Interesting 1930's Lighter Uses Platinum & Catalytic Reaction "Self Starting Lighter"

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[@missan1]

This works by reaction of the methanol (CH3OH) into formaldehyde (CH2O) by catalytic conversion as you mentioned. The reaction produces energy (heat) and thus the methanol is lit. Just in the off chance that you actually wanted to know the chemical reaction behind this.

[@cutlerylover]

Elias Olsson Thanks for the details

[@xxxCawsomenessxxx]

Elias Olsson Your smoking formaldehyde vapors?

[@DangerousTr33]

No he's smoking tobacco

[@missan1]

SuperAwesomeGuy Only a very small amount turns into formaldehyde, like a tiny amount of the vapor which is immediately expelled when the flame is lit. And once the flame is lit the formaldehyde conversion stops equaling no danger to formaldehyde exposure.

[@missan1]

cutlerylover Seeing as you liked that bit of info you might want to hear catalytic reactions explained, I myself find chemistry very interesting. A catalytic reaction is a reaction which normally takes place, but with a material (in this case platinum) which accelerates the reaction greatly. For example, methanol is turned into formaldehyde by just letting it sit. But this is only a tiny, tiny amount. Introduce the platinum catalyst and boom you have a large amount of methanol being converted to formaldehyde, thus creating heat. chemistry is amazing. Bonus: The heat is actually energy displaced from the bonds in the molecule itself. Methanol to formaldehyde conversion is actually methanol becoming formaldehyde and hydrogen gas. The formaldehyde and hydrogen having weaker bonds than the methanol leaves the difference in the strength of the bonds to be dispelled as energy. CH3OH ---> HCOH + H2 + ENERGY Sorry for the brutal wall of text, I'm just trying to get you into another hobby.

[@Heliosaurus]

Columbine spirits... Well that got dark quick

[@Wubbadubbadubdub]

right!!

[@Kevin-rc5ec]

Exactly my thought! Hahaha

[@nicholasappleyard8817]

Hahaha it can't be dark that joke deffinalty worked

[@Van-tastic]

Says “columbian spirits”... but ok, reading is a choice I guess

[@Van-tastic]

@Preston Newcomb 2:49 ... Go ahead and press pause and have a quick read.

[@jasonjohansen5192]

Uses spirits of ghosts from several decades later, talk about ahead of it's time 😲

[@pirobot668beta]

Try adding a small amount of Boric acid to the methanol...ghostly green flames, easier to see! While I can't vouch for the safety of lighting a stogy with green fire, the color is nice! BTW, acetone vapors will react with copper in much the same way...

[@nerd_world8919]

Greg Gallacci you can also use copper for the same effect, I’d recommend not burning anything you’re going to consume/breath in due to safety concerns

[@danielw.2554]

Interesting... thanks Greg!

[@truthsRsung]

Greg Gallacci..... If you are going to throw around chemical reactions like that, why don't you put a little bit of effort into researching the chemicals produced by them and note them with your suggestions. You are as dangerous as this clown who can't read the directions even when he is reading the directions. Reality check... this device is used to inhale vapors thru an organic carbon. You can't be adding chemicals willy nilly, just because it looks pretty, and NOT mention the dangers. Could you imagine what would be in makeup if we all used your reasoning? Try n be a little smarter next time you post.

[@danielw.2554]

@@truthsRsung Jesus lighten up he said he couldn't vouch for the safety of it aka he's not reccomending people to try it out

[@truthsRsung]

Daniel W..... No.

[@rustyfox2794]

Thanks for such an informative video. My grandmother had an old gas stove lighter (it was old even back in the 1950s). It was a single thicker wire with a bead on it, and it 'magically' lit the town gas (coal gas) in the stove. It needed to be held in the flames until it all glowed every now and again, and that kept it working well. I've wondered for years what it was, and now I know. Now I just need to find what it was called so I can try to buy one!

