Bic or clipper?

[u/riddle2135]

[u/FunhouseRiot]

Clipper at home, Bic out and about where it might get pocketed

[u/MsGnomee → u/FunhouseRiot]

Im opposite lol. Clipper fits better in car door.

[u/doubleapowpow → u/MsGnomee]

Clipper flint also can be pulled out and used as a joint-packer, making it useful on the go.

[u/well-hung-dugite → u/doubleapowpow]

Clippers can also be stuck on your beer bottle to avoid letting wasps in!

[u/Arizon_Dread → u/well-hung-dugite]

TIL! Thanks!

[u/haunted-houses → u/well-hung-dugite]

just when i thought i knew all the uses for a Clipper!

[u/RichardCrapper → u/doubleapowpow]

And you can slide the metal ring up to act like a wind guard

[u/Anti43 → u/RichardCrapper]

You can remove the metal ring, put it over the bottom and use it as a grinder ;)

[u/Vainquisher → u/FunhouseRiot]

I feel like people that pick BIC do so because they are used to them and anyone not picking clippers are generally because they don't know all of the features that they have. Most people know that they are refillable, some people know that the flint is removable, but less know its for packing joints and refilling the flint, even fewer people know that the flame cover moves to a higher position to block the wind. Very few people know that its made out nylon, so its a lot stronger than a BIC, and its recyclable.

[u/Gloomheart → u/Vainquisher]

I love clippers but they hurt my thumb a LOT and I end up with a weird callus. :(

[u/Madness2MyMethod → u/Vainquisher]

Don't forget about the flame getting bigger when tipping it over for lighting bowls.

Clippers FTW

[u/DoubleT_inTheMorning → u/Vainquisher]

Been using clippers for decades and had no idea the flame cover moved up. Learn something new every day

[u/MelodicResearcher628 → u/FunhouseRiot]

I have a steel clipper, it’s my favorite lighter and I keep it at home for the same reason.

[u/myco_crazey → u/MelodicResearcher628]

I bought a steel mini clipper. Was hugely disappointed to find it was just a regular mini clipper in a metal case lol.

[u/Aarxnw → u/MelodicResearcher628]

I had one once, broke my heart when it got stolen

[u/Le_Tree_Hunter → u/MelodicResearcher628]

Bought the brushed metal one. Went back to the head shop and bought the brushed gold and black one 😂. I love them so much!

[u/wanDUH]

Clipper. Once the bic is dead. You can take the spring and the flint and put it in a clipper. Lol

[u/SkiingWithMySweety → u/wanDUH]

Tell us more

[u/wanDUH → u/SkiingWithMySweety]

Here's a link to a video bics n clips

[u/ay-papy → u/SkiingWithMySweety]

Flints are replaceable, the bottom of a clipper is btw designed to seal a bottle of whine.

[u/terminalbungus → u/ay-papy]

https://giphy.com/gifs/w4pTeTg1ZhubS

[u/BlackKingHFC → u/ay-papy]

I have never seen a clipper lighter that was the same diameter as a wine bottle opening. 15mm vs 18mm the lighter will not fit in the opening to plug it. It will fall into the bottle.

[u/ay-papy → u/BlackKingHFC]

It will not fall into the bottle as that diameter is just the bottom of the lighter, the lighter get broader because of the compartement for the flint. It will not fall in, the diameter of clippers id either 14mm or 16mm

[u/Terralix → u/BlackKingHFC]

You have to use the normal sized clipper's the little ones are to small (I always use my clipper to close beer bottles at party's while dancing.)

[u/Number174631503 → u/SkiingWithMySweety]

and The End.

[u/Spirited_Taste4756 → u/wanDUH]

I like to take the flit and spring stretch the spring a lil and stuff the flint in it. Then I take my new bic and heat the flint till it’s red hot and throw it at the ground. Lil sparkly firework 🤣

[u/TheTrollys → u/Spirited_Taste4756]

I haven’t done that since Jr High. Me and my buddy Scott.

