World's Best Lighters! Douglass Field L, Zippo, & Trench Lighter Comparison by 555 Gear
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2018
- In this video I check out three popular $35-$65 lighters. I initially thought all three would be a matter of taste, after 3 months of testing there's a clear winner. They're all very distinct in design but could easily be alternatives that you would consider if you're looking for a traditional Zippo. One emerged as clearly the highest quality and really is a joy to use and share with friends. Perfect for cigar smokers or for outdoor camping applications.
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Ordered a stainless Field L and here I am watching videos on it... I catch myself doing this with everything from knives and watches to pens and lighters :')
Swear
@B1GFRONTO It makes the reveal once it comes in a bit less exciting, but this way I'm already enjoying the product before I receive it.
@@broombromden498 Keep in mind that this switches around for me very often (especially the knife I prefer carrying).
But currently:
My favorite pen:
Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age (EF nib)
My favorite watch:
Seiko SSA405J1
My favorite knife:
Spyderco Paysan
Same man lol
@@dutch_blades$700 for a pen??
Great video! The problem I see with the Douglass Field lighter is that it's made of brass, so it conducts heat better than steel. Even the stainless steel version has brass components. I'll stick with my IMCO lighter from the 1960s: it's steel, so it stays cool no matter how often I strike it, and it holds fuel at least twice as long as a Zippo.
Excellent video, I have been wanting a Douglass field lighter and you sold me on it. Thanks!
Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
🔥 is just 😎 always has been always will be.
Drives me crazy too. Thats how I found your channel. Thanks.
That lighter looks real nice. Thanks and take care.
Just found a great deal and ordered a copper Field L. I don't smoke or anything so didn't need to spend the extra for the S. CANT WAIT!!!!!!!
You sparked my interest in your top pick
So I’ve had my field L for about 2 years and I baby that dude and I’d say the longest it’ll hold fluid(for me) is for about a week. And I’m not always lighting it. But maybe it’s just the one I got. I mean it’s still my favorite lighter and I always keep a bottle of lighter fluid in my truck just in case it runs out so it’s not too big of a deal but I just wish it would last a little longer before refilling. But I digress.. Great review by the way 👍
I think the zippo is the best, due to it being collected by literally everyone who likes lighters. When it comes to mechanical objects like this I like the assurance that I will never run out of parts if I need them. Its kind of like buying a honda civic vs a classic rolls royce.
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zippo is fun but its not as good when it comes to fuel efficiency therefore less reliable when you go hiking or zombie attack
Really interesting. Thanks.
Nice video. I agree with your comments on the Zippo. My dad had one, I have one, but its always out of fuel. My two top choice are plasma, because it's rechargeable, but if I'm camping and it's a cold morning it sometimes doesn't work. For never fail the rope lighter is top dog in my experience.
I don’t smoke anymore but I carried a brushed metal matte finish custom engraved zippo the loss of fluid also made me opt for standard bics however, in the winter the zippo was a must due to excessive winds here where I live. It now just sits on the shelf retired for three years
I thought you smoke cigars and pipes now and then. I loved that Boswell pipe you were smoking a couple of years ago. Occasional smoking isnt bad as it can relieve alot of stress and anxiety for relaxation, I smoke em both for that reason. ALEX from Royersford Pa
Thanks for the video! I would like to add another lighter into my so called collection. I’ve got a Japanese Sarome lighter and you are absolutely right - the Japanese know how to build very precise lighters. Because I’m smoking maybe 2 or 3 Cigars a year, I don’t need a full size lighter for everyday use. I’m looking for a very small one. So I could wear it in my small fifth jeans pocket together with a tiny flashlight.
Best regards,
Claus
Use matches....
Awesome stuff dude. Will def hit that bell lol. oh, and regular plastic clipper ligjters.
Excellent, thanks!
I have an im Double Corona - it’s a Japanese butane lighter with a flint mechanism and a heavy double flame
So the $55 price tag from a third party was the deciding factor to leave the Zippo out of your first place? What about the $12 not engraved brass "Plain Jane" found at every Walmart checkout? It works EXACTLY like the $55 dollar overpriced Zippo you tested and gave second place to.....