[@blackviper9392]

Don't think it says Columbine spirits lol

[@philiplandon5988]

Lol I caught that too

[@Humma_Kavula]

Black Viper It says Columbian Spirits. Woah, big difference there. Just had to be that guy, eh?

[@blackviper9392]

***** By "that guy" you mean the guy who made a few people laugh...then yea I am that guy

[@Humma_Kavula]

Black Viper Jeez, that's some ego lol

[@GetTheFO]

***** I'm not putting words in your mouth in any way. I am describing virtues that Black Viper is not displaying, and thus that you have no reason to be prissy with him for stating the grammatical correction. And obviously you still have some more relaxing to do, as you felt the need to get annoyed, (Your first comment most definitely shows annoyance), by B.V.'s correction.

[@Marwie94]

The platinum doesnt react with the methanol, but it acts like a catalyst, allowing the oxidation of methanol (using oxygen as the oxidizer) to happen at a lower temperature (lower activation energy). The platinum doesnt react itself. But nevertheless, supercool lighter!

[@Marwie94]

***** Curse of the chemistry student, I guess!

[@jakeevans7075]

Nakmus i am with you there

[@GrassPossum]

The majority of people watching this don't even realise this is not ignited externally that it is in fact a catalytic reaction producing ignition temperatures for alcohol vapours.

[@kleetus92]

@@crunch9876 He turned him into a newt... He got better though!

[@alexsalunas5042]

So it reacts

[@ARCSTREAMS]

what a beauty little light,,even the box it comes in looks vintage ,,i got a 20 year old imco 6600 im still proud of

[@orbnaes]

That was me who sent you said message! Am I cool now?

[@orbnaes]

***** and heres where I found out about it, if anyone is curious. watch?v=8gFqzbnUO-Y

[@TylerRaber]

***** you can post links now that switched to google+

[@cutlerylover]

***** YES Im sorry I forgot who it was, but yes sir it was your message that made me addicted to trying this out for myself, lol for once a viewer cost me money!!!! hahaha

[@Neffins]

cutlerylover Damn, now the dude feels bad because you spent money because of him. Nice going Jeff!

[@jacobeaglin1162]

Yes my son you are cool now

[@MordusdepleinairQuebec]

3 years later this pops in my recommended videos, remember enjoying your content

[@TedGNE]

That is one of the coolest lighters I've ever seen. Thanks for showing that!!!

[@al-moutaz-billah]

I think you are the first KZbinr i saw with a clipped clean nails, go ahead man, Thumbs Up.

[@SupaFlyFatGuy859]

DUDE!!!!! LOL That is the coolest damn thing I've ever seen!!!!!

[@HRHooChicken]

+SupaFlyFatGuy859 I thought it was pretty shit. Arc lighters are cool though

[@truthsRsung]

SupaFlyFatGuy859.... You should get out more.

[@vitabricksnailslime8273]

I've been looking for a desk model of these for years, and have only ever seen one. That was in a friends secondhand shop. It looks kind of like one of those ashtrays with the spinning top. But oh so cool when you pull out the "match" and it's instantly alight. Humphrey Bogart has one in his office in The Maltese Falcon, but you'll have to be on the ball to spot him using it.

[@Xxxero42]

Fragility aside, that is really cool.

[@Kolby9241]

I saw your comment on a video 10 years ago on a guys video. You've wanted one since 2008. That's a good time sitting on it.

[@finnishrapper2479]

Im not a ligher type of guy but that is definitely very cool!

[@TheRealBmanswan]

And now suddenly I've picked up the interest in collecting vintage lighters.

[@snowman9555]

"Basically" and "literally" are the top two trending words.

[@robopuffs]

Basically you're literally telling the truth.

[@SC-dt4ij]

And ummm

[@SpudEater]

Is Chris Trager from Parks and Rec searching youtube? Lol

[@cucaracha6365]

Like

[@truthsRsung]

snow man.... "Virtually" is bangin on their door.

[@jblack5728]

That is just awesome man. Never knew that would happen. Stuff like this makes me wonder how they figured out that this would work, sure by accident but still it's awesome.

