My late Pap used one of these IIRC, and I've been curious about them. Have me a Zippo I seldom use, but no pipe lighter insert.

Any advice gratefully received, and thanks for your consideration. And where might I pick one of these up?


Cheers,

RR

Edit: just saw a thread below that might educamate me. But please chime in with any advice good or bad.

A Zippo with a pipe insert has been my principal lighter for many years. Burns cooler than butane, so chances of charring the top of a pipe are reduced. I do not think that they sell the inserts by themselves; I believe that you need to buy a Zippo with the pipe lighter insert already in it. Use Zippo fluid; it was reformulated a few years ago to remove traces of chemical tastes due to complaints by cigar smokers; the new fluid is excellent.

If you have a regular Zippo, you can send it to their factory and request a Pipe insert, which they do free of charge, I believe, and then send back your old insert too.

You can find new inserts on e bay for a good price. I find they save your rims from charring.

I have a bunch of Zippos with the pipe insert. They're all I use.

Agreed. Zippo with pipe insert is a great lighter and a classic.

Yeah, send them in and ask. I have done that several times. Any repairs needed, just ask. They might even do it automatically. I use matches if possible for the initial light. But then the Zippo works great after that. This new Zippo fluid only has a smell for a very brief time. Just let it burn a second and it's clean. The older fluid you need to light, wait a few seconds and then light your pipe.

I have four Zippos kicking around now. They do add to the tar buildup on top of your pipes. Just keep them clean or don't worry about it.

I've considered getting a butane pipe insert for a zippo.

The Victor butane insert works good for me.

The Vector butane insert works good for me.

http://www.wannalight.com/zippo-lighters---accessories.htm

I have a pipe zippo...I got it with a Peterson Dunagal....It has a beautiful Peterson case on it...looks great. The pipe insert? Eh. Tilt the zippo and it works the same. Bics work great as well.

I have 2 zippos with the pipe lighter insert they work very good but im always filling them. This week I bought a vector thunderbird from walker briar works with the pipe insert and it works great. You can also just buy the lighter insert that will fit in your zippo. It was filled when it came on Tuesday and its still going no refills yet my zippo I had to fill almost every day so +1 for the vector.