Another tip: The locks on my pickup topper freeze from road moisture kicking up. (At the end of the backcountry skiing you want to put gear away, right?) You can hold the lighter flame on or under the lock for awhile, but your thumb gets hot and you use a lot of fuel. Instead heat the key (with leather gloves on) and insert it to warm the tumblers. Heat from the inside works great!
Depends on the situation. What if your whole tailgate is ice and so is your topper? I do not need to make up these scenarios since I lived them. My worst is my new truck and the fuel door being frozen shut. Now that takes thinking to fix and not a bic lighter.
@@scubaval08 truck stop and a car wash with a good dry for the first time. Times after that a Herman Nelson (big ass desiel heater used up here) in a Quonset. Final fix? Keep all essentials inside the cab. I work in the oilfield in Northern Alberta and NWT we run into these problems
Keep your canteen under your jacket, same with your spare socks. When you put the spares on do the same with the ones you took off. Your body heat will keep the canteen from freezing, socks warm and dry out the ones you removed.
2 points to add to this video. 1. in the summer i can get my lid on too tight an have a difficult time removing it. i put the bottle in the frig for about 15 minutes too an hour. then i can remove the stuck lid. this is the same effect as you heating the throttle & cap. the 2 materials have different expansion / contraction rates. so get a little seperation , an off they come. on to the bic lighter. learned this tip years ago from another youtube video. put a zip tye around / under the lighter trigger. when carried in a pocket the zip tye keeps the trigger from being compressed an emptying out the fluid. the zip tye is pulled tight but still loose enough to slide off / slid on after use.
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Start using the Clipper lighters, they are better in every aspect, and even in cold environment, because they are using iso-butane not butane like the other lighters. Also you can change the striker, they have much lighter fluid, and you can change the lighter fluid in them, so you once go Clipper, you never going back.
I have been using Carmex ointment in my nose for years, in the winter months to warm up a tube I simply place it in my arm pit for about a minute then it comes out for easy use, I've done the exact same thing with my own Bic lighters while out in the woods, it works every time.
bic in one pocket, keychain ferrorod in another pocket. Matchcase around your neck, fresnel lense in your wallet. In your pack, is a ziplock bag in which is a peanut lighter, 4 oz can of lighter fluid, and some gorilla tape. Also in the pack is your UCO lantern and its beesax candle. The peanut lighter uses lighter fluid, not butane and it has a screw on cap and a gasket. It's not going to fail to light and neither are the stormproof matches in the match case. Any time the sun is bright, it the fresnel lense will ignite fatwood scrapings, char, , gorilla tape, or ashed tinder.
Great tips as always. Thanks. Years ago I bought a couple of u.s.g.i. arctic canteens. They work great, but they are heavy and bulky. Eventually they will freeze up too.
Heres another trick. If your lighter gets wet or snowy and won’t light, hold towards bottom of it and run the striker wheel down your pants leg a few times rapidly. It will dry things out. For whatever reason, it works on a cold lighter too.
So if you have to heat your bottle neck to open it you may as well heat the bottle neck after you remove the stopper to prevent sticking your lips/tongue to the really cold metal. BTW butane doesn’t vaporize (ie boil) below 32 degrees and that’s the cause of poor performance in a really cold butane lighter. That’s also the reason butane stoves meant for cold weather have a wee bit of propane blended in- much more cold tolerant.
the UCO, with the extended base and reflector, can warm up a poncho shelter, or serve as a light. even for hiking at night. It'll dry out a "teepee" of small twigs that are stacked around it, as you shave the wetness off of larger sticks. Fire is so important, and modern fire-making devices are so compact and lightweight that it's just insanity to not to have lots of ways to start fire, and have them WITH you at all times. Don't trust just a Bic lighter and definitely don't carry one in your pack. Put in in your pants pockets, where your body will warm it enough to let it keep working.
Removing the child safety lock is important in the winter. When your fingers get cold it is almost impossible to use the lighter with the safety lock. My lighter is on a lanyard to hang around my neck under my jacket.
If you put your stove fuel inside of your jacket about 15 minutes before stopping to set up and your lighter in your arm pit for about 5 minutes you are gtg.
So what you're telling us is that we need to remove the safety clip; your telling me that I need to keep the lighter warm. Your also saying we can use it to open frozen water bottles? .... Cool
What is cold for you Dan? In Alberta we get some pretty nasty cold. Like -25 C and colder before the windchill. Not looking for bragging rights, I'm just curious as to how cold it is there.
I’m definitely afraid of you. There are many better and used “tricks” for not freezing water or having your cap freeze. And if your water freezes? You got bigger problems. Hint. H2O is the freak item that expands when turning to a solid.
Carry a Zippo in cold weather. Not only will it work better in the cold than a Bic would, it can act as a source of light during the short winter days, and when kept lit for a while then closed up it can serve as a hand warmer. Another way to warm Bics fast in cold weather is to keep the most of the plastic part (fuel tank) inside the mouth with only really the metal parts protruding a short distance from the lips to keep the spark wheel and flint dry as well as keep lips from freezing to the metal, while breathing through the nose slowly. This is especially useful when shivering and body heat is in short supply and can't be relied on in terms of hands or clothing pockets. The slower breathing will help warm the lighter faster and completely inside of the mouth is nearly spherical 3D coverage of body heat, and slower breathing should also help the brain process oxygen better leading to better decision making on how to get a fire lit quickly to ward off the oncoming hypothermia.