[@DG-AI777]

Coolest thing I've seen all week!

[@fpfree8821]

Amazing, I found one of these stashed in a wardrobe two yrs ago when cleaning out my grandpas house after he passed away, at the time only thing I could find was one in a museum somewhere. Now this popped up randomly as a recommend video for me on YT. Dunno why but it did. Cheers

[@jdisdetermined]

That’s your grandpa saying he’s thinking about you.

[@Pizzscn]

That's super cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@enigmatical9]

Nice seeing you here.

[@fahimshahriyar2801]

One of the best lighter i ever see!!!

[@GadgetsCrafts]

methanol is highly TOXIC, and the reaction produces formaldehyde which is toxic as well, but it is a very interesting concept to see.

[@PatrickBaptist]

Awesome way to light up a gar then eh?

[@GadgetsCrafts]

hhhhhh indeed

[@LiborTinka]

It's not that much toxic, certainly not the vapors. Methanol is normal metabolite in the body, unless you drink it you are OK.

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

Cigars and specially cigarettes are also highly toxic, I only use lighters to light fires in wood sticks when I’m camping

[@ronaldowens5025]

Burning tobacco creates formaldehyde so👍

[@richschwartz8004]

Super cool old technology. Thank you for sharing. God bless and stay safe.

[@kona702]

"ColumbIAN" Also this is not even remotely similar to a CAT in your car. Only they both use a catalyst to do "something." But the mechanism and purposes are like night and day.

[@CadillacJak]

Yeah totally different the emissions coming out of the car react to platinum and it burns alot of the harmful exhaust gas before it goes to the atmosphere.

[@CadillacJak]

Platinum reacts to car exhaust like a chemical reaction

[@boojietoojie9564]

Exactly I dont think this guy even knows what a catalytic converter is or does

[@truthsRsung]

The platinum in a cat initiates the ignition of unburned fuel leaving the engine after the combustion process. These are carbon based chemicals like methanol, ethanol, etc. The other "harmful emissions" that an internal combustion engine might produce would be products of your engine management system failing to burn a correct mixture of fuel and air at the correct temperature at the correct time. If the "Check Engine" light is off (oversimplified), your engine won't be producing much in the way of harmful emissions. That said, even tho this guy can't read directions even when he is reading them, he is correct when he says that the platinum in a catalytic converter is performing like his pocket bomb's filament and ball. I take it CaddilacJack is an honorary title? Like an uncle that really isn't an uncle?

[@truthsRsung]

CadillacJak.... What emissions do you mean, specifically?

[@remysan]

So just a platinum filament reacts with the alcohol? Interesting for sure, thanks for the post!

[@janefarr5245]

This was a really cool video. I learned something new today

[@joephillips6504]

saw this on applied science, and i had a feeling this was what you were talking about when you teased it in your last video. awesome job love the videos

[@WezleyB]

Pull the cap at the gas station and see what happens...

[@WezleyB]

hmmmm, have you seen the video where a guy flicks his lighter when filling his car, and the air around him burst into flames? it all depends on the o2 to fuel ratio...

[@vincentm.2458]

WezleyB you said "at the gas station" not "at the gas station while near a car while you were filling it with gasoline."

[@Bob5mith]

***** Lit cigarettes won't do anything but sparks or open flame will light any fumes that might be around.

[@Bob5mith]

***** Every gas station I've pumped gas at, without the suction hoses. It doesn't take as much fumes as you think, either. I'm going to guess you've never used gasoline to light anything before, or walked through a gas station with a lit flare.

[@compwiz00]

+Winstonsees Every single gas station I've ever been to. Sometimes I can smell them from a block down wind, but that's rare.

[@bufordmcnairy8175]

WoW, 1930's.. That's getting close to 100 years. 100 year's is what was one time considered old... Thanks for sharing this. I had no idea anything like this was ever made.

