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been carrying the same clipper for the past 10 years...never failed me ...also its less waste for the environment

whenever i find a dead bic on the ground i take the flint out and now i have a little bag full of spare flints to use for my clipper lol

Very well done video with lots of advantages several of which i had not thought of. I too carry that same orange clipper as my main lighter. There is one big advantage to these clippers that you did not mention. The clipper lighters are filled with Isobutane versus the bics being filled with straight butane. The isobutane vaporizes at 11 degrees Fahrenheit versus 31 degrees Fahrenheit for the butane lighters. Because of that feature, the clippers have a 20 degree advantage over the bic lighters in cold weather. The clippers will still ignite and flame at 20 degrees colder weather than the bic lighters will.

I carried the same Clipper throughout my teens. It got a ton of use, and I never had the slightest problem with it.

Great video... but yer killing me. I've had a Bic in my pocket for decades. Never even heard of a Clipper (I'm a smoker +40 yrs.) and now I feel 'cheated' by not having carried a Clipper all those years given their advantages... I'm buying a few Clippers tomorrow. I'll bet you don't even smoke... Oh well. Thanks for the education.... keep 'em coming.

I've never heard of a clipper lighter until this video. I really appreciate your sharing this with your subscribers. It looks like a great option for anyone who wants a very dependable lighter.

I just ordered a pack of these. I'm a firm believer in always carrying a lighter and I never go into the woods without one. I like my Zippo for hunting because it's easier to check the wind direction with and I love that they're refillable and rebuildable while Bics are handy because they last so long. The clipper looks like a perfect mix of both

This is one of the best produced videos I’ve ever seen on KZfaq! Love the still shots when the video is out of focus, showing what you’re talking about, up close, in detail and high quality! Thank you!

New Subscriber -- Thanks for the Lucid demonstration of the Clipper brand lighter for Bushcraft. *_THANKS for sharing your craft with us._* Clipper pack of 50 is priced at $49.99 as of late October 2023. It will be interesting to see how well they keep their charge in storage. Seems also worth acquiring a Butane charger. I'm refreshing and extending my woodcraft/ camping skills after two decades of taking care of a sibling. We had a lot of happy times, but he was not mobile enough to do any camping. Following a number of developing situations, I'm just anticipating that sharpening our outdoor self=reliance skills will become mighty useful as events unfold.

Now THAT was a useful gear review! Thanks Matt!

great video, nice showcasing of everything you can do with this lighter i too took the decision to switch from bic to clippers, they're just so versatile

Thanks for the great tip & review. I've switched to the Clipper lighter for outdoor needs & do not regret the choice!

thank you, i have a stainless steel clipper lighter that i like so much, and i really didn't want to lose it for the loss of a flint.. your explanation is so straight to the point, and easy to follow, thank you

Thanks! I just got my first clipper and you did a good job familiarizing me with it.

Thank you doing this video and introducing me to these lighters! Seem likes a perfect lighter to carry over my Bic. Thanx!

Clipper lighters are the only lighters I use. They come with cool designs too. I like that the parts are interchangeable and they are refillable.

Great review! I was not aware of these lighters before. I will definitely be checking it out. Thank you!

Fantastic lighters for a multitude of uses. An institution in Europe since the 70s. Great Post thanks.

Awesome looking lighter! I'll have to pick up a few to try, thanks!

Lots of great information about this lighters capabilities thank you.

Loving your thorough reviews! Great video! I have had these before and never really valued them but after watching this you have definitely peaked my interest in wanting to get a few for the pack. Still love my ol tried n true bic but these definitely have a place as well!

Those are very cool! I’ve seen them before, but I never knew they were so versatile with all the parts. Great video brother!

Just added to my Amazon wish list. Great review and information, Matt

Wow that was one of the most useful videos I've ever watched thank you for putting that video on KZfaq 👍👍👍

Insightful vid, thanks. My go-to lighter is a metal Clipper with flame height adjuster. They're more spendy but I like the added durability and the ability to adjust fuel output to adapt to low atmospheric pressure and subfreezing environments. I have broken the plastic flame adjuster wheel once in the years I've used them. I've since been more gentle with them. But, after seeing your vid, I'm contemplating tossing the transparent Clipper in my kit since it could be attached to a small flashlight to diffuse the beam into a floody lamp.

Thanks brother Matt for that awesome info. I will certainly start using them instead of the Bics. Thanks also to Lonnie for the added and needed info, God Bless

Thank you. Got to try one.