Btw.... I am EXTREMELY biased as my entire family on my father's side has worked at Zippo in Bradford PA at one time or another. 😉
New fave Bic-style is the Clipper brand. Refillable, replaceable wicks and flints, even a jet flame version. Couple bucks.
Cool! Thanks for the tip
How is the Douglas for outdoor use in a breeze? Comparable to zippo?
Appreciate the mention of Mr. Bohn’s passing.
I want to get the trench lighter just for the history. I’ve always got my 1938 Replica Zippo anyway, if someone just needs a light.
I know I could just buy cheapo bics, but I like non-disposable things that will last forever if you take care of them.
Welcome back! Definitely considering a Douglas... Also 1st!
I had fun with this one. I ordered both lighters from the company you mentioned and stopped smoking while they were on it's way. So now I do carry of course the Douglass because that's the one I can be sure it actually works. When one smokes you usually know how much gas is left in your lighter. After that you don't check that often.
The lil joke in the opening kinda caught me by surprise 😂
the Douglass field S is even better! im not sure if the field L has the extra fluid storage and flint storage compartments. The lighter is waterproof and seals up with many rubber o-rings
Definitely a nice lighter. The loss of fluid has always steered me away from Zippos, so I may well look into one of these Douglas's
Worth the $55 IMO!
Brad Griffin I don't understand. How is the fluid lost?
@@eeyyaakk6801
Evaporation. Zippos are not airtight sealed.
Dr. BlutFleck thanks doctor
love the vids mate! keep it up
You should try S T DUPONT won’t be disappointed
My main for Cigars. For class, zippos.
Good video. Is that a Zelos Mako in bronze I caught on the wrist?
Indeed!
Zippo design great of all time
right. Like how they always outta fuel and got loose hinges :U
Have you thought about trying out the KNNOX lighter, made in England? It's a fuel lighter, not gas, my favorite. AMD you get it in Brass or Chrome. The price is £245, so it is expensive, bit man, please check it out. I like my Douglass, but for me it takes to little fuel. I smoke, so I use it often, and it goes empty pretty fast. Bit with little use, the fuel last forever.😊
Hi I want to know if you have the same problem I do with a Douglas Field L lighter D flame last only not more than 5 Seconds maybe there is something wrong with wicking I want to see your opinion
Great info. But how much are Douglas field lighters?
I like my USA zippo And my satin zippo but I like my moded zippo with butain insert
Dunhill made the same type.
How about storm lighters? I remember buying a fairly nice gold plated one back in the early 2000s when I still smoked. It was very beautiful, and extremely reliable until it stopped working a couple of years later. It was still feeding gas, but the two wires would no longer glow, and so the gas was not ignited. Is that sort of a lighter a no-no for you serious lighter collectors? I bought it in a cigar shop. I believe it was an italian brand.
Personally, my go to lighter is always a dunhill rollagas.
The fireman is putting out the flame
Does it give a taste to the cigars?
Just came to the video to see if IMCO was mentioned anywhere in the video or at least in the comments 😂. The IMCO (when not a cheap knockoff) is on par if not better than the Douglas imho when you take into account how much older it is
I;ve have Imco's myself but The Douglas lighter's use orings on the fluid cap and on the lid. It in theory should hold fluid for a longer period without evaporating as fast as a zippo or IMCO.
@@duggr3055 I've had both and I can easily say the Douglass last waaaaay longer
I prefer my IMCO 6700 over every Zippo :)
All that is needed to keep the fuel in are two o rings, one fod the top and another for the refill port
And how would that even fit?
NOTHING BEATS THE STICK MATCH
The wind does lol. I like stick matches best but I'm a pipe smoker and only smoke outside. Even a light breeze is too much for my matches it seems.
I like all
Mines still a zippo, but i like your choice. A solid ass lighter man, Sexy too. Though I would mention the fact that zippos guarantee is solid shit. That's right, i have 70 year old zippos, only one is 80 years old in my collection. I sent them back, new hinges, amazing refurbished work. I'm a cigar man too, the double flame insert by Zippo blows other competition out of the water, Old zippo, new torch insert, Lifetime Guarantee. Just can't beat the class and durability. WAIT THERE'S MORE, this guarantee is so solid you can buy classic old vintage zippos and use them like new.