[@JukesMcGee]

Looks like something out of fallout :)

[@kainebishop3970]

So does everything from the 30s-50s. -_-

[@brandondonovan1383]

+Kaine Bishop lol

[@robopuffs]

I'm from 2037 you?

[@zuxyr]

What a fucking idiot lmao

[@pierre5325]

Hi cutlerylover, what a surprise to see this again! (the lighter) I bought several while I was in Japan (1964) for 100 yen. (about 35¢) pierre (from N.M.)

[@adriandeveraaa]

I accidentally google Columbian Spirits as Columbine Spirits and the first link was "Columbine High School Haunting, Calorado - Anam Paranormal" ):

[@ChristopherTradeshow]

I laughed im sorry

[@samking73]

That's how he said or pronounced. I thought that too until I paused the vid and read it myself.

[@richardmcginnis5344]

i love my zippo lighters. i have just started to collect them i have 8 zippo lighters a beatty "jet' lighter and a few old ronson'si also have a zippo magnifying glass from the 1978 union conference in washington d.c., and a few old gumball machine (zippo style) lighters. and the search continues

[@iamjustaman444]

You don't want the Columbine spirits, they'll haunt you with the question "Do you believe in god?" Too soon?... Sorry I had to when you said Colombian spirits as "Columbine spirits" xD Nice lighter & thanks for sharing it with us!

[@DamasKriss]

@Michael Persico what do you believe in then?

[@Bluemilk92]

How many people find this interesting? I find this amazing. To rephrase, my "taste" in information, makes this as amazing as rennet, and quantum theory videos. As awesome as gunpowder, and game design. How much does this impress the average person? I'm not sure why I consider the fascinating , but I do.

[@LightLivingEst80]

I could agree with you, and I do.

[@pirates5725]

I want to purchase this product

[@rafterrafter5320]

Send a check or money order to the address bellow plus shipping and handling; sorry no (COD)!😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@domsartino6446]

For reference, picked up a well used one of these on eBay for $35. Couldn't tell from the pictures if the compressed platinum is still in tact, but the wires are there. I figured it was a $35 gamble and if it doesn't work, I was bidding against a few other folks. I can always throw it back on there. Beautiful specimen in this video. Also very informative. I was wondering what I would need to do to replace the wick. Question answered!!!

[@jochloch3331]

Buy some heet, it’s way cheaper and pretty much pure methanol

[@NathanRyan1234]

Nice Tech, I have never seen anything like that lighter. Thanks Jeff.

[@Brad.Lancaster]

Columbian spirits... not columbine....

[@cameronblaze92]

Hey bro thanks for the video it was awesome and very interesting I love old stuff like this cheers.

[@LTMknights41]

columbine? you mean co-lum-be-an or columbian

[@kleetus92]

That white powder is a totally different catalyst and will burn your entire life down.

[@danielw.2554]

@@kleetus92 or more like burn down your school ;)

[@MrJtagSupport]

It’s pronounced either col-am-bine for UK/British and co-lam-bine US. Look it up.

[@kleetus92]

@@danielw.2554 I was going more with the cocaine taking over your life vibe, but I got ya!

[@KurtRichterCISSP]

@@MrJtagSupport The word on the box in the video is Columbian, as in 'from Columbia'...

[@johng3422]

Back in the '70s some friends and I were exploring an old abandoned farmhouse and we found three of these in a drawer, just like yours new in the box. We each took one home with us and like you I had no idea what Colombian spirits were and this was long before the internet. So I went up to my local druggist and asked if he knew what it was. He gave me kind of a funny look but he told me it was Wood Alcohol. I can't remember exactly but I think my dad got some from the local hardware store. We got them all to work. None of us had ever seen or heard of anything like this. I still have mine stuck away in a box of trinkets I saved from my childhood.

[@IITECHxNiNEII]

Dude, okay. Great video. However, you used lighter fluid and paint thinner to get this wicked old antique lighter to work? Dang man that's not good. lol. Why wouldn't you just wait?

