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Absolutely not, you should only use Zippo Lighter fluid. If you're in a pinch, Ronson lighter fluid works too.

I wouldn't recommend it because the lighter fluid is just a liquid and the normal jet lighter fuel is a compressed gas. Having the gas compressed forces the gas out with the perfect amount of pressure. If you just put a liquid in it, it will just sit there and not do anything; maybe if you pressurize it and then make it into a fine mist when it comes out then it might work, but it wouldn't be too practical because it would be cheaper to buy butane than mod your lighter.

Regular Lighter Identification Codes (See Note At Bottom For 1979)

1958 - Patent Pending • • • • - • • • •

1959 - • • • • - • • •

1960 - • • • - • • •

1961 - • • • - • •

1962 - • • - • •

1963 - • • - •

1964 - • - •

1965 - • -

1966 - I I I I - I I I I

1967 - I I I I - I I I

1968 - I I I - I I I

1969 - I I I - I I

1970 - I I - I I

1971 - I I - I

1972 - I - I

1973 - I -

1974 - / / / / - / / / /

1975 - / / / / - / / /

1976 - / / / - / / /

1977 - / / / - / /

1978 - / / - / /

1979 - / - / / 1979 - / / - /

1980 - / - /

1981 - / -

1982 - \ \ \ \ - \ \ \ \

1983 - \ \ \ \ - \ \ \

1984 - \ \ \ - \ \ \

1985 - \ \ \ - \ \

1986 - \ \ - \ \

1986 - G to L - I I

1987 - A to L - I I I

1988 - A to L - IV

1989 - A to L - V

1990 - A to L - VI

1991 - A to L - VII

1992 - A to L - VIII

1993 - A to L - IX

1994 - A to L - X

1995 - A to L - XI

1996 - A to L - XII

1997 - A to L - XIII

1998 - A to L - XIV

1999 - A to L - XV

2000 - A to L - XVI

2001 - A to L - 01

2002 - A to L - 02

2003 - A to L - 03

2004 - A to L - 04

2005 - A to L - 05

2006 - A to L - 06

2007 - A to L - 07

2008 - A to L - 08

2009 - A to L - 09

2010 - A to L - 10

In 1979 an error was made in the date code. One of the slash marks

was removed from the left of the Zippo trademark instead of being

removed from the right; thus the code read: / //. This date code error

was corrected within the same year to read: // /

Effective July 1, 1986 the dot and slash system was replaced by year /

month code. Year is noted with Roman numeral; letter designates month

(A=January, B=February, etc.)

Beginning in 2001, the Roman numerals indicating the year were

replaced with numbers corresponding to the last digits of the year

of manufacture.

Bradford Pennsylvania

in Australia, you can be any age to buy Zippo lighter fluid.

im 14, and so is my boyfriend, and we bought a zippo and zippo fluid yesterday,

so all good.

if you throw it at the ground hard enough it will explode otherwise all it can do for you is make a spark..... save it for when u get lost in the wilderness ?

During the 2007 75th anniversary celebrations, Zippo sold a near mint 1933 model for $37,000.

You can buy it at most grocery stores and convenience stores (it will be behind the counter) or any cigar or smoke shop.

All depends on how old it is and how good of condition it is in, but a brand new zippo usually sells anywhere from 19.99-29.99 for a regular one, but zippo blues are selling all the way up to 60 dollars.

well really it depends on oh much you use it but im sayin maybe bout 2 weeks

There is no age limit to buying lighters. You can be 2 years old to buy one HOWEVER, it is the stores decision to sell it to you. You have to be 18 to buy butane products, and lighter fluid, BUT, lighters such as the average BIC don't use butane. There is a law stating you cant sell cigarette paraphernalia to minors, and lighters don't fall under that category. So, basically there is no age limit to buying lighters in the UK.

I would guess you can, a good way to check (Insert Legal Disclaimer Here) is to soak some cotton wool or a ball of toilet paper in the fuel you want to check and either spark it or see how easy it is to set it on fire. The alcohol you use, ideally needs to be above 40 percent volume (Pure Alcohol, Vodka, Schnapps, Gin, Whiskey, Rum etc.)

To start fires.

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First you need to identify which type of fuel cartridge you need. You can determine this by looking inside the cap you screwed off to expose the fill valve. The inside of the cap will be color coded red, gold, blue, or green. Use a Dupont refill cartridge of the corresponding color. You can refuel a Dupont lighter using a steady hand and a regular butane cannister, but I don't recommend it. I broke the valve on one of mine that way after successfully refueling it for over a year. I was traveling a lot, and had a hard time finding Dupont fuel cartridges, so I got in the practice of using whatever butane I could find. Don't do this. Even if you've got practice at it, you'll probably break your lighter eventually and they're expensive to fix. There are metal screw-in adapters available, which will work just fine, too. Again, these are coded as to the type of lighter indicated by the color under the fill cap.