Those Bic child safety guards become sharp hazards if left on the ground. Pull them off with pliers just be sure not to pull the sharp edge against your clothes/ body!
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Another tip: The locks on my pickup topper freeze from road moisture kicking up. (At the end of the backcountry skiing you want to put gear away, right?) You can hold the lighter flame on or under the lock for awhile, but your thumb gets hot and you use a lot of fuel. Instead heat the key (with leather gloves on) and insert it to warm the tumblers. Heat from the inside works great!
This is a good tip! Thanks!
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Depends on the situation. What if your whole tailgate is ice and so is your topper? I do not need to make up these scenarios since I lived them. My worst is my new truck and the fuel door being frozen shut. Now that takes thinking to fix and not a bic lighter.
@ Do tell us or do a video about how you resolved this problem. I’d be interested.
@@scubaval08 truck stop and a car wash with a good dry for the first time. Times after that a Herman Nelson (big ass desiel heater used up here) in a Quonset. Final fix? Keep all essentials inside the cab. I work in the oilfield in Northern Alberta and NWT we run into these problems
Yup, I'm in Florida to escape the Vermont Winter. I learned a new Winter survival skill in my 'getting older years'.
Get in the car and drive south.
Couldn't agree more.
Northern Alberta to Southern British Columbia Canada.
-40c to +12 c..
Ok
Perfect survival tip - also good treatment option for people with osteoarthritis. 😉
I have a leather holster for the BIC, wear it around my neck with lanyard attached to the sheath!
I'm not jealous of the old settlers when the weather got like that!
Carrying a lighter - I LOVE how real you keep things!
Great cold weather hat, Dan. Like that one a lot. "Stay in the woods."
Use chap stick on your canteen lips.
Keep your canteen under your jacket, same with your spare socks. When you put the spares on do the same with the ones you took off. Your body heat will keep the canteen from freezing, socks warm and dry out the ones you removed.
Another awesome video
2 points to add to this video. 1. in the summer i can get my lid on too tight an have a difficult time removing it. i put the bottle in the frig for about 15 minutes too an hour. then i can remove the stuck lid. this is the same effect as you heating the throttle & cap. the 2 materials have different expansion / contraction rates. so get a little seperation , an off they come. on to the bic lighter. learned this tip years ago from another youtube video. put a zip tye around / under the lighter trigger. when carried in a pocket the zip tye keeps the trigger from being compressed an emptying out the fluid. the zip tye is pulled tight but still loose enough to slide off / slid on after use.
Hi Dan Wowak!! Merry Christmas and happy New Year’s!!! Love your channel!! You’re an inspiration and an awesome instructor!! Bless your heart brother!! Strength and honor my brother be well!! 👍🏿💯🎊🎊❤️🎉🎉
Start using the Clipper lighters, they are better in every aspect, and even in cold environment, because they are using iso-butane not butane like the other lighters. Also you can change the striker, they have much lighter fluid, and you can change the lighter fluid in them, so you once go Clipper, you never going back.
Coalcracker, Woop Woop!
Great tips. Thank you and God bless.
Awesome tips
I have been using Carmex ointment in my nose for years, in the winter months to warm up a tube I simply place it in my arm pit for about a minute then it comes out for easy use, I've done the exact same thing with my own Bic lighters while out in the woods, it works every time.
Great tips!
Don't worry Dan.....it's gonna warm up......... and get cold again...... same in North East Ohio
Winter prep is crucial.. step 1, I moved to Texas ,step 2 collect as much Coleman stuff as possible 😊
Had a bic in my pocket everyday since their inception. They don't fill them as full as as they used to.
Excellent tips
1) Keep both lighters and ink pens close to your body if you want them to work.
2) Keep more than one of each on your person.
Two is one and one is none.
@@LDR1100RSand 3 is just enough
Hi Dan. Thank you once again! Stay safe. ATB. Nigel
Friction=heat .. rub the lighter between your palms and it will work perfectly! lol I totally suggested this last year too
bic in one pocket, keychain ferrorod in another pocket. Matchcase around your neck, fresnel lense in your wallet. In your pack, is a ziplock bag in which is a peanut lighter, 4 oz can of lighter fluid, and some gorilla tape. Also in the pack is your UCO lantern and its beesax candle. The peanut lighter uses lighter fluid, not butane and it has a screw on cap and a gasket. It's not going to fail to light and neither are the stormproof matches in the match case. Any time the sun is bright, it the fresnel lense will ignite fatwood scrapings, char, , gorilla tape, or ashed tinder.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for the info
Great tips as always. Thanks. Years ago I bought a couple of u.s.g.i. arctic canteens. They work great, but they are heavy and bulky. Eventually they will freeze up too.