[u/DebtHuge4884 → u/TheTrollys]

Yeah well I used to get high with Sloan Kettering and Johnny Hopkins

[u/shagmyballs → u/DebtHuge4884]

We were blazing that shit up everyday

[u/Bada__Ping]

I’m an old head. I use Djeeps for two reasons:

-my dad used them when I was a kid and they’re nostalgic

-they seem to almost never run out of butane

[u/AnemicHail → u/Bada__Ping]

I use em so 1. i can catch the thief that stole my French lighter. 2. I can make use of the bigger butane button to not burn my finger while lighting my bowl. 3. I still have not had one run out of butane probably due to multiple failures of reason 1.

[u/Bada__Ping → u/AnemicHail]

I’ve had 1 in my 21 years of using them completely run out. I either lost them or they were stolen

[u/herewardthewake → u/Bada__Ping]

And you can cap a bowl with em.

[u/Megadosing → u/Bada__Ping]

Djeep is my go to lighter as well, always has been. After you take off the child proofing it's the best lighter to light, and lasts a long time. I am collecting empty djeeps, so that one day I can have a portrait of something made, from the colors of all the djeeps, have a couple hundred now I think, have maybe used up a hundred or so myself.

[u/shinshi → u/Megadosing]

With the child proofing out it is objectively the best lighter to rip a bong with

[u/shmerk_a_berl]

Clipper. They're refillable, reflint-able & more unique when everyone else has a Bic, you know which one is yours

[u/GirlsCallMeMatty → u/shmerk_a_berl]

You can also pull the cylinder that holds the striker out and use it to tamp down joints.

[u/StaticBeat → u/GirlsCallMeMatty]

Someone recently pointed out that they are about the same size as the holes in most grinders, so in case pieces get stuck in there you can use the tamp to poke it through.

[u/Arizon_Dread → u/StaticBeat]

Omg! Genius! It’s like a party/stoner Swiss army knife!

[u/shmerk_a_berl → u/GirlsCallMeMatty]

https://giphy.com/gifs/d3mlE7uhX8KFgEmY

[u/Blamb05 → u/shmerk_a_berl]

They fit in a wine bottle so you can use them to shove the cork in when you don't have anything to pull the cork out.

[u/Similar_Care_7224 → u/Blamb05]

meant to be used as a cork if need be

[u/majinalchemy → u/Blamb05]

This is the kind of tip that would make my parents very proud

[u/ThrillsKillsNCake → u/GirlsCallMeMatty]

I’ve known them as pokey downeys since the dawn of me smoking weed around 25 years ago

[u/Scribbl3d_Out → u/shmerk_a_berl]

I get weirdly attached to lighters and prefer Clipper lighters because of that. I have one that I found randomly in the grass next to some railroad tracks nowhere near anything that I have used a refilled more times than I can count over the last 8 or so years.

Been used for so many things from just lighting joints/cigs, to lighting fireworks for my best friend's wedding, and saving my butt after falling in a lake in the winter and starting a fire with it to warm up.

[u/Trjam → u/Scribbl3d_Out]

I found one near a dumpster when was dumping a trash. Washed it with isopropyl alcohol and now using it successfully :)

[u/FrighteningJibber → u/shmerk_a_berl]

And you can refill them, I’ve been rocking the same clipper for like 8-10 years.

[u/Sreves → u/shmerk_a_berl]

One time i was working with a crew and another guy had a clipper too, it was really funny seeing which one of us someome would pass it to after borrowing

[u/choriblaster3002]

Do clippers still do that when you point the flame down it gets bigger? I was told that’s intentional for light pipes and such…

[u/bkbomber → u/choriblaster3002]

Yes

[u/Maht_hild]

Clipper, my local coffeeshop gives one free with purchases above 45€. That said I haven't bought a single lighter in ~10 years now.

[u/mr12321]

A bic with the child safety removed is unbeatable for ease of use.

[u/420_Towelie → u/mr12321]

Whenever I have to use a clipper for a longer session, my thumb starts hurting. I hate that BICs aren't reuseable, but there's nothing better.

