Friday, December 2, 2011

How old do you have to be to buy a ZIPPO?

Im 14 and am wondering how old you have to be to buy a zippo in Spokane Washington.


Also let me be clear im not a smoker and dont plan on being one.|||Buying a lighter isn't illegal.|||There's no legal age limit for buying a lighter. They are, after all, used for things other than smoking.





Keep in mind, though, that clerks/shopkeers don't have to sell it to you if they don't want to. If that happens, just go somewhere else.|||you can buy a zippo whenever you want. you can't buy lighter fluid for it til 18

Where can I get a zippo customized with an image of my choosing?

Is there any websites or companies that you know about where I can get a customized image engraved onto a zippo? I've searched everywhere for the type of zippo that I want (a plain chrome zippo with an engraving of a crow) but I can't find anything outside of the zippos with an image from the movie, the crow. so if anyone knows where I can find anything like what I'm talking about, I would greatly appreciate your response.|||If you have an image in mind, just search on 'custom zippo engraving' and you will find many sites on-line, like this one, that do custom engraving on zippo lighters:


http://www.findgift.com/gift-ideas/pid-4鈥?/a>

Zippo lighter slides out of casing easier than it should?

I have a Zippo windproof lighter and the actual lighter slides out of it's casing really easy and it's annoying. I know it's sliding out more than it should my friend's is harder to remove. Is there a way to make it stay in better? Something i can apply to make it stay and not slide? Thanks in Advance.|||Take the internal part out and squeeze the casing very gently with a pair of pliers. Put some masking tape on the outside of the casing so you don't scratch it. |||Take lighter out of case.


On bottom (end with cotton packing, where you refill it), use needle nose pliers and SLIGHTLY bend out a small section. Go slow and do a little at a time, testing the fit each time. If you go too much, bend it back in a little.

Is it normal that my Zippo smells a lot like lighter fluid?

Hey,


I bought myself a nice Zippo lighter yesterday. But I couldn't find any Zippo lighter fluid, so I just bought some no-name brand and used that. It works fine, but whenever I open my Zippo, it smells an awful lot like the lighter fluid... Is that normal?





Thanks!|||They always tend to smell a little, they use up fluid very fast which may be why you recognise the smell for.|||It's normal. Make sure to not overflow lighter with fluid.|||yeah it's a lighter, and as long as it lights, you need not buy Zippo fluid.|||Mine smells like diesel fuel.

Can anyone give me some history on my vintage Zippo Beechcraft Baron lighter?

I cannot find a date stamp anywhere on the case or the inner portion of the lighter. My grandfather received it with the purchase of his 60's twin-prop Beechcraft. It is a slim lighter branded with "Zippo" on the bottom of the case in a sort of handwriting script. The plane painted on the case is white and yellow, with black wing tips and pinstripes. I'm interested in how common or rare this lighter may be, and what sort of value it may hold.|||You can go to Zippos Web site. They use to have a nice guide on how to look up lighters and there age. I used it several years ago.

Can I carry my zippo lighter and cigarettes on a Southwest Airlines flight?

Can I carry my zippo lighter and cigarettes on a Southwest Airlines flight? I am leaving LAX to go to San Francisco.|||"nope, combustibles are on the FAA's banned list. You can however put them in your checked luggage and be fine."





This answer is wrong -- a lighter that has fuel in it may not be placed in checked luggage, according to the TSA. Nor are combustibles banned -- in fact, you are allowed to carry common lighters in carry-on luggage, such as a disposable lighter. The TSA also allows Zippos to be carried onboard, according the the second link.





The only way you can take your Zippo lighter with you on a plane, according to the second link, is to either carry it onboard with you (it can contain fuel), or to place it in your checked luggage, drained of fuel, in an approved case.





Your cigarettes are allowed onboard as well; however, you will only be able to smoke in designated areas.|||People really need to read the TSA web site. Cigarettes are fine either in carry on or checked bags - they not mentioned anywhere on the TSA web site.





Each person can carry on 1 (one) standard zippo or butane type lighter, and they can carry 1 (one) pack of safety matches. In their carry-on bag, into the cabin of the plane.





Torch style lighter - for pipes and cigars are NOT allowed, either as a carry-on item or in your checked baggage. Leave those at home.





Lighters are FORBIDDEN in checked luggage. If they leak, you have flammable liquid and/or gas in the cargo compartment. (Actually - you can put them into checked luggage IF and only IF they are either 1) empty of fuel, or 2) in a DOT approved case for transport of lighters - and I have no idea what one of those cases is or how you would get one.)





From the TSA website:


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Lighters without fuel are permitted in checked baggage. Lighters with fuel are prohibited in checked baggage, unless they adhere to the Department of Transportation (DOT) exemption, which allows up to two fueled lighters if properly enclosed in a DOT approved case. If you are uncertain as to whether your lighter is prohibited, please leave it at home.





One book of safety (non-strike anywhere) matches are permitted as carry-on items, but all matches are prohibited in checked baggage.|||Common ("Bic style") and unsealed ("Zippo style") lighters may only be carried on.


It's an American Airline restriction, but I wouldn't think they'd be too awfully different. I'm an AA flyer, so that's my only source.|||nope, combustibles are on the FAA's banned list. You can however put them in your checked luggage and be fine.|||no....9/11

Can I refill a Zippo lighter with lighter fluid from other lighters?

Need to refill my zippo for the first time, i know how to do it but was wondering if i can use lighter fluid from another lighter (a regular one)? Or do i have to buy some from a shop (I'm not old enough to buy them from the shop.)|||Only use petrol which is specially made for lighters less smell to say the least. Don't try to fill it with the gas type as the gas will just evaporate as you try to fill it.


If your too young to buy lighter fuel them you shouldn't be using one. By the way lighting a cigarette with a zippo sometimes gives of a taste to what ever you are smoking|||Regular lighter - any lighter fluid will do. Butane lighter, any butane lighter fluid will do. If you are not old enough to buy lighter fluid then why even have a lighter? Hopefully you are not smoking as that is just putting poison into your lungs.|||Drew;


Liquid lighter fluid only, nothing from a high pressure can.