Thats easy. Keep it in a pocket next to your body. Never had one fail in the cold in 40 years
It's also helpful for if you have gummy-based energy snacks to keep you going while hiking. Otherwise, they freeze.
DETHAW..???
INTERESTING. Never heard that one before..
Good job on the video
I like torch lighters for thawing things out.
In cold weather don't forget the fire starters.
I use the EXOTAC Titan Lighter especially for winter time use.
I have the CountyComm peanut xl but same concept. O-ring is a game changer for liquid fuel lighters.
Lighter in armpit to warm it in extreme cold. Plus b/c no one will want to borrowsteal it.
Good stuff
Keep your lighter in your pocket…
TOP NOTCH Content Bro, Top Notch…
Thank god I’ll survive now.
Keep the lighter in your shirt pocket. The butane will stay warm. Keep your canteen under your jacket, won't freeze.
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36 bsnkline looped snd cinched with Canadian ham knot. Insured store BIC wont get depressed ( store with a friend.)
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Heres another trick. If your lighter gets wet or snowy and won’t light, hold towards bottom of it and run the striker wheel down your pants leg a few times rapidly. It will dry things out. For whatever reason, it works on a cold lighter too.
So if you have to heat your bottle neck to open it you may as well heat the bottle neck after you remove the stopper to prevent sticking your lips/tongue to the really cold metal. BTW butane doesn’t vaporize (ie boil) below 32 degrees and that’s the cause of poor performance in a really cold butane lighter. That’s also the reason butane stoves meant for cold weather have a wee bit of propane blended in- much more cold tolerant.
Love the cold. Never catch me in Florida. To each his own.
Up your glove?!
That's not what the drill sergeant said...
the UCO, with the extended base and reflector, can warm up a poncho shelter, or serve as a light. even for hiking at night. It'll dry out a "teepee" of small twigs that are stacked around it, as you shave the wetness off of larger sticks. Fire is so important, and modern fire-making devices are so compact and lightweight that it's just insanity to not to have lots of ways to start fire, and have them WITH you at all times. Don't trust just a Bic lighter and definitely don't carry one in your pack. Put in in your pants pockets, where your body will warm it enough to let it keep working.
Fire fire
Keep your water bottle on an inside pocket of the jacket or on your pant’s cargo pocket
Removing the child safety lock is important in the winter. When your fingers get cold it is almost impossible to use the lighter with the safety lock. My lighter is on a lanyard to hang around my neck under my jacket.
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I buy 5 bics at a time remove safely on them all,if it's cold keep them in your pocket.
yeah in winter carry a Zippo lighter they don;t freeze up!!!
Three things that are always inside my coat: phone, lighter and water bottle.
The child’s protectors go to the same place as children’s socks that disappear in the dryers
Hello from Miami, FL. 🥵 I'd swap weather with you.
Zippo for cold weather
Awesome tips Dan the man! It's been super cold up here for sure. Another awesome video as always brother 👍 💪
Cold bic in mass means no fire
If you put your stove fuel inside of your jacket about 15 minutes before stopping to set up and your lighter in your arm pit for about 5 minutes you are gtg.
Wow dude ..... That was weak !!!
So what you're telling us is that we need to remove the safety clip; your telling me that I need to keep the lighter warm. Your also saying we can use it to open frozen water bottles?
....
Cool
What is cold for you Dan?
In Alberta we get some pretty nasty cold. Like -25 C and colder before the windchill.
Not looking for bragging rights, I'm just curious as to how cold it is there.
I’m definitely afraid of you. There are many better and used “tricks” for not freezing water or having your cap freeze. And if your water freezes? You got bigger problems. Hint. H2O is the freak item that expands when turning to a solid.
Heck I'm inside in upstate New York and need some indoor survival tips. 😮
No it's not I can't feel it 😂
Nope, has been cold here in Florida, too
60° here in Muscle Shoals, Alabama today.
No, it's -25!!!
Stop Lying!!
Carry a Zippo in cold weather. Not only will it work better in the cold than a Bic would, it can act as a source of light during the short winter days, and when kept lit for a while then closed up it can serve as a hand warmer. Another way to warm Bics fast in cold weather is to keep the most of the plastic part (fuel tank) inside the mouth with only really the metal parts protruding a short distance from the lips to keep the spark wheel and flint dry as well as keep lips from freezing to the metal, while breathing through the nose slowly. This is especially useful when shivering and body heat is in short supply and can't be relied on in terms of hands or clothing pockets. The slower breathing will help warm the lighter faster and completely inside of the mouth is nearly spherical 3D coverage of body heat, and slower breathing should also help the brain process oxygen better leading to better decision making on how to get a fire lit quickly to ward off the oncoming hypothermia.
Probably a good idea to remember to try to refill the zippo (or similar) lighter as part of trip preparation.
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Adapt
Overcome...
Those Bic child safety guards become sharp hazards if left on the ground. Pull them off with pliers just be sure not to pull the sharp edge against your clothes/ body!
You're selling your BIC lighters at 24% markup....
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You can hold the lighter in your fist and blow on it for a couple seconds alawys worked for me
Nicely done on tip...
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