:31:02 GMT -5
In addition to 2 Pipe insert, I have a Standard Zippo and I use that for lighting deep bowl pipes halfway down, after dampening the rim as a protective measure against flash over.
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On the tractor, in the wind I use a torch lighter, you need a steady hand, not too much movement or you can screw the the pooch. 