So, once you have either a metal adapter or a Dupont cartridge that fits your lighter, remove the fill cap, lightly press down on the valve stem to release any remaining gas and air which may have leaked in, and then firmly screw in either the gas cartridge or the adapter. If you're using a gas cartridge, simply let it sit until the cartridge is visibly empty, and then quickly unscrew the cartridge. The cartridges are single use, and your lighter is now refueled. If you're using an adapter, use a butane can with a cone shaped plastic sleeve over the valve stem, and press firmly against the hole in the adapter. Fill until butane begins to leak around plastic sleeve, remove the butane can and quickly unscrew the adapter. Some people recommend freezing the lighter first, by placing it in the freezer for several minutes. The theory is that a cold lighter will allow a larger amount of fuel in before the pressure balances against the remainders in the cartridge. I haven't found this to actually give any benefit. If more fuel is successfully transferred to the lighter this way, it's a very small amount and doesn't make a significant difference.

When refueling, it's also a good time to check your flint. Running a flint too short can result in pushing the flint ram against the striker and cutting a groove in the flint ram. It'll still work after you've damaged the ram in that way, but it's a preventable bit of damage and really annoying should you accidentally do so.

If it is a case lighter (that is a Zippor or Ronson) that is unfilled, you are able to purchase it at any age. The hazardous materials act of your state will give you information about purchasing lighter fluid or disposable lighters in your state. It is not illegal to own a case lighter, it is just illegal to own the materials to make it work.

Federal law prohibits the sale of lighters to anyone under 18 years old.

It probably depends where you are , or where you go I bought some from a Shell gas station and I'm only 15 years old so if you cant somewhere you can always just search around for a place that will sell it to you.

Slide the lighter body out of the lighter case, by pulling on the wick cage. With the lighter body upside down squirt lighter fluid into the fiber packing in the lighter until saturated. Reassemble the lighter body into the lighter case. Let excess lighter fluid evaporate before using the lighter.

any lighter fluid, except for bic lighter fluid

when you light it it migt catch on fire and explode or it just wont work depending on the model the age or the authenticity (whether or not its fake) lorenzo^_^

Beattie Jet Lighters were made from the mid-1940s until 1961.

The jet lighter was first invented by London-based Guy S. Barker in 1929. He filed his U.S. Patent on November 5th, 1930 and was granted his patent on January 17th, 1933. Inventor William E. Evans, who worked for the Waterbury Lock and Specialty Company of Milford Connecticut, created a refined design based on Barker's original work. Evans filed his patent on August 25, 1939 and was granted a patent on May 20, 1941. Yet a third jet lighter design was created by Francis Leslie Phillips who received his patent approval on December 30, 1947. Phillips design is almost an exact duplicate of Evans' earlier design.

It is possible to differentiate earlier Beattie Jet lighters from later versions by both the patent number(s) listed on the lighter and by the typography engraved onto the lighters' bottoms. Earlier lighters list Guy Barker's patent number: 1894300

Later versions list both the Evans patent number (2242906) and the Phillips patent number (2433707). Oddly, some Phillips-designed lighters with a reservoir fill screw on the bottom list the Barker patent number and not the Phillips number.

Sometime prior to 1944, the patent rights to manufacture the Beattie Jet lighter were acquired by Robert W. Beattie of Brooklyn New York. Beattie, who grew up in Upstate New York in the Long Lake area attended the Manual Training High School, an engineering and technical school where he developed an appreciation for ingenuity in invention. Though the Beatties lived in Brooklyn where they operated a pre-school, Beattie and his wife, Elvira, owned and operated a summer camp - Camp Beattie - located on the west shore of Long Lake. The camp is no longer in operation; it has become a private residence. Robert Beattie was also apparently an early marketer and/or distributor for the original Jet lighter made in England.

The Beattie Jet Lighter was produced in nickel plate, chrome plate, engine-turned chrome, heavy silver plate, heavy gold plate, and in solid sterling silver. One could buy them encased in lizard, morocco, and pig skin leathers. Prices ranged from $6.95 to $49.00 for the solid sterling models. A desk model in either morocco or pigskin was sold for $11.95.

Champ also produced the Champ Jet Stream lighter (c. 1950) which was essentially the same, as did Lord Chesterfield (c. 1955) and MasterCraft Spit Fire (c. 1955). Rogers produced the Rocket Flame Lighter in Japan (c. 1958). The Jet lighter, made in England and marketed by Robert Beattie, was probably the oldest - patented in 1929.