But the fuel dries out
@@realtalk4real243 Yeah, but they’re gonna last over a hundred years
@@realtalk4real243 also, Zippo will infinitely Hook you up.
thought the last one was a picture for a second
should i grab this i have zippo brass armor with butane insert but butne being butane when its cold its shi and when u use it its like a v8 startup uses half the tank for 1 sesh
I use a zippo daily my zippo is 20 years old and still all original I replaced the cotton once and the flint once I'm a daily smoker pack a day....no lighter beats a bic hands down I have 4 bics in my house and 1 in my car bc they never let u down but the 1 I keep on me is a zippo I have to refill it every 3 days. Also bic is the cheapest and last the longest....idk why I carry a zippo bc 1 bic lighter last me 6 months for 2 dollars my zippo takes about 4 dollars worth of fuel every month...
You know why you do...they’re fucking beautiful man
Learn how to use periods dude
@@Sammy_Jar how about get. Off. Your. Period. Dude. Period......
I think it's the history and Americana that keeps some of us loyal to Zippo. They're beautiful and timeless and feel great in your hand. Lifetime warranty helps too lol.... Lots of companies are making waaaay better lighters but there's just something about a Zippo. I always have one close by but I try out the competition too. Variety is the spice of life I guess.
Lol he’s not spraying the fire truck he’s putting the fire out !
Check out the exotac titan light
If you want to know why the firefighter is aiming at the truck, open the lighter and notice the firefighter is fighting the lighter flame.
Who is better exotack titan light 4 or David
I got the Douglass field L for a couple weeks now. I have to refill it every 2-3 days. Is this normal? And I am not a smoker so I don't use it excessively. Thanks!
No mind usually last a couple weeks
@@555Gear Oh really?! Maybe mine is defective?
Nice lighter but I still think that the imco lighters are the best
Question..any idea why my field s would go thru fluid so quickly? I’m having to fill it every couple of days
In case you never figured it out, I'd check your rings
Looks fantastic. Once again the question is, how to get this to Austria. Currently I am using Zippo Lighters.
Shame
I never got on with zippo for outdoors . The only time it was ever any use was when we was boating . I could swipe a bit of juice . My clipper for £1 was more use
Does the L lighter experience any of the lighter fluid leaking like zippo does?
Not to sound rude. But he says that it doesnt in the video. Wouldnt it have been faster to just watch the 8 min of the video to find out instead of asking?
I like Zippo for cigars but the wind shield gets in the way for pipe lighting. I like butane for pipes, though I hate the fact that so many are junk, and they seem to need refilling so often. I'm looking for a good pipe lighter right now.
I could live with Bic disposable except for the fact that the recent ones I've bought don't last at all. Seems like they are low on fuel when new or something.
A friend of mine has a zippo made specifically for pipe smoking, has a big hole in the side of the wind shield to let the flame through when you hold it over the bowl. Always thought it was a neat and unique zippo
They have the pipe insert from zippo. I have also cut out 1 side of the regular zippo and was able to light my cigarette and my pipe..
New Design? Bro thats a imco triplex without the cool flint system.
Good luck servicing that Douglass, if anything goes wrong with it you basically have no way to repair it outside of sending it to Japan.
If you want your zippo to last longer buy a plastic seal replacement so your fuel lasts way longer, they are like 10 bucks for 5 of them
I got a st chrome zippo
Kantai lighters are definitely better than Zippo's. the level of details in the engraving is second to none.
Is that a joke?
The firefighter isn’t aiming at the truck. When you open the zippo and light it, he’s aiming at the flame!
What's your favorite cigar?
You can write the description of the video so you don't have to include it as the first half of the video
The big butane lighters zre more reliable, e.g. the array of tubes soldered to an igniter, (dunno the model name)
the firefighter is spraying where the lighter flame will be
I prefer the trench lighter
coolest lighter is the imco silby circa WW2
Which one
@@brertt8350 the one with the palm 🌴 trees on it
You should look into Trying a Vintage 1958 to 68 Dunhill Rollagas butane lighter. These are probably one of the best if not the best Butane design ever created...The vintage lighters are rebuildable and the only thing that isn't metal is the Orings that you can purchase on ebay.....The newer rollagas Dunhills are not as good as the vintage ones so stay away from them..