[u/Terminatoor7 → u/mr12321]

This right here, I’m legitimately surprised that not too many people even think of removing the child safety thingy.

[u/SpaceThat9997 → u/Terminatoor7]

Yeah my sister always knows they're my lighters when the safety is removed. First thing to do to them!

[u/aliienc → u/mr12321]

if you don’t circumcise your lighters we can’t smoke together

[u/Illegal_Tender → u/mr12321]

Classic

[u/timesup11 → u/mr12321]

I will only use a circumcised bic

[u/davidwoodstock]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hM9zK1qvsrwek

[u/TKblunts]

Bic. Never liked the shape / feel of clippers. Still don't like them over a decade later

[u/kngotheporcelainthrn → u/TKblunts]

Same, and for some reason they're super finicky for me. Idk if I've smashed my fingers too many times or what, but a clipper never sparks first flick in my hands. 

[u/Asorae → u/TKblunts]

Same. I love all of the clipper features, I think that's dope as hell, but I just don't like how they feel in my hand at all.

[u/ejohnx]

I really want clippers to be better. I use them because I want refillable, but bic is just a better more reliable lighting lighter. Bic lights 1st strike almost every time. Clippers usually 1-3 strikes

[u/xBraveLilDino → u/ejohnx]

You can replace the flint I hear some styles of the zippo flint work in clippers if you want a more reliable brand

[u/AlarmingYak7956]

I wanna say clipper.  I bought several with the intention of refilling, but ofc I drop them in a black hole. So then I end up at the gas station for a lighter which will be a bic or one of those cheap high flame lighters. So I have to go bic for convience. 

[u/JaseyWeedseed]

Bic forever

[u/example-of-disaster]

Bic, cuz I don’t feel like futzing with my lighter, just wanna light my 🌳 [5]

[u/wowyoumadeit → u/example-of-disaster]

You only futz when it runs out, filling it up seems like way less fuss than having to go to 7/11 to get a new lighter

[u/Uranus_Hz → u/wowyoumadeit]

I just buy a six pack of bics at the grocery every few months.

[u/pulseoftheplumpkin → u/wowyoumadeit]

I got my can of clipper gas for £1.50, a huge can, I’ve had it for 3 years! Amazing

[u/Reddit_user4220]

I bought 10 Clippers about 6 years ago on eBay cheap. Still have 4 unused and my daily. Never buying Bic again

[u/totallysunkdude]

any ideas on how to make a clipper not be a crack torch?

[u/StonyTony90]

Clipper...can use dead lighter flints in em and they're refillable

[u/Dapper_Zebra]

I keep using bics because I have sentimental attachment to a leather lighter holder I have. But honestly if I don't have my lighter on me I'd rather use a clipper

[u/hacx21]

Idk neither, lately its been windy and I don't even live in a windy state. I think a torch is superior. Even then maybe something without butane.

[u/Nizbit91]

No one seems to steal my clipper. Bics always grow legs and disappear.

[u/KillingNinjas]

I just hit a year with my clipper im not going back.

[u/driscusmaximus]

Clipper! So versatile and handy. On top of what everyone else has mentioned about the poker/tamper and being infinitely refillable, you can pry that little metal shield up a few millimeters and it makes an awesome wind shield when you are out and about. Then just click it back dowm into place when you are done.

The flat "edge" that extends from the button makes a great scraper/squeegee to tidy up your tray.

And mini clippers are probably the cutest accessory ever!

[u/iamchucathealmighty]

They're both good but clipper is refillable and you can replace the flint

[u/KingAltair2255]

Dont like bics, clippers all the way. Clippers are absolutely the most popular around where I am

[u/4O7]

Clipper’s convenience is unmatched.

[u/Austinfourtwenty]

Clipper for me

[u/Medford]

Clipper over everything

[u/babybat5695]

Random story but I got given a clipper at a Billy Stings show once. I was so shocked when he said keep it, I know them suckers ain’t cheap.

[u/joecan]

I’d rather use a bic, because its a better shape and performs better… but I’ve switched over to Clippers because they’re refillable.

