Comment on Discussion Thread 🪁 Monday 7 July 2025

T156@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Smoke/vape shops will have quite a selection, places like the Reject shop will have some at the cheaper end of the market. Pay attention to how the item is refueled - you want the kind where you can get the injector refills from Bunnings in the bbq section. Cos those lighters are only good if filled with fuel. And the cheap ones tend to leak which can be a problem and a fire hazard.

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• SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Even for a smoker they’re not a great gift imo. I had a zippo that I never used as it smelled and needed filling too often.

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  • T156@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I see. What would have been a better fit in that case?

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    • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I agree with SaneMartigan in theory, but with gifts it’s really about the thought I reckon. For practicality purposes those lighters are not great - Bic lighters are cheap and are flawless. You can’t really improve on them too much. That said I’d appreciate a cool lighter as a gift anyway.

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• Pilk@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Do you mean a Zippo, or something else?

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  • T156@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think so? The metal clicky lighters you used to see in James Bond films and the like.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You can find them in those small shops in the centre of shopping centres that cut keys, fix shoes, engraving and stuff.

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    • Pilk@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I reckon you are thinking of a Zippo. You can buy them online but you probably want to gift it with a can of lighter fluid which you can only buy in person. Both are sold at smoke shops and often camping/outdoorsy shops.

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