Cnadian1 asked:
I live in a small town away from any stores that retail zippo lighter fluid but there is a dollar store that sells non zippo brand lighter fluid in 4.5 oz cans... Should i go out of my way and drive to town (1h 45mins) to get zippo premium lighter fluid or just buy the non zippo stuff?
live in a small town away from any stores that retail zippo lighter fluid but there is a dollar store that sells non zippo brand lighter fluid in 4.5 oz cans... Should i go out of my way and drive to town (1h 45mins) to get zippo premium lighter fluid or just buy the non zippo stuff?
EDIT:
Is there any big difference? between zippo and non zippo fluids?
9 Comments Received
December 27th, 2008 @6:12 am
use the other…. it will be fine.
December 29th, 2008 @8:10 pm
Yes, you can use any of the lighter fluids that are for sale.
January 1st, 2009 @5:10 pm
Any lighter fluid is fine
January 4th, 2009 @5:29 pm
i dont think non zippo fluid works, because zippo fluid is kirosen, the same used for planes.
January 8th, 2009 @4:20 am
The only reason why they tell you to use ONLY Zippo lighter fluid is to sell their product. Sure it might burn a little cleaner, but does that really matter? Its not like you’ll damage anything by using a non zippo lighter fluid.
January 9th, 2009 @9:07 am
You can use non zippo fluid in your zippo lighter but I so not recommend it. There will be a noticeable difference in efficiency of your lighter. If you look around you may be surprised where you can find the fluid. Try Walmart, or a local gas station.
January 11th, 2009 @5:31 pm
I live in Dallas, TX which is a large town and most stores have stopped selling Zippo fluid. I’ve used “Robinson” in my Zippo lighter but the wick fouls quicker than it did using Zippo. I believe some of the other brands have some mineral oil in them to “stabilize” the lighter fluid where as Zippo is pure naphtha.
January 13th, 2009 @4:32 pm
it’s all basically the same — use it
January 14th, 2009 @4:43 am
my father has several zippo lighters and has always used robson and generic brands and says i just asked him the generic is fine
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