Comments on: Survival Lighters: The Top Weatherproof, Windproof, and Waterproof Lighters

By: Len

Len — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 23:02:09 +0000

Man that’s rough you had a bad experience with the windproof UCO torch? I’m here looking for a replacement for mine. it finally died after 12+ years of regular use. It saved me more times than I can count. unfortunately for me, it seems to be discontinued everywhere, probably because I got the only good one….

By: Scott Wilso

Scott Wilso — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 21:09:10 +0000

I know of a new survival lighter that is just hitting the scene… It’s REMARKABLE!!! It is waterproof, holds 30% more fuel (lighter fuel), fuel does not evaporate like a Zippo, because of the waterproof seal. Designed to work in sub zero temps and high altitude… Extremely reliable and we’ll worth the cost!
NO PARTS MADE IN CHINA!
Saw this product at the Salt Lake Outdoor Convention and was blown away.
go to
radlight.co
or
@tadlight.co

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 03:38:13 +0000

In reply to tripseven. No, they haven't corrected it. Still giving dangerous information!

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 03:01:56 +0000

You can extend your lighter by wrapping up hemp string that’s used for smoking

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:53:44 +0000

Another advantage of Zippo’s is that once lit, you can lay down and keep it lit, vs. the BIC style which requires holding down the button for fuel to continue feeding. Got to be a way to lock that down temporarily.

Thanks for the post.

By: tripseven

tripseven — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 04:17:13 +0000

Might wanna edit your Zippo fuel type. It appears to be the wicking type that uses lighter fluid rather than “butane.”

By: Rucksack Rob

Rucksack Rob — Sun, 31 Mar 2019 13:49:13 +0000

I agree with the UST evaluation. Back in the mid 90’s I was a retailer doing the gun show circut selling quality survival kits and equipment including MSR, Wiggy’s, Silva, Brunton, incl. UST (at that time called just ‘Ultimate Survival’) They had a dozen high quality products all made in USA and that included ‘The Blast Match’ and later the 1st production of ‘The Mini-Blast match’. Now both products are questionable at best.The only UST product that I feel confident buying is the ‘Wetfire’ fire starters. They still work very well and are usually under $4. Even their Para-Cord is made in ‘west-of-Hawaii’, REALLY? You can’t find a US manufacturer of 550 cord here in America? C’mon UST, you can do better.

Also 90% of anything w/ Bear Grylls logo on it is also imported trash.