Very cool lighter Matt. I had never heard of the Clipper lighter before. I will have to pick up a few.

Good review Matt. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent video - never heard of a clipper lighter, but I will be purchasing one for sure. Great review and presentation.

This video went by super fast. Whenever a video is super fast, It’s super Good.

I had heard of the clipper a while back, but did not know of some of the other features like the removable striker wheel - I knew it was refillable on the butane, but great feature that the striker flint is refillable as well, and then the fact that it is removable is a great feature. I also like the frosted one being able to see fuel level - that seals the deal for me, just ordered a twelve pack from amazon! great video, keep up the good work!

This is my favorite brand lighter hands down! I have used them for years and my most recent one I have been using every day for two years. I don't understand why everybody doesn't use these things.

Thanks for an informative video. I’m sold.

I'm a smoker and always carry Clippers (plural) because I can refill them and also replace the flints, and I agree they're great for camping trips, for all the reasons you stated. Should point out here in the UK we can get smaller versions too, the same size as the mini Bic, so these are easy to stash away for backup, I always have one in my coin pocket as EDC backup, as well as a full size one. In addition I carry a peanut lighter on my keychain, with a couple of spare flints in the bottom of it. Having said that, for an actual survival kit, with a lighter that you're not going to touch until you need it in a worst case scenario, a Bic is a better choice, simply because these are filled under pressure and sealed in a factory and contain a lot more gas than you can get in a Clipper. I used the same full size Bic for more than 6 months every day, also my work colleagues used it every day, but I need to refill my Clipper every month. Also the flint in the Bic is about 3 times as long as the disposable one in the Clipper. However I carry spare flints for my Clipper on me so I can get sparks out of it for a long time.

Brilliant review Matt. Fantastic little lighters the clippers. Well done on that one bro. Respect and Salute.

Thank you... great video!!!

Very good video! Thanks for showing this brand! Im going to get a few of these

Also, light it the Clipper and then tip it to the side...the flame is a bout 2x larger! As for the Bic, I buy the ones like yours with the designs on them. Sometimes the stores will clearance older designs. It's not paint, just a plastic cover. Cut it off with my knife and I have an opaque white lighter that I can see the fill level.

Awesome video! I have carried one for a while but didn't know all the things you demonstrated!

Excellent demonstration. I switched to clippers 2 years ago ... love them. Wrap mine in waxed hemp wick, used to save fuel.

Great tip! Thank you for sharing*

They are good lighters. I haven't seen one of those in a long time. Thanks for sharing this!

Thanks for all the tips about the clipper. I have always carried a bic but now i might have to change

Matt that was very informative, but as I watched this video I myself do use lighters, but I noticed as well that the housing striker has ridges as to where a bic lighter has a smooth striker and sometimes they get slippery when trying to strike and I believe the ridges will give more grip to strike, wanted to share this with u. Thanks Dolores

Great video! Thanks

Great video. I just ordered 20 clipper lighters on ebay for $23 and change. THANKS for the tip!

Well I just learned something. Now to see if I can get some shipped to Australia. Thanks for making another awesome video.

I agree with your assessment of the Clipper as the more bushcrafter-friendly of the two. I saw that immediately when I first heard of Clipper. They also sell flints* and ultra-filtered butane. Because they are almost "Bic-cheap", I bought them in bulk, along with flints and fuel. As I recall, they have several bulk-purchase options, including ones that come with a retail display (I didn't get THAT many.). I would caution, however, that the lighters are not as receptive to other butane refuelers as they are to the Clipper brand. Also, as one might expect, given that they are quite inexpensive, the refueling valve tends to malfunction after a few uses. Still, if you buy them in bulk, that won't matter to the bushcrafter who wouldn't be carrying the fuel with him anyway. To the long-term survivalist, it would make a difference, and he should therefore include some hardier refillables. *They are actually just tiny ferrocerium rods. I assume we call them 'flints' as a holdover from 18th Century and earlier technology.

Well done!

that was a very interesting video sir..thank you for posting

Hi from 2023 the new all metal clipper is an awesome upgrade

I love my Clipper lighters. I was actually looking into some more detailed features and found this vid. Awesome. Also i love the fact that i had earphones on when you blowed at the microphone 🤣🤣

An Outstanding Video Review Matt ! Thank You, And Keep The Vid's Coming Mister. God Bless.

I found one by chance while fishing years ago and have been using as my main lighter ever since. Never have to buy flints for it since I'm always finding empty bics to pull the flint out of.

