Solo Storm works good for me.
I had to remove the limiting tab on the flame
adjustment screw to allow enough adjustment
to get a decent flame out of it. Works great even
in heavy rain and wind and will burn wet wood.
I think I paid about $10 online for mine.

-indy

Buy a cheapie BIC. It’ll work a whole lot better.

I use the windmill and haven't found anything better yet...

Anodized Aluminum Windmil:

http://outdoorsuppliesuk.com/windmill/anodized.html

Could someone explain just what these lighters are doing differently from a normal (less windproof) lighter? They use ordinary butane, so the gas pressure has to be exactly the same. Do they just burn fuel faster and use a taller windscreen around the nozzle, or is there more to it than that? They look like really nice lighters but I don't see why Bic can't be making lighters with comparable performance (if less coolness) in the two or three dollar range.

They burn like a torch, unlike a normal bic.

Found some links:

Info on the windmill


Many new models (to me)

Regards
Thomas

It seems most of these guys are waterproofed by an O ring, but people report there isn't a lot of pressure on making the seal. I wonder if lubing the O ring with silicone grease might help?

Thoughts?

-john

One of my lighters is a ZIPPO "wannabe" by the name of Blue Shield with a made in Japan (which these days is worth more than a Made in China.) label on the bottom. My two ZIPPO lighters are collecters items with one having 50's slash coding on the bottom, and the other one having nothing on the bottom. They are both advertising Zippoes, and I think one of them has a "Case"? tractor on it. Haven't looked at them in a long time, so the memory is kind of rough.

With the waterproof matches, the cotton balls, the "Marble's" brass match safes, plastic matchsafes with whistle, and disposable lighters, redunduncy goes without saying.

The Blue Shield stinks from fuel evaporation, and if you have to have it lit for any long period of time, the whole case becomes too hot to hold, but it is capable of taking on a number of fuels that require nothing more than pouring them into the cotton batting. The wick is long and wire wound so that if you can grab it from the top, it slides to the height you want. The cotton waddings formed cotton cover can be lifted up and spare flints can be stored in it, and the whole shebang fits fairly flat no matter where you want to store it.

And so I keep it for a cost of; free + $1.50 for a new 4" wick I just purchased two days ago and Couglands 9 flints for $ .87 (They fit and are half the price of Zippo 5-pack flints.) as the primary use unit because of the fuel versatility.

Bountyhunter

Solo Storm - had it for a year. Went camping with it but didn't realize I was almost empty and the result was a very low flame. Mind you I was using cheap Ronson butane which caused inconsistent burning. After I refilled with better quality butane and fine tuned the burner for my elevation (1900') she works like a charm. (Hey, I didn't know you have to fine tune the light for elevations - part of the reason why I had a smaller flame at 6000'.

I've not had a problem at all with the seal in simple damp weather but I haven't encounted a true dunking of the lighter yet.

The hotter more intense flame is more useful than a Bic for melting or igniting items, IMHO.

I just bought a Ronson butane lighter, $5 at TSC (Tractor supply company)So far it is awesome! solid strong flame, and tough outter caseing. But i have only had it for 7 hours so far !

Also Roarmeister, how do like your Ronson lighter? Better than Solos? - My Solo must be a defect because it is totally nonfuctional and a piece of junk!! <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />