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Post by cajunlady87 on Jun 30, 2014 17:34:38 GMT -7
I had placed many white colored Bic Lighters in a ziplock bag. It's easy to check how much fuel is left in the lighters with the white color. Today while reorganizing gear I took the bag out and a date on the bag told me I had bagged them a year ago a week back. There were ten in all in the bag and I held each one up to the light to check the fuel level. Most of them had lost at least 1/3 of their fuel and a few had at least 1/2 of the fuel evaporate. So I don't plan on buying more Bic lighters for future use or as a trade item unless someone can tell me how to prevent this from happening.  |
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Post by Cwi555 on Jun 30, 2014 17:58:20 GMT -7
I had placed many white colored Bic Lighters in a ziplock bag. It's easy to check how much fuel is left in the lighters with the white color. Today while reorganizing gear I took the bag out and a date on the bag told me I had bagged them a year ago a week back. There were ten in all in the bag and I held each one up to the light to check the fuel level. Most of them had lost at least 1/3 of their fuel and a few had at least 1/2 of the fuel evaporate. So I don't plan on buying more Bic lighters for future use or as a trade item unless someone can tell me how to prevent this from happening. It can't be prevented. The fuel is slightly compressed hydrocarbon based (typically butane). Put one in a mass spectrometer sample chamber, it will read positive every time for that fuel. In short, they all leak from the body, and the valve. They are not gushing, but enough still to kill them in relatively short time. It is inherently built in for both a .99 cent plastic pressure chamber and the fuel it contains. |
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Post by patula12 on Jun 30, 2014 18:03:44 GMT -7
Thanks for explaining that sonny, makes more sense to buy matches and dem little steel pipe looking things.  |
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Post by thywar on Jun 30, 2014 20:33:55 GMT -7
Therefore they sell more lighters
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Post by offtrail on Jul 1, 2014 14:48:46 GMT -7
Well don't forget an empty Bic can still be a life saver. With just a slight modification your empty Bic becomes a spark source...something to remember.
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Post by graf on Jul 1, 2014 15:28:30 GMT -7
Something I do with empty Bic lighters I find, remove the guard over the wheel area to get better spark. cut the fuel storage area(lighter body) in half hollow out cavity, put 2-3 PT balls in that hollowed out area. Then I duct tape the cut halves together. Now I have a sparking device,fire starter,and tape for wounds or also as starter.
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Post by cajunlady87 on Jul 1, 2014 15:53:49 GMT -7
Something I do with empty Bic lighters I find, remove the guard over the wheel area to get better spark. cut the fuel storage area(lighter body) in half hollow out cavity, put 2-3 PT balls in that hollowed out area. Then I duct tape the cut halves together. Now I have a sparking device,fire starter,and tape for wounds or also as starter. Now that's what I call thinking out of the box.  |
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Post by mud on Jul 1, 2014 19:35:08 GMT -7
How well do the refillable butane lighters hold up? And what about th3 cans to harge them with?
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Post by Cwi555 on Jul 1, 2014 20:04:52 GMT -7
Well don't forget an empty Bic can still be a life saver. With just a slight modification your empty Bic becomes a spark source...something to remember. This is true. Knock out the valve of an empty and drive a 10 penny nail down the hole. Insert some jute twine. |
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Post by Cwi555 on Jul 1, 2014 20:06:48 GMT -7
How well do the refillable butane lighters hold up? And what about th3 cans to harge them with? The cans will typically hold up for 2-3 years, sometimes up to five. The lighters themselves tend to fail after a few reloads. That's been my experience. |
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Post by offtrail on Jul 1, 2014 20:12:32 GMT -7
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Post by cajunlady87 on Jul 2, 2014 4:58:28 GMT -7
Thanks for explaining that sonny, makes more sense to buy matches and dem little steel pipe looking things. Steel pipe looking thing???   I believe she may be talking about fire steels. |
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Post by cajunlady87 on Dec 27, 2016 22:37:36 GMT -7
How well do the refillable butane lighters hold up? And what about th3 cans to harge them with? The cans will typically hold up for 2-3 years, sometimes up to five. The lighters themselves tend to fail after a few reloads. That's been my experience. I just recently had an experience with a refillable butane lighter. Ten years ago my niece bought my beloved a nice butane lighter which when you depressed it to light, also flashed in several colors the words "New York" which is where she bought it. Sadly he passed away before she could give it to him so she gave it to me and I just picked it up. A week ago while looking through some items in a drawer I came upon the lighter. Well imagine my surprise when New York still flashed and there was also a flame ten years after buying it. I looked on it for a name brand but there's nothing on it. |
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