Glad they worked out. For some illogical reason the red ones seem to stick around the longest for me. Thanks for the Vid!

I have had a lot of lighters over the years from zippos to cheap bic knockoffs. The only issue I have had with butane refillable lighters is that if you can not see inside you never know if it is filling or not. They seem to take a lot of fiddling with to get them to fill. Interesting video, Ill have to order a couple and see how they do.

Thank you for the information.

The removable flint gives a great spark 👍

Brilliant video , it's the clipper for me !

Finally found this video. You mentioned it a few days ago when I commented on one of your other videos about the benefits of the clipper. Great summary and demonstration. I will link as reference when I see other 'Bics are amazing ' videos. The benefits deserve to be known by the community. Thanks

Great review. I have used both for years. My take: Clipper - bigger flame!!, refillable!!, replaceable flint!!, striker wheel easier to use with gloves. Fill valve vulnerable to leaks especially if left in hot car!!. BIC - bullet proof construction, flashlight from behind to see fuel level. But - disposable. Both - Great lighters, Dry easy (roll wheel backwards on cotton), spark tender when empty, can use zip tie to prevent leakage. I carry a BIC everyday in baggie! I trust it more. Also, Fresnel lens in wallet. But, I use the clipper around the house more (refillable) so I don't burn my edc BIC fuel. Camping - BIC - in left front pants pocket, in baggie, as back up (as usual). Clipper - in right front pocket to burn stuff (main fire source). Tough Call. (Matches, extra BIC's, Zippo, ferro rod, Fresnel lens, magnifying glass and fire tender in pack.) Great camera work and video! Thank You!

Had a clipper for 4 years.....great lighters! Bics are great, and another good lighter is Cricket.

Thanks.. wish you would show how to adjust the flame on a clipper

The windshield is removable to be used as a crutch for your rolling paper as you fill with material, and the flint/wheel assembly doubles as a poker/packing tool for cigarettes and cones

Been using the Clipper for years, there is also a butane version that, unlike the Zippo, will keep the gas sealed tight.

I love Clipper lighters for Bushcraft!

Good info about a product I'd never seen before.

You can see how much fluid the Bic has in it by holding it up to the sun or shining a flashlight behind it, even the black Bics light up well enough to see the fluid. Still, it's nice that the Clipper is refillable. The Cipper's sparker being removable is great. You can still use a spent Bic just for the spark, but the Clipper's sparker can go in the smallest kits. You can also transfer a flint rod from a spent Bic into another with fluid but no rod, but it is not as easy as with Clippers. You can put a second flint rod in a Bic too, but it is much easier to do it in the Clipper. You can also dry out a Bic as you have shown. Probably easier with the Clipper. The Clipper has some nice conveniences compared to the good old Bic. I have not seen anyone in Australia sell them, and I currently have a handful of Bics, and I am not a smoker, so I do not go through lighters quickly. If I find Clippers in a store, I might get a couple though. Great video on a great product.

While i prefer the jet or glow of windproof ligters, another good feature of Clippers, and he did touch on it at the start of the video, is that the circular base makes it stable when stood upright. While this may seem ike a minor point, it's only minor until you bump into the stand where you've place your lighter and it fall into the abyss. The wedge below the gas 'pedal' prevents the Clipper from rolling away too. Great ittle design.

Awesome video!

Available at every corner shop or petrol station in the uk for £1

Awesome vid.

Thanks for the mention,, yep,, clippers are far superior to bic's,, I've not used a bic for years,,, glad I brought a good product to a lot of people's attention ,, !!

Change the wheel with a wheel from a mini bic for mini clipper or crack lighter without the two spinning disks for child safety so it fits. Especially this one with a bigger clipper since it needs longer pins to hold itself in there a lot longer or you’d need pliers to dependably hold it in there.

Awesome video.

Take my money! Awesome, never noticed these! At Wal-Mart!

New sub! Love the video's sir! Great info! Atb Sean

great video all my questions answered i am heading to amazon pick up set

Looks like the clipper lighter is the champ !

Top informative video 👍

Awesomeness but now I need to buy one!

The only thing you were missing on this is if you use the organic mz12 butane it gives it a hotter flame and also will not blacken anything you light you can use any organic butane for this!

I have a zippo with two extra flints inside the fuel area and carry a container of fuel. I little squirt of fuel a just a spark is better than most fire starters.

Love the removable flint and the refill option. Clipper and Bic lighters are both great. Why not carry both?. One is none, right?

