Vintage Trench Lighter - Steampunk Kerosene Copper With Visible Gas Tank for Men, Dad, Husband - Gold (Fuel Not Included)

I didn't need this, I saw an ad for it and was like, "hey that's cool," and bought it. Now it just sits in a box on my desk. I bust it out every now and then just to light it and close it like a fidget toy, but you never know... The design is perfect because you can use almost any organic solvent as a fuel like hexane, gasoline, rubbing alcohol, ethyl acetate, methanol, ethanol, anything flammable as long as it won't eat through glass. It's retained all of the fuel I put into it since I got it about a month ago, I used methanol, and it still lights up. Not wind proof, but it's easy to use, $20 is ehh... but the quality is SO good. It's well made.

Product looks nice on the surface level, but there are questionable defects to the metal I’ll have to test for leakage when my fluid gets here. Some of the defects include: pits in the metal, misalignment surrounding the screws, and some of the rubber seals look damaged. Update: its leaking really bad on the top. It was bad enough i could no longer get a spark because it was soaked and now my pocket smells like lighter fluid, half the tank is gone.... in fairness I used lighter fluid, it says this product uses kerosene, I'm not quite sure how much thicker kerosene is compared to Ronsonol lighter fluid and the wick looks less dense then a lighter wick so swapping that may fix the issue, or i could just buy and use kerosene; but from what i have seen it seems this products has this common issue with other purchasers. With all these issues i have to give this product a 1 star

I love this lighter. It's well built. Doesn't leak at all. Easy to replace the flint. Easy to refill. Looks badass. Definitely a conversation starter. Totally love the steampunk vibes.

It's a pretty lighter, no doubt. The leakage is pretty bad like others have said, but I also use a standard lighter oil, and it seems others have used methane to better effect. One negative I will give is that the wick is extremely difficult to replace. I had to replace mine pretty quickly after I got it (not the manufacturer's fault to be clear, had an issue with a dye), and my God was it a difficult experience. I understand that the wick in particular is meant to be long-lasting, so people shouldn't typically be replacing it any time soon, but man, for a refillable lighter, it should still be able to be replaced without too much effort. Some of the gold on my lighter is also already coming off, though I'm hesitant to blame the manufacturer for that, as I had to clean it pretty quickly after getting it (due to the aforementioned dye issue). Otherwise, it lights pretty easily and is a fine lighter.

Really cool item just a couple things to know. Don’t fill the fluid over about 1/4. Or it will leak. The flint is trash will only lite a handful of times. Change to zippo flint the weak will start unraveling after about a week. Zippo wicks won’t fit without modifying. On the positive it does look really cool