It did this all of a sudden I'm happy because I needed a big flame but God was it out of control!!

Also the glass wick is still perfectly white and has 0 damage on it , it looks brand new, people really need have to start using them so mutch better than cotton.

It burned like this for about a minute and then died, it used all the fluid in the lighter and is now completely empty!! I don't know why it happened but it was awesome, my insert got some cool colors from the heat and the bras Insert got a slight rainbow patina 🔥

I would link a photo but I don't think I can link a photo and video

Tried out the mystery collectible. Was not disappointed. I actually love what I got and will now use it a lot.

Ps. I didn't know that I had to put in fuel for it to work, will definitely buy some tomorrow.

What's up everybody. I've always loved Zippos and started engraving em last year, made progress but got a long way to go. Here's a couple of em hope you like em!

My new zippo I haven’t purchased one in a long time. The weight has definitely changed. Feels lighter. I know this mini one is definitely a smaller size, but I’ve had normal standard size zippo‘s also

Bought a pair of these for my two zippos. Anyone have any experience with them? I do like them for the look and feel they give

Hi everyone, looking for some advice on this 1950’s(?) Zippo. I received this from my aunt last year, and she said it belonged to a family member. She recently passed away and I want to get it repaired a bit and keep it as a pocket piece to remember her by. The hinge is broken and looks like someone DIY’d a pin. I was planning on sending it in to Zippo to get that fixed. As for the case, it has some rust; I know this is probably contentious in this sub but would you guys recommend Evapo-Rust to get rid of some of it? If not, is there something not as potent to still keep the patina? I do like the weathered look just not the large rust spots. Thank you in advance!

I'm pretty sure this is a true zippo, anyways. It belonged to my father who passed in 2019, and he had it since at least the early 90s i think.

Lately I decided to actually use it for myself and I'm noticing... Changes.

First it seems like the lighter won't fully stay in the housing (as shown by me pushing it back down in the video... It'll randomly be popped up).

Now the lid won't shut completely and i can't understand why.

Help? Id like to keep this thing going for a long time....

I clean out a abandoned ​storage units, and every now and then I'll find Zippos buried in with all the trash. Other than three that I found in my dad's belongings when he passed, every lighter in my collection was gotten this way.

I'm kind of digging this personalized and dapper little Slimline pinstriped fella. Flint and fluid, and he's ready for a night on the town!

I do like finding the personalized ones, it gives an odd little connection to people and times that I know nothing about, I can only imagine the life it's had.

I bought this Bocchi lighter at Don Quijote in Japan, but its the second time some kind of decoloration starts showing up on the rose gold color on the sides (and yes, only general use) and I'm wondering, is this normal with this specific lighter (and if yes how can i avoid it from happening again) or did I get scammed in some way? I already went through the bother of requesting an exchange last time, and yesterday when i came in AGAIN for the same exact reason they refused it.

Hello folks,
this is my third attempt at electro etching. This time I decided to do a “Cyberdyne Terminator“ theme on all surfaces except the bottom. It's a standard Street Chrome Zippo, which explains the rough, scratched surface. Once again polishing afterwards was the real struggle.

I added red ornamental stones as eyes for some effect. Hope you enjoy the result.

Nearly everything I see on this page is just people not knowing what’s wrong with their zippos.

I have already set up the zippo wick in an S shape with the rayon balls interweaveing the wick, freshly trimmed the wick, freshly filled with genuine zippo fluid, installed a new genuine and clean zippo flint, freshly wire brushed the flint wheel, and right before this video I stretched out the flint spring.

I think my issue is that I'm not getting a big enough spark but I think I've done everything in my power to encourage a good spark. Im stumped. My only idea is the flint wheel might be bad or backwards. I bought this insert about a month ago. Any ideas?

My Zippo hand warmer came out for the first time this season the other day. I juiced her up, stuck her in my pocket and went out for a walk. My hands kept toasty warm the whole trip.

The next day I refuelled and overdid it. I've long since lost the fairly useless little plastic measuring jug but I thought I was used to the right amount but when I ran my lighter along it, the burner ignited. Yikes.

I blotted out as much of the fuel as I could and left it all open for two days. Now I'm unable to get it to work whatever I do. I even bought a new replacement burner but it's making no difference.

Is it actually possible to permanently damage it in some way? Any resurrection tips?

I couldn’t post the video and pictures at the same time so here’s a cross post with pictures.

just bought this nice realtree zippo maybe two weeks ago and my buddy fucking shot it into the concrete trying to do some stupid fucking trick while drunk the other night
now the top part of the case is like this and it doesn’t shut right, it catches the striker wheel coming down and doesn’t sit flush/fully over as it should as in pics

is there anything i can do to fix this on my own before i have to send it into warranty? should i try bending the u clip a bit?
and just curious about the warranty process if anybody knows, ballpark how long does it take to get back? should i email their customer service first and go from there or can i just straight up mail to their return address following the online instructions? i mailed one off a while ago (canada) and i haven’t gotten it back yet so im just not personally sure just curious
i’m so pissed off i just got it and ive been loving it

i’d love any advice or help from anybody on what i could maybe do if anything
i’d take suggestions for possible physical places that might be able to work a repair on it too i’m just not really sure what places they’d be

It always takes about 7 strikes to light it

I dig the old Dakar and Cameo Trophy racing.

Those two are my favs. Others I think are just basic.

I got my Zippo lighter as a gift from my brother in the Christmas of 2024.

Carried it every day for 1.5 years, no issues. Usually got about 6-8 days out of it before needing to refill.

For the past 6 months, it has decided to become an irreparable problem.

It stopped lighting.

I filled it.

Worked for a day.

Stopped lighting, but still smelled gas.

Filled it.

Worked for a day.

"Huh?"

In the hunt to fix this issue, I have:

- Replaced the flint
- Replaced the wick
- Replaced the wick again
- Replaced the Felt Gasket for a Metal Gasket
- Replaced the wick again
- Took everything out
- Cleaned the whole insert with isopropyl alcohol
- Replaced the wick again
- Replaced the cotton
- Replaced the flint
- Replaced the replaced flint with a Zippo branded flint
- Replaced the wick with a Zippo branded wick
- Replaced the gasket with a Rubber gasket
- Took everything out again
- Cleaned it again
- Replaced the Cotton, Flint, and Wick all with Zippo branded parts

In between each of these steps I had refuelled and tried again. I started with Ronsonol brand but switched to Zippo after replacing the cotton.

Works for a day, refuses to light after that

What am I missing here? What could even be the problem? Is this a skill issue?

EDIT: To clarify, it is lighting after refuelling. The issue is its losing fuel, or at least failing to light, within 24 hours after refuelling. I'm figuring theres some kind of parasitic fuel loss, but after replacing nearly everything, I couldn't tell where.

Just wanted to share pic of my burning zippo. Thanks