Informative video. Are you still carrying a clipper on your outings or are you currently using the bic?

And the flint stone is substiture also with zippo (too bad the wheel dont, easier to find a standard bick/cricket wheel lyin around). Been hubtig crcket wheels for normal gaslighter cuz its smooth lesss friction then bic /1 buck lighter

I'm not sure if you know about the turbo feature? Turn it sideways or even upside down for a bigger flame.

This man didn't break up some weed , use the vertical flat part as a scraper.. Pack a joint the sparking thing.

Nice

How can you change the flame. I have a cpl that are full of fluid but small flame.

solid

Nice video 👍🖖

Question for Black Hat and/or others: How does the Clipper lighter compare to MK lighters, which are also "disposable style" but refillable and have replaceable flints? I found a package of 2 lighters that came with 2 spare flints and a plastic piece that is either a replacement flint holder or "tool" of some kind. Found on sale so purchased a pack and so far the lighter I'm using seems good quality.. but no idea about long term yet. :D

Let me give you a tip: Put genuine Zippo flints in Clipper lighter and you can start a truck.

Did you know if you put the clipper on its side the flame goes bigger that it’s another feature

I use a Bic as a spool to hold 2' of Gorilla tape for fire starting, repairs and first aid. Can't do that with a Cricket.

Yes - I VASTLY prefer the lighters with the press-down switch. I sometimes have thumb pain and flicking one of those stupid roller switches doesn't do it for me.

I've been smoking since i was about 16, I'm 68 now, and i bet that i might have a full pickup load of some of the disposable lighters that i have used in all of this time. I've had and used ALMOST all types that were ever made (but not all of them), the zippos are like a few already stated; just about the time when you need it the most, it's empty-evaporated-the throwaways...well, thats all they are,non refillable, but they are ok ; but you can't refill them, NOW; the flintless, these have the magneto ignition; this eliminates the flint and whole spark assembly completely, nice, BUT those flimsy magneto's are nothing but another type of throwaway jobs again; until you get a hold of a Ronson refillable; these guys are built for the long haul, the first one I've had (flint type) lasted about ? about 2 years or so, it impressed me extremely as to how rugged it was. It finally gave up to poor quality of the type of fuel that i was using (output valve got choked up) , ok next one i got was a much newer style ( jet lite), WOW this rascal went a good 6 full years almost non stop, except for an occasional refilling; but by now i was already wised up about the sorry fuel i was using SO i switched to a much higher quality of fuel,this is the result of such long life it gave me. It STILL works EXCELLENT yet, but...the hinge that holds the lid on tight has gotten so so worn that made me get a brand new one about....sometime in the middle of last year. Ooooo this one is a chip off the ol block(as saying goes). NOW, along about half way through with the first one i had is when i ran across the CLIPPERS at the tobacco store, hmm I've heard about them, ok i got me one, hey this thing is pretty good; that's been about 2 years ago, i liked it so much that about 4 or 5 months later, they had them again: ooo i grabbed me another one, just to keep one at another table that i hang around. But only a short time later, i was going to lite up,.....it wouldn't lite, checked, checked, checked, and very closely looking, i discovered that the lever that opens the valve was split and would slip around the output nozzle and could not lift it up,????? uhh ohh, hmm hmm, sooo, i put it up along with my collective of my favorites. NOW, I'm down only to my first one that i bought first, this one suddenly started having problems of its own; not enough sparks, hmm, i played with it for quite a while; i finally ended up going to the hoard of throwaway lighters and found a throwaway lighter that had the same size of spark wheel,got it out and replaced it with the one in the clipper; and IMMEDIATELY this replaced wheel filled up the spark chamber with much better and stronger sparks. OK, this works GREAT! Yes i have also discovered several months ago, myself, about using 2 flints in the flint chamber, but if you do use 2 flints,(in mine i have to tighten the screw holding the spring and flints in only about half way, leaving about 1/2 of it out ( not all the way in) mine has thus far not popped out yet. It would also be nice if you could take a fine tooth brush and brush the teeth on the spark wheel occasionally to keep the dirt and grease off of spark wheel to keep it cutting the flint better. Oh and on my clipper, i have to use an adapter that comes with some refill tanks to fill it with, because the spout on the refill cans is much smaller than the refill port on the clipper, the clipper has a bigger refill port then my RONSON has, this small refill spout is standard on most refillable lightrs, at least that's been my experience, BUT these CLIPPER LIGHTERS are worth checking out, i believe these will be around for a long time with me. Sorry for the mile long article.