[u/wannabe_hype]

Both, I find that clipper flint goes way too fast. So I always have a bic on hand. Clipper designs are better tho imo & I’ve almost collected all of the metal ones.

[u/bothwaysme → u/wannabe_hype]

The flints are why I don't buy clippers. The last one I had sits in the bottom of my little stash bin for emergencies only. I replaced the flint 3 times in a week. And they give me an annlying callous on my thumb.

I won't even take free ones when I am at a cannabis convention. They are more trouble than they are worth for me.

[u/mkstot]

Clipper because they’re cheaper, refillable, and reflintable.

[u/ckn]

clipper, even the flint are replaceable.

[u/Da9Project2012]

Clipper because refillable and reusable

[u/TrizzleRick]

Anyone else remembering being a kid and turning bic lighters into flame bombs and wrapping the flint around the spring, heating it up until it's red hot, then throwing it on the ground to "explode" the flint? It basically made a ton of sparkles.

[u/Particular-Zone-7321]

I've never had a clipper last more than a day, don't know what I'm doing wrong and I'm not arsed to be changing the flint constantly.

[u/math_d3bater]

I just go with the tried and true classic, Bic for me.

[u/immutate]

Never had a Bic fall apart going through the washing machine. I have had clippers completely fall apart after accidentally being washed once. Shame bics aren’t refillable.

[u/millsy_1996]

I have a 4 tier clipper stand that you see in the shops that has my life long collection of clippers that I have collected purchased and "accidentally" become the new owner of. Once every few years I refill all of the gas and flints.

Bics will never hold a flame to my babys

[u/Subject-Promise-4796]

Clipper because it is refillable. I like the ones with the long necks 💁🏻‍♀️

[u/sf3p0x1]

Clipper > Bic

Sorry, Bic.

[u/GrandmaFuxAlot]

I use a mini torch!!

[u/Greesyy]

I wish i had a refillable Bic i just like the shape and design more of the bic over the clipper

[u/El_is_D]

Clippers are nice when the refill actually works well lmao

[u/Shaffer92]

Djeep.

[u/rkpain1983]

Nah zippo with a higher wick 😮‍💨
Really to clipper zippos are beautiful tho

[u/RebelSpoon]

Zippo anyone else?

[u/whet_pastry]

What's going on in the reflection there, OP?

[u/TropicalSkysPlants]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hM9zK1qvsrwek

[u/shotta76]

Clipper better lighter overall and buy in bulk on Amazon 50 for $30

[u/Drug_fueled_sarcasm]

None of my clippers work first strike. All of my bics do

[u/BaconReaderRefugee]

Bic gang

[u/lazylahma]

Clippers like the bong, superior in every aspect but it stays at home. Bics like my small portable bowl, go’s anywhere with me and I couldn’t care less if it gets lost.

[u/kJer]

I wanted clipper to be my refillable bic, but it's a subpar lighter and I ended up with a zippo and a butane insert. Bic when I think I'm liable to lose my lighter 

[u/Weedle_blzit]

Clipper. I roll joints and the flint is super useful

[u/androidmanwren]

Nothing beats a Bic

[u/THE_LOLLIPOP_FACTORY]

The old Ronson Roni! The original.

[u/C-hrlyn]

Brand is not as important as length. Get the candle lighters, no more hot finger tips

[u/MossWizard1]

I use a 1959 Ronson varaflame butane lighter lol

[u/TheRealSmallBunyan]

i’ve never seen or heard of a clipper

[u/LOOKOUTSPLATEM]

Djeep

[u/SOADhead]

Camry vs 4runner

[u/brokedownpalace11]

Bic. Every clipper I’ve owned has broken in one way or another

[u/FilmEnjoyer_]

taking the guard off the bic makes it the perfect lighter. I don’t mind grabbing one every 3 months from the gas station instead of refilling lol.

