Butane insert in zippo?

Adcurium
Adcurium Posts: 179 ✭✭
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Has anyone put one of those butane inserts into their old- school zippo lighter? And if so, how is it working out for you?

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  • PuroFreak
    PuroFreak Posts: 4,124 ✭✭
    Works great for me! Gmill sent me a Cowboys zippo and the insert as part of a bet we had and it works great!
  • beatnic
    beatnic Posts: 4,133 ✭
    Zippo now sells a butane flip top. Looks like the original
  • Redtailhawkoz
    Redtailhawkoz Posts: 2,915 ✭
    beatnic:
    Zippo now sells a butane flip top. Looks like the original

    I dont have one but all the guys in My Local B&M herf use them, they sell the inserts at several B&M around here....... seems to be ok if you like carrying a rock around in your pocket! LOL
  • Sol1821
    Sol1821 Posts: 707 ✭✭
    any idea on the price of these bad boys?
  • kuzi16
    kuzi16 Posts: 14,625 ✭✭✭✭
    sol1821:
    any idea on the price of these bad boys?
    i think they are in the neighborhood of $15.

    its not too bad. they have an "Awesome rate" of about 85% or so.

    as in:
    85% of them are awesome and last for ever.

    ...and 15% of them will fail within a week.
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  • Theedge
    Theedge Posts: 316 ✭
    I have four of them, it's all I use. I purchased mine off of ebay from polkstreetdepot - they have other items as well.
  • Sol1821
    Sol1821 Posts: 707 ✭✭
    i hope ccom dont mind me posting a link but as they dont sell it here they are $12 or $15 witrh a case.
    http://cgi.ebay.com/LIGHTER-RETROFIT-Z-plus-Insert-Replacement-Butane-/320583846302?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa449499e

    they dont offer international shipping :(
  • Adcurium
    Adcurium Posts: 179 ✭✭
    OK, I just picked one up at my local B&M. It was 11 bucks. It's not the Zippo brand, but it was designed for the zippo. The *** of this whole thing is that I was looking for my beloved zippo last night and couldn't find it. I bought the insert though, knowing my lighter will turn up sooner or later. In the meantime, I decided to bid on a nice one with the Freemason square and compass. Please.... don't bid just for the sake of watching me spend waaaay too much money on the dang thing...

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