But I still carry matches. There are times when a lighter has a hard time, for example when lighting a lantern. Sometimes it's nice to be able to have a long thing match that can go through holes and such. Also, when building a wood fire, sometimes it's nice to be able to angle that match up under things in a way that I couldn't with a butane lighter. YMMV.
HJ
I ran across a dandy refillable butane lighter with a retractable tube that nicely solves this problem. It is about the size of a standard Bic lighter when retracted. I believe, though, that if I had to light a traditional Coleman mantle lantern, I would still need a match or a long splinter. I still have a Coleman lantern, but it is semi-retired (like me); mostly I will be using LED lanterns in the next power failure.
Actually I am still nostalgic about carbide lanterns. They provided heat and light and were an absolutely guaranteed fire starter.
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