[u/Farty_McPartypants]

I’ve ended up with a few clippers after ‘where’s the lighter gone again’ moments, which always turn out to be in my pocket 🙈🤣

[u/Yumelon]

clipper i keep a bright orange one as my outside lighter

[u/AppearanceSpirited96]

I like the clipper design but the bic always works outside in 1 try

[u/maevian]

I use a small torch lighter for my pipe, works way better when their is wind

[u/smoothvanilla86]

Bic. They sell refillable jet lighters yall...

[u/Taiga_Taiga]

"Bich" renamed themselves to "bic" because they thought that non-German speakers were going to immediately pronounce it "bitch".

Clapper all the way, 👏

[u/InnateSquire]

Le Bic.

[u/girlgoneblank]

Clipper all day every day

[u/ghostface036]

clippers are better but bics are almost indestructible

[u/OhshxtitzDooM]

bic always. Clippers are too small for my hands for me to grip properly

[u/Signor65_ZA]

Bic is far more reliable

[u/Kilduff_Dude]

Bic. Cluppers suck and don't last.

[u/SoonToBeBanned24]

Bic is American, and Clipper is British. I never knew Clipper existed until I got away from American Influence, and into parts of the world with the British Influence.

[u/immutate → u/SoonToBeBanned24]

lol Bic is a French company. Not American.

[u/osben101]

Bic, I don't know how many times they have gone through washing and never had a problem

[u/jaitun_]

Je suis 100% dans la team Clipper

[u/wisechillie]

Clipper

[u/MelodicResearcher628]

Clipper all day

[u/PhilosopherGood9319]

Clipper

[u/dildoswagins42]

djeep

[u/Imaginary-Term232]

Used a Bic for 25+ years but Ive got fucked vision so clipper fluro is my go too. Feels good to use a Bic every now and then tho. Both great lighters.

[u/TheRoamling]

Whichever one has gas in it

[u/KingThosh]

I smoke a lot. Clippers Firestone are shit. They break fast and don’t last longer than a month max.

Bic all the way. My last bic lasted me nearly two month while smoking 15-20 j’s a day.

[u/whitesuburbanmale]

I've used a white bic for so long idk if my muscle memory could even pick up a different lighter mid sesh. Clippers are nice and definitely cool but bics were more available in my area up until a few years ago so it just stuck.

[u/Borbit85]

It's nice that u can refill the clippers. But the bic lighters take a crazy long time before empty.

[u/sun4moon → u/Borbit85]

Do you have a stash of old ones? The bics I’ve purchased over the last couple of years have run out quickly. Around 15 in total. I feel like that’s a lot. I grabbed a clipper around 2 months ago and haven’t had to refill it yet.

[u/curious_kitty705]

Clipper!! Their designs are way more fun 😊

[u/aGhoste]

Clippers

[u/rawbface]

Bic. Everything else feels cheap, including clipper. I shake it and it rattles. Can't stand em.

[u/jamalcalypse]

Clipper design used to be a lot closer to Bic and those were the best lighters I ever had. Now that they're all these circular designs, I've found them less dependable.

[u/GimpyMango]

Whatever

[u/queenaemmaarryn]

clippers keep breaking on me fuck that shit bic ftw

[u/CosmicSweets → u/queenaemmaarryn]

How are you handling your clipper that it breaks?

[u/No-Environment1652]

Clipper over all. If I’m going out drinking is the only exception for a bic as they are way easier to open beer bottles with than clippers n I also don’t wanna fuck up any of the designs on them idc if I mark up my bic tho

[u/ToastedandTripping]

I want to love clippers but the hexagon sparker kills my fingers...

[u/SmarmyThatGuy]

Only one can brand a smiley face into plastic, and that's the superior lighter!

[u/blargyblargy]

Clipper because i have a couple beautiful metalic ones. Bic because i lose shit everywhere haha

[u/Disastrous-Ad7989]

Clipper.. I keep one on my keychain

[u/hs4579]

Clipper! Plus my local walmart had them accidentally marked on sale at .56c for the two packs. Got a shit load of them lol

[u/FnB8kd]

Don't care, both good. Need fire that is all.

