Talk:Lighter

message: Are lighters with wicks still used? I haven't seen them outside of antique shops? Rmhermen 21:17, Oct 20, 2003 (UTC)
: Second paragraph, line one.  See also, "Zippo." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.85.20.254 (talk • contribs) 23:22, 18 January 2005
:: Zippo lighters are still used often. Some use them for smoking because they prefer the taste, or just for nostalgia's sake. Others use them for generic purposes, or for tricks. They are, however, rarer than bics or newer variants. -- Idiot with a gun 22:02, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wicks 

message: *  Lighter (fire starter) → lighter – common household device would seem to take precedence over a variation of barge (and the needless expansion to lighter than air) —Mulad (talk) June 30, 2005 16:51 (UTC)
* Support — Pekinensis 30 June 2005 17:15 (UTC)
* Oppose, the barges are pretty common too. Gdr 4 July 2005 20:43 (UTC)
* Support violet/riga (t) 19:47, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 

message: How about adding a section on the various types of lighter flames. Isn't it a special metal in the head that burns with the flame changing the color to a green or red torch look? DMZ 20:26, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colored Flames 

message: I have noticed there are several sites able to show links to thier sites. However, I have been told Im not allowd to follow this practice. What is the requirement to have an external link from wikipedia? Thanks
webmaster of www.lighterpros.com
--unsigned by 65.89.233.107, 23 August 2006
: See: Wikipedia:External_links.  Wikipedia isn't a place for you to gain PageRank or sell lighters.  Buy some Adwords adverts if you want to do that. Richard W.M. Jones 09:21, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collectors of Zippos 

message: The explanation given in the article is for push button piezoelectric
lighters.I am looking for a picture or  diagram showing all the parts of a piezoelectric lighter 
however the photograph is of a lighter with wheel, which would be a "flint" (actually cerium-iron alloy) lighter. --88.153.11.135 16:40, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  how do lighters work? 

message: Suggested content to add:
* safety concerns (eg lighters shaped as toys, danger of whick lighters which don't go out when you let go of them, burning your eyebrows off when the lighter is set on 'high' and you are high so you think this is the correct setting for you...)
* zippos -- were they really invented for military use? Evidently they were popular in Vietnam and used for burning houses (or is that a myth?), but it says they were invented in 1932, so maybe WWII?
* disposal/environmental concerns: in most places it is illegal to throw them in the trash, but there is no other way to dispose of a broken lighter.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.86.56.101 (talk) 01:17, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add Content 

message: Im looking for some info on jet lighters, as I picked one up from the shifty looking guys under the Eiffel Tower, and need to refill it now. What do they run on? When were they first used?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.240.229.247 (talk) 20:56, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good luck with your request. As seen for "Match Lighter" it's probably not going to happen within the decade. :-( --BjKa (talk) 13:00, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jet Lighters 

message: But, to resolve a recent discussion with a friend - why do disposable butane lighters always have two chambers of fuel?  Something to do with maximising pressure?  The world wants to know!  --Ndaisley (talk) 17:47, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmmm, hadn't really considered it before...  It's generally a sort of baffle, open at the top and/or bottom, not a complete division of the tank.  My guess is that it is more a structural feature rather than intended to change the fuel's behavior.  Specifically the "bridge" between the sides reduces the area of unsupported tank wall, possibly making it stronger against crushing, bending, and/or bursting.  This is only my guess and a proper source should be found before anything goes into the article. --Dfred (talk) 01:31, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yeah i would agree that it would have to be to give it greater structural integrity, those things are weak, if through them against the ground and they'll explode.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.210.142.134 (talk) 00:39, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

text: The Bic lighter patent at https://patents.google.com/patent/US3447882 calls it a stiffener: "To insure that the casing will properly support the valve and flint support, as well as the head mechanism, a stiffener is provided in the form of a rib within the casing." --Belbury (talk) 19:33, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two chambers 

message: What is the hottest part of the flame in lighters, candles, bunson burners, etc.?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.208.0.39 (talk • contribs) 04:46, 7 July 2008
the little circle of air at the base of the flame or the whit hot tip are roughly the samd the coolest part is the fat part in the middle  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.12.165.254 (talk) 17:35, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hottest part 

