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Are lighters with wicks still used? I haven't seen them outside of antique shops? Rmhermen 21:17, Oct 20, 2003 (UTC)
Could someone add a bit about "match lighters"? Search ebay if you don't know what I mean. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.12.130.135 ( talk • contribs) 11:55, 25 February 2005
This article has been renamed after the result of a move request. violet/riga (t) 19:47, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
When was the lighter invented? --unsigned by 68.107.250.207, 19 June 2006
also who invented the bic lighter? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.12.165.254 ( talk) 17:33, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
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)
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
I've heard that there are some butane lighters that you can refill, however the lighter itself needs to be of a slightly (and more expensive) type, thus making them much less common.
~ender 2006-11-22 10:15:AM MST
--improperly signed by 68.110.171.226, 22 November 2006
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)
I think there should be a section about the history of lighter regulations. --unsigned by 75.31.100.15, 25 March 2007
Suggested content to add:
Butane lighters rarely use n-butane, but instead use mixtures of isobutane, n-butane, and propane. Butanesource.com for MSDS of many brands. — Preceding
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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)
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)
"As matches, lighters, and other heat sources are the leading causes of fire deaths for children,[5] many jurisdictions, such as the EU,[6] have forbidden the marketing of novelty or non-child resistant lighters."
Really? heat sources are the leading causes of fire deaths in children? thank god for this info, i thought maybe cold or slightly warm things might be what's burning our children (no offense to whomever wrote it, im sure they are perfectly intelligent and meant something else)
--unsigned by 204.210.142.134, 2 June 2008
--unsigned by 121.127.223.184, 25 August 2012
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)
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)
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)
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)
Could it be an idea to splice in the content from white lighter myth? That article is little more than a stub and is unlikely to grow any bigger. AkselA ( talk) 17:31, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
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)
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)
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
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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)
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.
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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)
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
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 Plasma lighter would then not go astray. Andrewa ( talk) 21:39, 19 August 2022 (UTC)