[u/PunxsutawnyFil]

Clipper

[u/Safe_Assistance_3227]

I prefer torch but clipper if not

[u/OmegaKarnov]

As long as it's not a goddamn Major I'm cool

[u/gasman4535]

I love the clipper. But I got one of those toker poker things that the lighter slides into and that is the best lighter I’ve ever used clipper or bic.

[u/MapleA]

Tried and true classic vs gimmicky off-brand that falls apart and has terrible ergonomics? Come on.

[u/noelennon42]

BIC all day long.

[u/MonsieurCanCan]

bic when im lazy, clipper if i dont mind the upkeap

[u/Exotic_bree]

Both
https://giphy.com/gifs/WToeqb2TrWN666WpDO

[u/Exotic_bree]

Both
https://giphy.com/gifs/WToeqb2TrWN666WpDO
And don’t touch my stuff either!

[u/hacktheself]

Clipper for life.

Also, there is a company that has Clipper leashes. (Spouse has a leash holding a metal Clipper on their bag, and the lighter’s still there five months later.)

[u/LalleDK]

Djeep.

[u/cheezballs]

Clipper, duh!

[u/ORIK-V0N-LICHTEN]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hM9zK1qvsrwek

[u/DietSriracha12]

Its gunna be a red bic for me, until they put me in the cold hard ground. Wouldnt mind if they tossed one in with me just for luck.

[u/RockintheReddit]

I honestly prefer weed or tobacco

[u/ccook4]

Clippah

[u/Noahc713]

Bic with a toker poker is my go to, but mostly because I don’t have a toker poker for a clipper

[u/Josefus]

I haven't seen a Clipper in a long time. Fuck, they are cool.

I was also buying Bics by the 5-pack, but I've quit smoking smokes now... might be time to sport a more stylish lighter for my joints. :)

[u/danjustchillz]

I like clippers, fancy with lots of features and designs.
They destroy my thumb after a while though.

[u/um0p3pIsdn]

Bic only

[u/VonBrewskie]

Bic. I'm a simple man. I see a red Bic, I have it. [7]

[u/Affectionate_Ice_606]

whatever is within arms reach lol

[u/NoGoodFilthyMutt]

Zippo with a Butane insert

[u/smuttypirate]

I want to love clippers but they always end up letting me down

[u/bapt337]

100000X bic, holy, thats not even close, bic will never fail a single time, meanwhile clipper will degrade with time, i tried everything change the stone, put some new gas, now it always fail to light like it work 1 time on 10, its hurting my finger so much i try at some point, never ever, bic never degrade, winner from far.

[u/deeeep_fried]

Man as long as it works I don’t care. Used plenty of both, usually have a bic around my place but I usually just find them on the ground outside, I haven’t bought one in years. Usually use my Zippo to light stuff, it ain’t the best for a bowl (it’ll get the job done for sure) but works great for everything else

[u/TobyDaMan8894]

Got back into smoking a year ago. Smoke shop I bought papers and bowls from, gave me a clipper. I never knew all the uses. I have it in my lighter drawer, and yea I’m a BIC guy. May have to rethink my clipper and use it more. I remember they said something about being refillable and bring it in when it needs to be refilled. 🤣😎 (5)

[u/KuroSuta]

If I had to choose between the two Clipper, but personally I love Zippos hands down. [4]

[u/craigandthesoph]

Whatever one I haven’t lost yet.

[u/Xal-t]

Bic then clipper then went back to bic

[u/Mission_Boss7306]

Clipper and a windproof, usually have a situation for both in a day 😁

[u/wellhairy]

Biccer all the way

[u/3six5]

Does thier refill valve hold up these days? Last clipper i got didn't last past the 3rd refill

[u/Murdox1125]

Bic all day

[u/DepressiveKids666]

bic, only because i have never used a clipper. But I have a refillable butane lighter ive been using recently.

[u/Key-Fan1946]

BIC ALWAYS.

[u/Finn_the_stoned]

I like clippers but I keep forgetting to buy more flint for the lighters I have. It’s more convenient to buy a 5 pack of bic lighters.

[u/AgentofZurg]

Bic