Im having a heck of a time just finding a polished chrome traditional zippo. Seems that everyone around my area scarfs them up the moment they hit the stores. I asked a lady at one store about this and she said that she keeps the engraving store nearby in business with polished chrome zippo lighters. :)<br>It seems to me that it is hard to beat a polished chrome zippo (or a Ronson until I can get a zippo). It IS hard to blow them out. They are quite water resistant. When you run out of fuel you still have a flint and a naptha soaked cotton (?...it looks like cotton). When you run out of flint you still have an improvised signal mirror. If nothing else you could tie a string to it and throw a line. <br>My grandfather carried one for over 50 years without a hitch. That right there tells me that they work.