~ ~ One of the mad cabbie’s favourite and most pleasurable pastimes is rolling up one of his wee “smokey joes”. (my daughter’s pet name for my roll-up cigarettes) OK, OK, I know that it’s a filthy habit, and bad for your health, but I think I’m entitled to do one thing in my life without a safety net! Cigarettes have to be lit to be effective in giving you a nicotine hit, and my cigarette lighter of choice right throughout my life has been a Zippo lighter. I hate matches, as they leave you with that horrible taste of sulphur in your mouth. Likewise, I resent paying out good money for these horrible gas disposable thingies, that ...  Read the complete review

Zippo are the ultimate lighter producers and have been making these iconic little wonders for years. The design is really clever, but rather simple, that's not a bad thing though. Sometime simple is the best! Basically, the lighter contains a resevoir where you place fuel, that is soaked up by cotton wool and a wick, which carries it to the top/lid part. This can then be ignited with the little flint that sits right next to the fuel soaked wick. The lid is the part that extinguishes the flame when needed, just by suffocating it. The build quality of these lighters is exceptional. The lighters are rather heavy for what they are ...  Read the complete review

Review of the Zippo Lighter. Zippo lighters have been around for many years and are renowned for being sturdy, durable lighters. The box-like styling is very traditional and functional in appearance. I have owned my brushed chrome Zippo for about 4 years now and overall, have been pleased with it. It was purchased for me as a gift. I am a smoker and usually use cheap, disposable gas lighters. The drawback with these is that the flint part often wears out before the lighter fuel is finished and is impossible to replace, leaving a frantic, frustrated smoker struggling to light up! To avoid the foul language and temper tantrums ...  Read the complete review

I don't smoke, never have done, never will but my dad smoked from about the age of 13. Thankfully he has given up now but back in the day he always had a zippo lighter with him. I remember being fascinated by these as a kid and loved to watch his smoke plumes go up in the air whilst sitting next to him. This was before the days when everything got politically correct and you weren't meant to smoke around kids, in restaurants, in airplanes etc. This probably explains my bad asthma but hey, never mind. A zippo lighter is a refillable, metal lighter manufactured by Zippo Manufacturing Company of Bradford, Pennsylvania, U.S. According to an article I read, George ...  Read the complete review

As far as lighters go, the Zippo is probably the most well-known iconic brand. There are so many different designs which make it a popular choice for gifts and souvenirs, in addition to be a fashionable item to own, but they don't come cheap. Zippo was born in 1932 as a product of the Zippo Manufacturing Company, patented in 1936. It secured a popular image and fan base amongst the military and gained credit from advertising in the 1960s, and has since remained a classic lighter. Initially, Zippos were dated by dots so you could identify the year of manufacture. This changed to slashes, then letters and Roman numerals, and later to Arabic numbers. ...  Read the complete review