[@t0talschad3n]

no?

[@marcellemay7721]

Wait for what?. He said he tried it before he read the box. Once he read the box, he realized he was using the wrong stuff, then he ordered the right stuff.

[@IITECHxNiNEII]

Marcel LeMay lol PAINT THINNER? If he didn't know that you shouldn't use that in an antique then we may have a problem. But no I'm just saying I would of thought anyone buying one of those after looking very hard to find and bid on one would just be sure to absolutely read and researched everything before trying to get it going. But To Each Their Own.

[@marcellemay7721]

@@IITECHxNiNEII lol 😂 , at least he didn't try putting glue in it!

[@2stroke4me]

Cool! Model glow-engines work by the same catalytic reaction. Very efficient; under pressure the fuel (methanol, nitromethane and oil) is ignited up to 40.000 times.

[@MrSonnyfy]

Columbine spirits Jesus christ

[@probablynotabigtoe9407]

Do the Truffle Shuffle

[@hutchtv7640]

@@probablynotabigtoe9407 Bob fuckin saget beats me to it........ wow what a day

[@Trev0r98]

Right? You can't make this sh*t up.

[@dennisp.2147]

*Columbian* he mispronounced it.

[@suerte03211978]

@@dennisp.2147 , yep. He's 'murican. He can't read.

[@vincentsubmarinismo774]

That's a beautiful piece, and so interesting, great find.

[@effteisme]

4:16 me when I pull up in the new foreign whip to the house party

[@Chilling4Shillings]

You can't pull up in a whip. A whip is a leather tool used to herd livestock. A car is not a whip

[@PaladinOfSpirit]

Dale Gribble wow you’re fun at parties

[@Chilling4Shillings]

@@PaladinOfSpirit you don't have to be a moron to be fun. A car is not a whip. Only retarded crack babies call cars whips.

[@eatfacer8993]

@@Chilling4Shillings You don't have to be an asshole to be racist either.

[@str1xt]

Found this in my recommended. Really cool gizmo

[@adamchristie5574]

bruh ITS LIT

[@Shino-lr2wi]

Badum tstsss!!

[@MyCatInABox]

I realize this is an older video, but....STILL cool as hell.

[@coreymarshall6014]

SECRET WAKANDAN TECHNOLOGY!!!!1

[@killerpoopguy]

Knew it was gonna be this! I just refilled my two styles todays!

[@gregahunt]

buddy, i appreciate your videos but you should slow down when you read things. many times you don't read properly or pronounce the words you're reading correctly.

[@kleetus92]

I'm not your buddy, guy.

[@OohzyJohnDow]

Maybe he is slightly dyslexic?

[@rafterrafter5320]

Oh please , potatoes potahtos; tomatoes tomahtos!😂

[@kroneyt1493]

Guys, when he pronounces "Columbian Spirits" as "Columbine Spirits", I'm not surprised people are kinda weirded out. I thought it was fucking hilarious but still.

[@bodeine454]

It would have been nice if he'd have held the box with the directions and what kind of fuel to use up to the camera for more than a half a second so that we could have read it in real time!

[@nicktydeman1]

I just bought a lighter at the market, it's brass coloured and made from wire. Its bent into shape for a handle and then coiled into spring at the top. Which holds a replacable element that looks similar to your video. It's made by a company called Goldflash. I can't find anything online about it. I wonder if you've heard of it?

[@Jawst]

Perhaps Trench art? During the war many soldiers used to make brass ammunition casings to make lighters and other things like ashtrays

[@mymicrowave]

columbine spirits

[@remysan]

Booga booga, I wanna diplomaaa

[@theinstitute1324]

@@remysan More like GED

[@buddyblair8878]

I've seen that lighter before. My dad got one for Christmas.

