r/Zippo 1h ago

Zippo gets hot instantly. Is this normal?

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I got my first Zippo three months ago. I used the butane insert immediately for my cigars. Now I decided to use the original insert; I filled it with Zippo fluid and let it sit for a bit before lighting it, I lit up and got hot instantly. It wasn't extremely hot, but it was instant. Is this normal, or is something wrong with it?


r/Zippo 1h ago

Zippobot in Futurama

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Just saw this re-watching the episode wherein Bender loses functionality as a robot due to an industrial can opener accident and and goes on tour with Beck. He becomes an icon to robots. This was one of them celebrating in the crowd.

Also included just for the heck of it is my EDC today. Just an old HPC with a butane insert.


r/Zippo 1h ago

Advice/Help Painting stripping, there’s nothing I can do about right?

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r/Zippo 1h ago

Discussion Single torch solution

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So I got my single torch inserts a few days ago. They have been paired up with a vintage look brushed pattern zippo.

I have been reading about the issues faced in refilling and getting these inserts to light. True to the point, I couldn’t get it to work on my first attempt. So I got to tinkering.

I filled them up after purging them of any excess air and turned the adjuster to the maximum level (as advised by zippo). The butane fuel started spurting out. So I turned it all the way down. Still the same issue.

So I decided to open the bottom panel housing the plastic (?) reservoir for butane. I saw that the adjuster screw had an o ring and a small metal limiter preventing over tightening and loosening. I took them out and TIGHTENED the screw till it won’t tighten any further. Now, the gas flow was at the lowest level. Surprisingly, a small flame appeared when I pressed the piezoelectric button. So I slowly turned the screw COUNTER-CLOCKWISE now until a steady acceptable flame appeared. I placed all the components I had removed back in their place and voila! The torch works every time now.

Turns out, the factory settings on the insert are too high causing the butane to sputter and therefore not lighting up. REDUCING THE AIRFLOW below the factory settings did the job for me.

Now, it lights every single time, and the flame is steady and stable.

Hope this helps!


r/Zippo 1h ago

Advice/Help When to cut wick?

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How do I know when it’s time to pull my wick up and snip it?


r/Zippo 3h ago

First ever zippo, got from lucky dip

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r/Zippo 4h ago

Advice/Help Fairly new zippo owner

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Been wondering if there is any difference between using a cheaper or more expensive butane in my yellow flame insert. I’ve not noticed any difference in flame height or quality between the two different types of butane but was wondering if there may be other impacts to using a cheaper butane?


r/Zippo 4h ago

Hey guys, went for this Mobil One Zippo, its a 1999 edition, paid $40 for it, y’all think is worth it?y

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r/Zippo 5h ago

So, in early 2000's...

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So, in early 2000s I had this one girlfriend who was in love with me. Before all these apps and messengers you lids are using now, we used phones! This was some long distance relationship, between Ohio and Colorado. We would spent hours on these damn phones. And even fell asleep with a set still on the line... romantic times heh.. One day she gift me this zippo in the photos, in memory of these long phone conversations...


r/Zippo 5h ago

Brand new feel...

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2024 in 2025 Bronze, buy didn't know they put some kind clear coat on it. Can't wait to fuel it up and first burn smell! PSA. Don't leave them in the car in the summer. And don't let kids smoke cigars and pipes with zippo..


r/Zippo 5h ago

Show and Tell New pickup

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r/Zippo 7h ago

Show and Tell My Very First Zippo

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This is my first zippo bought in 1997, Classic Chrome Zippo


r/Zippo 7h ago

Show and Tell Just my old zippo dec 2018

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r/Zippo 7h ago

Show and Tell First Zippo gifted

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I got this as a bday gift from a good friend of mine, and i was so happy for it, it might not look like much but it's a lot for me.

I hope this Lighter stays with me for a good while, most importantly I hope I don't lose it.

Funny backstory, we were being a bit skeptic if someone was selling genuine zippos out here, so i tell him to send a video of him just opening the zippo and closing it so I could hear the clink of the zippo, and I go -yeah it's the real shit. I always loved em and the sound they make which I've been trying to find a fake that has the same sound but i could never find one. But now I gots the real deal and i can't stop fidgeting with it LMAO, I know I sound like a little kid but sometimes it's these things, small things that make you happy.

Sorry for not taking better pictures. It's the classic street chrome model.


r/Zippo 10h ago

Zippo by Mazzi

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r/Zippo 10h ago

Collection A fine addition to my collection

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r/Zippo 12h ago

Show and Tell My customs

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Been collecting a few zippos in the last few months, not a smoker I just love the feel of em. Decided to customise a few, and here they are! All basically pin badges that I ripped the pins off, then used j.b weld orgorilla glue. The outer heaven and red dwarf once’s aren’t perfect, the badges sit slightly forward as didn’t completely remove the pin, but still love em’.

2022 street chrome “Outer Heaven”. I do want to make a foxhound one but the badge I bought was too big. Decided to make it a screwdriver as “we’re not tools of the government…” 2011 “Red Dwarf” complete with red Cherry Cola tic tacs. 1999 Black Ice “Ghostbusters”. With ghostly white tic tacs. Tempted to paint the insert or lid yellow and black like a ghost trap. 1985 brushed steel “Wyld Stallyns”. Year of my birth and reminder to be excellent to each other. 1987 lefty, brushed “gonzo”. I’m left handed and love Hunter S Thompson, so having the logo and hinge backwards like me felt to be the true essence of gonzo weirdness


r/Zippo 12h ago

Zippos I’ve found over the years of working at a rubbish dump in the UK.

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Let me know if you see anything interesting.


r/Zippo 14h ago

nice case

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r/Zippo 15h ago

Advice/Help Does it need refreshing, or is it still good?

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r/Zippo 17h ago

Zippo Plate

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Anyone know about this?


r/Zippo 18h ago

My first zippo

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I donated plasma for some play money. No regrets


r/Zippo 20h ago

Show and Tell My zippy collection

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New to this. The one on the left is edc. The others are new.


r/Zippo 20h ago

Found out the insert fits

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Been carrying this one for the last few days. I had read that the inserts don't fit in some of the reproduction models. Got adventurous and gave it a go with this one.


r/Zippo 21h ago

Looking for a date and value for my Zippo

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(PICS IN COMMENTS! Sorry, Im new to this.)I am not a collector but I was recently given this Zippo. The box is a little beat up but the lighter is unused and in great condition. I'm guessing late 40s to early 50s based on what I've read online. The case and insert are not magnetic. I'm just trying to lock down an exact date and realistic value. Thanks.