Thanks for the suggestion
St DuPont enough said
Dunhill and st dupont
Occupied Japan Lighter
The Douglass looks like a better made copy of an IMCO TRIPLEX. Have you looked at those as plenty of new old stock of this defunct brand.
NOS - Fake copy.
The brand was bought by the Chinese.
No peanut lighters?😯
Would have probably held the number four place for me :)
I use Clipper lighters so I can pack my joints 😤
I know I’m late but you can get a zippo for like $13
can u do one for bowls( or weed in general)?
Get some hemp wick.. Light it with a bic, Zippo, safety match, or the ignition device of your choosing, and then light your bowl with the hemp wick.. You won't suck any butane or lighter fluid down your air hole that way..
Ww1 lighter
Use high quality butane and you wont have a problem. Use cheap butane your lighter will gum up right away.. That has been my experience
55$ boi you can get the street chrome, for 9.97$ walmart. Ya got scammed boi.
You can get a pretty fancy one for 50$, idk why his looks lame for the price point
Does someone know the difference between the Douglass field l and field s?
@@dpav02 the S lighter has a locking twist seal, the L just has a regular hatch.
The S is waterproof.
1 you obviously don't smoke ciggars. You NEVER suck in the flame on a ciggar. Trashes the whole thing burn the end like a normal man and THEN INHALE
The best lighter is the one that will save your life. It will light in extreme cold, since that's the moment you need a fire. Butane don't work in cold, and battery lighters will run out of batteries in cold. In summertime, just use any cheap lighter, don't pay that much, it's not important. These videos just wants you to buy stuff.
I think the biggest issue here...is you spent 50 bucks on a zippo. They're 10 dollars, and for that price they're a lot better.
Dude, lighting good cigars with naphtha? No. I got a better way. Use 200 proof ethyl alcohol, AKA Ethanol, AKA Everclear whiskey. Utterly flavorless flame. Not as big a flame but hotter. Needs refilling more often, maybe every two or three days too keep the flame tall as possible. I put a few drops of peppermint oil mine. It makes my smokes slightly menthol. Been thinking about using cinnamon oil.
Mine lasted about 2 months.... worst lighter I've EVER had !!!
S.T.DUPONT
Japanese people make a lot high quality things, this lighter is one of example.China is very, very far from in quality from Japan,and not only China like global leader , many states , maybe all states in the world are behind Japan in quality,like in car industry, fishing gears, electronic,…Looks like Japanese people are born to show to the rest of world how to build top notch things.
any lighter made by IMCO is better then a zippo for how long it lasts on a fill up although they do need maintenance when they get old because the flint wheel can clog and the flint spring can lose some pressure making them light less reliably you should get one and do a review but look for one with alittle rust so you know it's real and not a chinese copy
nah, Zippo all the way.
American made ZIPPO the rest are just a trend.
Zippo.. American made..
Life time warranty..
Zippos are basic and pretty rubbish. They break,they fail. I have sent one back for repair and it lasted 6 mths .Sent it back again I suppose . Still like it though.
Zippo lighter sux dude
Your more likely to find it not working when you need it😶
This lighter seems nice, but broke in about 1 week of pocket carry - furthermore, the company refused to help with parts or service, as I hadn't ordered it from their official distribution retailer in the US, who was completely sold out and has continued to be for over 6 months. Complete garbage, do not buy.
Sorry, the Field L - the thing disintegrated, with the flint wheel pin coming apart - attempting to even get a replacement part wasn't possible, and I'm stuck with a beautifully machined paperweight.
All of these use fuel which makes them horrible for any type of real tobacco
yo, stfu
DO NOT BUY THIS LIGHTER!!!
douglass lighter field 👎🏼👎🏼
If you use this lighter even for 5sec the upper section really dose heat up pretty seriously it will burn your fingers or if you put it in your pocket without cooldown period it will burn you bad. It’s poorly design and overpriced.
You shouldn't light a cigar with a fluid lighter. Unless you want to ruin the taste of your cigars with the smell of lighter fluid. I wouldn't do it you may if you think it will not affect the taste of the cigar you smoke. YMMV as everytring in a real life. Thanks for very interesting review.