Which Lighter for Survival? Zippo Vs BIC.
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- Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024
- Which one would you choose? In this video I share my thoughts about these two popular lighters for a survival or bugging out scenario. Thanks for watching and subscribe for more!
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You can get standard and torch style butane inserts for Zippos and get the best of both worlds.
A zippo is like a souvenir or, you can say for novelty, q bic lighter is for real use
bic for short term, zippo for long term.
a bic you can't refill or maintain, a zippo you can
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@@OzarkGeneralist Thanks for the kind words.
The exotac titanlight doesn't evaporate.. its got o rings and a screw down lid
I prefer the mini-bic in the little aluminum cover that makes it look like a zippo and it keeps the water off of it.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
What is the tape for
Evaporation? Evaporation is not just about Zippos. All petrol wick lighters evaporate since they aren't air tight. I have a Myon Autolux lighter from 1934 from France. It's a petrol wick lighter and evaporates just as the Zippo does, though at a lesser extent since the Myon is more sealed than a Zippo. That's why they came up with the innovation in the 1950s called the butane lighter: A wickless lighter whose flame strength you could regulate and it also doesn't evaporate since it is airtight. That being said, if you want a Zippo that doesn't evaporate, you could get yourself one of those butane inserts from Zippo such as the torch and yellow flame inserts. I personally, though, would stick to the old-fashioned petrol wick lighter since it's more reliable than a butane lighter. One of those seals break in a butane lighter, and you're almost always done. Plus there's something about the petrol wick lighter I find fascinating, lighting up the old-fashioned way.
i prefer using a zippo lighter it has always worked better for me and i think in general is better and the disadvantage that the zippo has can be solved by using a plastic bag not only that bic lighters break very easily unlike a zippo
Edit: alot of these points seem very irrelevant which makes the zippo even better like weight just being honest a zippo is not heavy to where you will notice it and yet it is still so much more durable also you can only really light what is left of your bic once it breaks
Wouldn’t the zippo be better for long term scavenging? Like I think it can run okay off most flammable liquids, like gasoline or brake cleaner.
The cotton and cotton wick can be replaced by growing cotton or using an old shirt. And the flint can also be found on the ground (with a lot of shaping to make it fit).
@@DaBatman-o1v Yeah. The zippo has many advantages. It’s much more serviceable than a bic.
the flint that zippos use is not the rock flint, it's ferrocreium (excuse my typo). it's a synthetic alloy that does not naturally exist.
If you subscribe to the two is one mentality one of each in your bag would be ideal if only for the windproof nature of the Zippo.
NEVER bring a BIC over a Zippo in a survival scenario .
Keep the fuel seperated from the Zippo when stored in the bag .
Bring 2 Zippo's , extra stones , a BIC , firesteel , matches , and some coal used for Sisha .
The utility of having several ways to make fire is so high it is worth the little extra space and weight .
The Zippo lighter is the lighter to use because in high winds the Bic will be snuffed out and is almost impossible to light whereas the Zippo can and does light and continues to burn no matter how windy it is. Another factor is when your lighter gets wet if you drop the Bic in water that’s the end of it it won’t light anytime soon, on the other hand the Zippo will light and continue to burn after it gets wet.
In WW ll, Korea and Vietnam the Zippo was and still is a tough, rugged, and extremely dependable lighter whereas the Bic lighter can be and is undependable and useless for any outdoor activity
Zippo have a insert's
If you try to use a big and rain drops in it you cant even light it anymore but a zippo works even in the storm
Zippo Lighter dies when it falls into water
BIC doesnt
No it's literally the opposite I have tested it bics always take hours to light again when in water and zippos can still light even when water gets in even zippo fanatic made a video about it proving it
Wtf is it good for survival lol smoke cigs
No thanks.
EXOTAC TITANLIGHT.😁
If you try to use a big and rain drops in it you cant even light it anymore but a zippo works even in the storm