[@tilendynaguy4895]

I can't believe "at the time I watched this" 106 people disliked this video 🙄 unless your kid burned your house down with one of these🤭, you lost the bidding war on eBay🤬 or you're mad😤 he got a n,o,s lighter from the 30s and lit it😢. I don't understand😔. The guy is showing you something you've probably never even seen, 😕 What's the dislike about that. Well, I'll give you a like 👍 And I'll even subscribe Thanks for the show n tell

[@enixine1266]

dislike

[@Meekerextreme]

110 now because of your comment I changed mine from like to dislike, how do you feel now?

[@enixine1266]

@@Meekerextreme good job brother

[@tilendynaguy4895]

@Teddy Ytt apparently you're that person👏 congratulations Aren't you special

[@davemarx7856]

@Teddy Ytt I think it's more telling when a person recognizes the existence of such people and doesn't denounce such nonsense. People who press dislike "just cuz" are the same people who destroyed the Hashtag System. Or use dead people's identities to fudge elections. It's just a person destroying systems meant to codify information and present a general form of feedback. What's the point? It's anarchism for absolutely no reason besides self satisfaction. Every time someone clicks dislike "because", they're essentially tugging on their flaccid penis like a 5 year old.

[@sammyhooligan803]

Nice little lighter. Seems like it could be used in emergency or if it's only item needed for lighting a stove or outdoor camping cook stove. Thanks for video, never seen or heard of this, 👍

[@pek5117]

typical American, cant go 5 mins without mentioning columbine

[@garyanderson7989]

Somewhere in my stuff, from years ago...I found a Jet lighter... that fires off a straight 2-3 inch flame, for lighting pipes... allowing the flame to shoot downward into the pipe.

[@vitabricksnailslime8273]

Just a comment regarding the "burning off" of the wire. Make sure that you use a clean flame. Propane is good, matches and butane not so good. One of the biggest killers of pocket warmers is using a dirty flame to heat the catalyst. Soot builds up and efficiency drops. Eventually it stops working altogether. This can generally be cleaned off, but this depends on the catalyst design.

[@florianju5638]

Really cool! Never these existed. Thanks for showing :)

[@mrcomenttoe2009]

Talk about technology ahead-of-its-time what an amazing lighter

[@TonedMars]

So awesome. I just worked on a 1914 ford with acetylene headlights! Very dangerous but extremely cool!

[@dandaniels851]

Yep, I love it👍🏻 and thanks for the really good and clear to understand video. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

[@richfuller]

Found a justrite lighter with patent date feb 21 1922, 3 tins of half and half, several briar pipes and stems, two completely rusted pistols, and a rotting deck of cards dated to 1917 at a collapsed miners cabin at 9000 feet. Fun stuff.

[@Barnekkid]

I once had stove lighters like this with the black ball suspended from fine wires. Difference is the wire arrangement was at the end of a wire holder attached to a wooden handle.

[@MrWayneploof]

I like to collect lighters and I have a lot of zippo lighters and many others but I have never seen anything like this one. thank you for the video

[@davidshaw380]

The pyro in me gets all excited thinking about this:-) Like, platinum screen, on a super soaker😈

[@abyssflight3907]

I bought me one of these after watching the video, I use HEET as the fuel which can be bought for $1.60 a bottle at a department store in the automotive section.

[@sceptic2061]

And this is where the trend of playing with lighters started! This is way cooler than igniting due to spark! I can imagine everyone playing with it, while survival of the fittest blinded those who were sniffing on the vapors in between. 😁

[@squarepusher645]

coolest mini box and lighter in my life.

[@mdjunior5197]

I seen a box full of them in a now destroyed corner store. That store was old I was exploring it because it was vacant.

[@NicholasAarons]

Sweet Lighter Jeff Really Really Cool. Keep up the great work. N.

[@alexgeorge2993]

wow, never heard or seen such a lighter as this before, Thanks man, love the vids!

[@jasontruman1215]

I have one of these!!!! It was in a box of my grandpas stuff

[@Sho81]

Since you collect lighters and smoke pipes by chance do you have a Nimrod pipe lighter? To explain for those who don't know it is a metal tube basically that you pull open and the lighter assembly is in the middle inside a hole. Light it sit it just above the pipe and take a drag which sucks the flame down into the pipe.

