Last Christmas I visited my brother in northern Alberta, where his family was living in a trailer and were building a house. Of course, it wouldn't be Christmas at my brother's if I didn't end up getting roped into building something <img src="images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> , but doing anything in a non-insulated wood frame at temperatures of around -30 is a challenge, to say the least. He had rented two propane heaters and had one of those piezo-electric barbeque lighters. Worked fine, until one day he made the mistake of leaving it in the house overnight; we found out that a piezo-electric lighter does not light if you leave it lying around at such low temps. And neither of us had so much as a paper safety match between us <img src="images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

I ended up driving to the convenience store to pick up a couple of books of matches; THOSE we left in the house from then on <img src="images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I have a piezo-electric mini-butane torch with a "refillable fuel cell" that I bought from Radio Shack. I think I tossed the "fuel cell"; it's basically a plastic Bic type lighter but without the flint/striker. I bought a couple of cheap disposable lighters the same shape and size and they work just fine. Plus, if the torch refuses to light, I can always pull it apart and use the lighter <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />