Here are the various steps that I take to modify a new insert for the best fuel efficiency and reliability of my Zippo. Hope it helps someone out. #zippomafia
Regular Zippos leak vapour from the hinges so Its always a good idea to store a zippo wrapped in a small plastic bag. This stops vapour evaporation. A zippo will normally last a few days without wrapping but if you wrap in a plastic bag it can last over a month.
Thanks! It provides the wick 100% coverage of the cotton so that when your fluid is low, it can wick up every last drop. Sure it will still work with a stub of a wick, but won't be as powerful of a flame and can be blown out easily.
I like the plastic "ramps" for the cotton! I use my knife but I'll be switching. I also like the trick using the lid to hold the felt. Thanks for the new tips!
I’ve carried a zippo every day since 1987. The best way to have the wick is about halfway up the chimney, and frayed. Never had one fail to light or need to be adjusted or replaced in all those years if it had so much as fumes in it. Set it and run it. My current edc is from ‘09, and it gets struck 30-35 times a day, and the wick is exactly as it was the day I got it and filled it for the first time.
Great video. The tip where to put the spare flint is gold. When i change a wick, i put it straight in. Put cotton in, bend it over, put more cotton in, bend it back til i get the whole wick in. Works just as fine.
That was a great helpful video. I’ve never seen anyone add as much lighter fluid as you did and I think 3 times would have been adequate. Your other tips were excellent. I give you props !
I do basically the same thing but I get rid of the felt and use more cotton the felt is supposed to be a seal to keep lighter fluid in but because your using the plastic bag you don’t need the felt and you can put more fluid in with more cotton
Great video! Those plastic shims are a great idea, I'll have to try that next time. I also didn't know about the lid holding the felt up, that is pretty slick. Always good to have more reference material out there!
Just wanted to say thanks for this tip.. I've had my zippo for years, it's recently been a bit finicky and never thought to replace the cotton.. I just so happen to have had some cotton bacon lying around and did this, can already tell the difference it made.
My grandpa was driving and his leg started to burn/ hurt . He had overfilled his zippo and it leaked thru his pants. 1950 era. If only they had ziplock bags back then. Lol. So smart buddy. ... 👍 Good thinking.
Excellent thank you. You’re probably going to be a resource for kids now and the future when people will be required to go analog. I’m sure they will be confused by the fact that they should be able to manage their own tools themselves. That’s what guy’s with grey in the beard knows. Good job 😏❤️🖖🏼🇺🇸
Good video for sure, but i want to say the rayon that comes with zippos is just fine. I unroll and fluff it out, then repack the new insert. Havent noticed any difference in fuel capacity (by weight) nor any difference in fuel economy.. But, if youre repacking an old zippo (or any oil lighter really), cotton bacon works very well
I’m just about to order a new zippo and was interested to see this cotton bacon, I’ve never heard of it, I think like you’ll I’ll just stick with the rayon, taking it out and fluffing it up is a great idea, I’ll definitely be doing that, cheers for the tip 👍🏻
@@pompeylad1977 cotton bacon is used for wicking in vapes, its one of the best wicking materials out there for it tbh. The biggest thing ive noticed is in a zippo insert, it doesnt make a huge difference. Instead, you want to try and make whatever wicking/absorbing material you have as fluffy and pourous as possible. The more cotton/rayon you have in there, the less fuel that will fit. With repacking the rayon inside my zorro insert, using the lighter thru the day, ill get about 8-10 days before refueling. I drive a truck, im constantly changing elevation and temperatures so i wont complaint about the life span, especially since an out of the box zippo would give me 5 days tops
That sandwich bag trick is pretty awesome bro. I’m gonna have to try that. Right now I have one of those rubber plugs installed in mine to aid in premature evaporation but it’s kind of a pain to refill through the tiny hole. Nice tips. I love Zippo’s and I don’t even smoke. Just like carrying one around with me all the time. I’ve got about four of them so far just cuz I think they’re fun to collect.
It's best to put the entire Zippo in a small bag. Regular Zippos leak vapour from the hinges so Its always a good idea to store a zippo wrapped in a small plastic bag. This stops vapour evaporation. A zippo will normally last a few days without wrapping but if you wrap in a plastic bag it can last over a month.
Its always a good idea to store a zippo wrapped in a small plastic bag. This stops vapour evaporation. A zippo will normally last a few days without wrapping but if you wrap in a plastic bag it can last over a month.
The hinge is where it leaks from. Its always a good idea to store a zippo wrapped in a small plastic bag. This stops vapour evaporation. A zippo will normally last a few days without wrapping but if you wrap in a plastic bag it can last over a month.
Love all the tips. Just ordered my first Zippo. Although I could not find Cotton Bacon Prime (Brand) on Amazon, but did find the Japanese organic 13foot long cotton?
I watched this video like more than 10 times while waiting for my Armor Polished Brass Zippo. it is name engraved too. Maybe I regret a little doing that as maybe if I polish it the name wont look good lol. Finally I did it, it lights up very smoothly. Altho My lid is kinda loose compared to my other Zippo and it's brand new, that makes me a little upset...also there is a lid gap...sigh... I searched the internet and it seems loose lid is normal...it depends on your luck...sometimes your new zippo is tight and sometimes it's loose.. I use a knife to instead of the 2 plastic strips...more confident to do it that way, much like how zippo fanatic 77 did it. But all other aspects I follow your way. Very smooth light, haha...cotton bacon is magic! or maybe cause it is newly filled? idk.
need to use pliers to bend the hinge loops tighter on the pin. i got a brand new zippo with a super loose hinge and hated it until i fixed it. this guy talks about some tips for the hinges i basically did what was in this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7D90yyskiJA.htmlsi=TMwBJZfJ9qBS2j2P
Regular Zippos leak vapour from the hinges so Its always a good idea to store a zippo wrapped in a small plastic bag. This stops vapour evaporation. A zippo will normally last a few days without wrapping but if you wrap in a plastic bag it can last over a month.
After yoou fill the insert put the corner of a frezer bag over the end felt and insert it in the Zippo case this helps with evaporation fuel econemy wait a while before lighting lots of fumes it will flare high so wait a while clean off your fingers please ask me how I know oh ya !
The hole in the bottom next to the flint tube is for extra flint witch is why in red letters it says lift to fill it’s not to fill up with lighter fluid
The only thing I would change is the placement of the extra flint. I like to keep mine where you lift the felt to fill. Just personal preference though. You made great video here and I am using your tips to change mine out. Thank you.
Regular Zippos leak vapour from the hinges so Its always a good idea to store a zippo wrapped in a small plastic bag. This stops vapour evaporation. A zippo will normally last a few days without wrapping but if you wrap in a plastic bag it can last over a month.
I use two thin putty knives (3/4") to push the cotton in. They double as a way to unscrew the Flint tube. Another RU-vidr [@Zippo Fanatic77] posted a similar video.
smart idea using those plastics perhaps you know how many millilitres it take to fill then? also i tried using paraffin lamp oil in mine and it was not lighting or when lit left lot of smoke i tried letting sit a day out of its case to dry it out and refilled with zippo fluid but still giving me hard time lighting and still smokes i figured there must be some left over paraffin in it that still messing it up perhaps , will the smoky stuff eventually go away after a few proper fills with zippo fluid? and what should i do let it dry out again or keep it flaming till all the stuff is gone and refill again?
Great video and amazing mods! How do feel about the rubber gasket vs the sandwich bag trick? I guess the sandwich bag has the advantage as you said of providing a barrier to the metal so it doesnt scratch.
Regular Zippos leak vapour from the hinges so Its always a good idea to store a zippo wrapped in a small plastic bag. This stops vapour evaporation. A zippo will normally last a few days without wrapping but if you wrap in a plastic bag it can last over a month.
You deserve more subscribers with the content you put out. I just got a new abyss purple zippo and usually I redo the wick and stuff, and I actually already have cotton bacon around because I vape using RDAs, but I never thought of the thing you did with the packaging when you put the cotton in, or the sandwich bag trick. I’ll have to try it tomorrow after I get off work and see how much better and longer my zippo performs, subbed 🤙🏻
Old video but i got a question, after the wick is not working/dead or whatever, do you just pull the wick or do you have to do the s shape trick again?
Just pull it out a bit then cut it. No need to do anything else. After doing it 2 or 3 times, depending on how much you cut off, you can repack it with a new wick.
Regular Zippos leak vapour from the hinges so Its always a good idea to store a zippo wrapped in a small plastic bag. This stops vapour evaporation. A zippo will normally last a few days without wrapping but if you wrap in a plastic bag it can last over a month.
Zippo flints suck,If you want a better quality flint. Get a full size disposable lighter and take the flint out of it and use it in your Zippo. It is a harder, longer lasting and better sparking flint.normally you will have to cut the flint in half... Another thing you can do is use Coleman camping fuel in your Zippo lighter.burns the same as lighter fluid and is a heck of a lot cheaper.a gallon of it runs under 20.00 bucks...
Regular Zippos leak vapour from the hinges so Its always a good idea to store a zippo wrapped in a small plastic bag. This stops vapour evaporation. A zippo will normally last a few days without wrapping but if you wrap in a plastic bag it can last over a month.
You can, but this premium stuff supposedly wicks faster and holds more fluid. Not sure if that's true, but it wasn't too expensive and I wanted to try something new.
Regular Zippos leak vapour from the hinges so Its always a good idea to store a zippo wrapped in a small plastic bag. This stops vapour evaporation. A zippo will normally last a few days without wrapping but if you wrap in a plastic bag it can last over a month.
I always wrap a bread tie around the end of the wick and feed it through first then use it to pull the wick up and through. You know the hole in the felt is to fill through so you don't have to lift the felt, right?
I know some people just don't put the felt in at all to allow for more room for cotton and fluid. Probably could get an extra day of use. I personally like the felt and it just doesn't seem like a Zippo insert without it.
Zippos now cost an arm and a leg and you ate supposed to do all these mods on top of it? No zippo for me. If they are so cheap there are better alternatives.
Now, to complete the procedure, go down to your local gas station, wait for some 'Chad' - type to pull in with his 'Chick' and start filling up, then you pull the nozzle assembly from the tank, throwing it nonchalantly to the ground. Next you light up a smoke, employing your Zippo® lighter (natch), say something badass, like "See you in Hell, Rico" (for extra effect, an accent works well here) and toss lighter, still aflame, into the pool of gasoline. _WHOOF!_ *>`KA~BOOM!!‘