[@THEFlea1991]

This is amazing stuff, thank you Sir!

[@roddydykes7053]

“Columbine Spirits” lmao gonna have to go visit the ol’ Cafeteria and Library for that one.

[@inthenameofjustice8811]

I love this. It is ripe for modern development.

[@maxscott3349]

I must have heard you wrong, or there's some naming conflict, or I'm just ignorant, because last I checked, naptha is oil with liquid plastic, and I would not expect it to make much of a paint thinner.

[@1943L]

I bought a very similar lighter in the UK back in the 1960s so someone was obviously making them then. Sadly long gone, though I do have an unused Ronson bought in 1964 for my 21st. Pity you are not nearer, you could have added it to your collection.

[@rogertycholiz2218]

I had one something like this only simpler. It had a small metal case and a pull out top that was saturated with methanol. At the top of the rim were pieces of fine platinum wires forming a grid with the platinum button in the middle. All you did was to give the top piece a shake and it would light. Glow plugs for model engines have the same system of platinum and methanol.

[@rogertycholiz2218]

I messed up! All you did was to shake to oxygenate the methanol and it lit up.

[@henrybyers5557]

The only reason the flame is orange is from leftover fuel from the ones you tried that didn't work. Methanol flames are a very light blue. Also methanol can be bought at almost any gas station as HEET gas line de-icer

[@dylanpyon8330]

this is the same catalytic reaction that was used to light road lamps!!

[@Patrick.Weightman]

That box is so appealing.

[@xXGOOFYGIANTXx]

Congrats on making it on the Bestofyoutube website!

[@kellybassett7371]

You can get methanol in any convenience store. It's in the automotive section, in a yellow plastic bottle and it's called "HEAT" it's a gas line antifreeze and it's pure methanol.

[@TheImmortalLowlife]

I have one of those Zippo hand warmers, I had no idea what it was until now.

[@NIGHTOWL-jf9zt]

Basically I literally have had thousands of lighters in my life time but always use my #1 without fail, my ZIPPO. Not saying this lighter is not cool to have but it is just a collectable as I see it. anyway thanks for the video.

[@bikingmnviking3801]

Sweet, they finally made a _compact_ hand warmer! I spent more than that buying disposable hand warmers for this past winter. Would have been nice to carry something of quality around that I could also put out rather than those plastic little bags. I did figure out how to slow down the heat out of them, though. Leave the bag on & poke 'em with a pushpin to let in less air for the exothermic reaction to happen, that way they will last almost a full day. If you are a true outdoorsman sometimes you need that much time. Also at full blast one can cause sweating and I didn't like that. I wonder if they is any way to adjust the heat on the ZIppo ones. That fuel is nasty if it gets on your skin for a prolonged time it will cause a nasty rash I learned from carrying zippos that leaked in my jeans 5th pocket. Later I got a keloid there, too.

[@johnstevenson3529]

fyi, HEET brand gas-line antifreeze (the yellow bottle) works great as fuel, as it's mostly methyl alcohol (not quite pure tho)

[@vinceimp9581]

Any automotive store should have Heet brand fuel treatment I think it's the same thing. You want the reg yellow not red iso heet. It's for taking water out of gas but backpackers use it for stoves but I bet it works for this too.

[@TheFlacker99]

LUCKY! I've always wanted one of these lighters, they are so rare though. I wonder if I can make my own. All I really need is Platinum wire.

[@maplegreendodo]

TheFlacker99 (Flak) you could prob buy platinum wire, i mean, what can't you buy on the internet these days. lol

[@rogertycholiz2218]

Try to find it - if you do it costs about $10 for an inch or two.

[@tomjones3729]

You should put up pictures of the instructions in their entirety cuz I don't think very many of those boxes probably exist thanks for sharing

[@Nevernotalone]

Very stylish, cool, unique, etc...but would you carry this in your pocket?