message: The first time I ever saw this practice was during the Rolling Stones' Superbowl halftime show a few years back when LED penlights were passed out to the crowd instead of actual lighters.  When I asked about it I was told that back when dinosaurs ruled the earth they did used to use real lighters, and that the reason they did so was an application of 'safety in numbers.'  During a concert, all the police had to do was look out over the crowd for little flashes of light and bingo-- those were the people who were smoking pot during the concert. ;)  It didn't take long before people realized that if everybody held up lighters during the concert, whether they were taking a magic carpet ride or not, then the people who were would blend in to the crowd and get away with it.  The motivation was a mutual code of honor, you watch my back now, I'll watch your back later.  Anyway, I found that to be a little more interesting, and a little more controversial than the examples on the page now, so I thought I'd mention it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.166.219.136 (talk) 18:56, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternate theory regarding origins of lighters at concerts 

message: I was at my friends house and he took a bottle of something (something flammable used for his dad's grill) and sprayed it on the lighter and threw it and it blew up.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.215.87.36 (talk) 00:02, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Explosion proof 

message: I have added a sentence about how many people consider white colored lighters to be bad luck. Faethon Ghost (talk) 17:54, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I doubt that the added sources are proper for Wikipedia, especially with the phrase: "It is documented that 4 members of the legendary 27 club..." What follows is hardly "documentation." I also believe that the next paragraph is unsourced, original research bunk. TuckerResearch (talk) 03:46, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  White lighter myth 

message: There's a paragraph in the article about how the problems associated with match flares (giving away position) in the first world war lead to lighter development.  The cited source is here: http://www.bugstores.com/history_of_lighters.htm   Is there a better source?  I admit my "I'm dubious" light started flashing when reading that (surely a soldier who is worried about being seen would not smoke); is there a better source available for this statement?  Maybe something from a proper historian?  Thanks, --TeaDrinker (talk) 21:19, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I left the statement here pending discussion, but removed it from Fire since it is more tangential there. --TeaDrinker (talk) 21:23, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  WWI match flare history 

message: The article says Blaisdell invented the Zippo, that isnt entirely correct as it was a development of somebody elses design - paragraphs 2 and 3... http://www.zippo.com/corporateInfo/Zippo_Manufacturing_History.aspx?article=fb7471d5-7322-46f4-881f-08d8cfa64785  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.14.183.26 (talk) 12:26, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blaisdell didnt invent the Zippo 

message: Are butane fumes, as inhaled from cigarette lighters when using them for that purpose, addictive?
What are the affects of inhaling them unlit straight from the lighter? Is this like "huffing gas"?
Electric lighters have been in production for some years now; in almost every car they are 
conspicuously absent from the house and office. With the improvements in technology, a safe pocket 
lighter is available and affordable. It may be time to start promoting and advertising electric
with these issues advanced.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:5B0:2B79:5210:E42A:DA78:F931:398B (talk) 07:29, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  effects of gas inhalation 

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message: some mention of shipping restrictions seems appropriate
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2006/01/23/06-464/hazardous-materials-requirements-for-lighters-and-lighter-refills  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.51.147.76 (talk) 02:03, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  shipping restrictions 

message: The first mass produced Zippo butane lighters were manufactured from august 2007, with the name BLU. They had flint ignition. They can be mentioned as jet lighters, by their flame. 
 
Gmac4247 (talk) 13:02, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zippo butane 

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message: I would like to know about these, can't find anything on google. Wondering when and why they were first manufactured and if the blue light they have is U.V., a great cheap source to obtain a U.V. torch if they are.
Middle More Rider (talk) 17:04, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cigarette lighters with l.e.d. torch (flashlight) 

message: Article does not explicitly mention plasma lighters, but seems to discuss them here under the name Electric arc lighter and links to the reference
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a31133313/how-plasma-lighters-work/
which refers to them as plasma lighters in the text too. See also 
* https://www.amazon.com/plasma-lighter/s?k=plasma+lighter
* https://bestreviews.com/home/lights/best-plasma-lighters
I'll add something on this (unless someone else gets to it first... feel free). The section probably needs quite a lot of expansion. A redirect from  would then not go astray. Andrewa (talk) 21:39, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plasma lighters