Maybe in the US. In colombia everyone uses clippers or the cheapos on the right. I hardly ever see Bics excepts for the really small ones.
Clipper lighters are superior to bics since you can refill the gas and replace the spark on the clippers.
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Don't forget the built in tamper, it's the best thing about them.
On the other hand their flints are absolute crap. They pretty much never last a full tank, while a bic flint lasts long after it's out of gas.
The metal torch clipper is pretty awesome though.
One of my favorite perks from switching to vaporizers is that I am not creating this particular type of plastic waste. People don't seem to realize how much plastic is in a single bic lighter. Dozens of plastic bottles worth of plastic.
Edit: I should've said "several" water bottles not "dozens." I googled the weight of a bic lighter and a bottle and it's probably 2 or 3 water bottles.
Ummm Zippos would like a word with you. Or matches..... Or hemp wick..... Like if that's really your concern there were plenty of options.
I rocked rechargable electronic arc lighter with hemp wick when I still did combustion I believe its a pretty solid combo if youre gonna smoke traditionally. Zippo has electric arc inserts but the cheap no named work okay too.
Burning hemp wick still adds soot and extra carcinogens but its arguably better than inhaling butane.
Vaporizers effectively cut out the need for hemp wick consumption and electric induction heaters paired with something like a dynavap make it so there's no need for butane/gas flame.
They just want to brag about having a vaporizer
Source: I have a vaporizer
Plus vapes don't have all of the carcinogens from burning plant matter
I hadn't considered that, but that should definitely be added to the pro column. Vapor is just significantly easier on the lungs. The original reason I switched to vapor was so I could climb mountains in Washington without stopping for a break every 5 minutes. The difference in lung endurance is massive.
I can't see how it's dozens of bottles worth in that small space. It's mostly empty for the lighter fluid too. Just a bottle cap and bottle threading is a decent amount of plastic. Maybe 2 or 3, sure.
You're right, dozens was an exaggeration. I added an edit to my comment.
Has anyone managed to keep a bic long enough that it runs out of gas?
A dozen or so, and while it's good for it keeps the light on average level through 95% of it's lifetime, when it ends - it ends, while with cheaper lighters you have a little hope you can milk them for days as they weaken.
...many times...
Once, and I kept it as a trophy because I couldn’t believe it.
Out of the thousands I've owned.... Probably only a handful haha
Yeah, but mostly because I never buy them. I just find them laying around on the ground after somebody else loses it.
You're the bic fairy
Or you smoke crack....
Memory unlocked: Back when I smokeed cigarettes and before you could get high from vapes, when I wanted to see if another person at work was "cool" I would ask to borrow their lighter and look at the bottom corner for the telltale sign of ash packed into the little groove.
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