BBQ Lighters

Having looked as exhaustively as I wish to without success, I bought a box of kitchen matches today. Oh bliss! My wife and I both even enjoy the aroma. Thanks to all who responded.

Private rant somewhat on topic.
I wish CT and at least some NYS vendors would still give a book of matches with ciggie sales. It's like giving a Bowery bum a bottle w/o a glass..........oh wait prolly I need to re-define my thunks on being a wino.....

I have them. They came from Quartzsite

I had a scare with strike-anywheres way back in the '80s. I bought a pack of two boxes for my boat and when I used up the first box I opened the plastic wrapping around the second box and found that the heads were all burned up. All of them. I don't know if it happened before I got them or happened slamming around in my boat but the fact is that strike-anywhere did and I can only figure that the sealed packaging snuffed the fire after the initial flare.

naturist wrote:

Trackrig wrote:


The problem with matches is you can't get strike anywhere matches anymore - also thanks to our tax dollars in Washington.

Bill

Nonsence. Both that you can't get them and that the reason is due to the feds. I buy them all the time. Just not at grocery stores. Both Ace Hardware and True Value in my area carry them. I have also seen them in camping stores, outdoor stores, and the like.
If you haven't seen them it is only because you haven't been paying attention.

Agreeing with naturist. You have to thank match box manufacturers' cheaper production specifications not the Feds, for the less sturdy boxes and strikers.

Last year I bought a UCO plastic matchbox w/ strikers cylinder from REI in a fit of instant gratification (normally save that emotion for shoes. Oops). You can of course make your own for less than 1/2 the cost.

Actually it IS the Feds who required most lighters be childproof according to a 1993 NYT article:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission voted 3 to 0 to require that the lighters be too difficult for most children under 5 to operate. The new standard applies to all disposable butane lighters, inexpensive refillable lighters and novelty lighters that resemble toys or depict cartoon characters. It extends to lighters manufactured abroad as well as domestic lighters.

I will say that I don't find the 20+ year old regulations arduous since a thumb callous does not trump a child's life. And and as a kiddo, I got 2 seconds of my allotted fame discussing a match lit fire set in my class' coat closet to the local news; drank leftover rum and coca colas on the morning after adult parties, pledged allegiance to the flag in front of an asbestos curtain in the school's auditorium and somehow turned my nose up at eating lead paint chips over fluffer nutter sammies. Still wondering what would have been "worsa" to eat in the long run but I digress:B.

Just happy that some designs make it easier fer old fogies such as self to operate;).

Check out liquor stores,, big box liquor stores like BevMo,, I have seen those long match looking lighters that don't have a two part striker, just a switch as you push up on it sparks and lights.

Also try out door specialty stores,, Like REI and Scheels, Have found the same theme lighters ie: a gun,a wrench a screw driver etc,, those didn't seem to have special operations to operate!!

Good luck!!

Trackrig wrote:


The problem with matches is you can't get strike anywhere matches anymore - also thanks to our tax dollars in Washington.

Bill

Nonsence. Both that you can't get them and that the reason is due to the feds. I buy them all the time. Just not at grocery stores. Both Ace Hardware and True Value in my area carry them. I have also seen them in camping stores, outdoor stores, and the like.
If you haven't seen them it is only because you haven't been paying attention.

^^^^ Nice looking lighter that can attach to a propane bottle for RVing but not so much for certain types of tenting:).

I've gone through several types of lighters and matches and gosh some of those childproof versions give my thumb a callous.

These are what I'm happiest using nowadays:
Zippo
The flexi head fits nicely in chimney starters or to light paper in a fire pit. It's re-fillable and although child proof not as hard to maneuver with one hand as some of the other versions. Easy to view window so you know when to recharge.

and
UCO stormproof matches. The striker is kind of weak on the cheapest version but spend a dollar or 3 more and you'll think you have old fashioned kitchen matches, LOL.