I've never had any interest in zippos nor do I need one. After watching several of your videos I realized my life is not complete so I ordered one.

I was on a punk rock concert yesterday when something hit me straight in the head, rather painfully, bounced and I caught it mid air. It was a 1989 Zippo. Almost as old as I am. Took it home. It was full to the point of dripping when upside down but didn't light up and smelled like a kerosene cleaner (the hard to ignite kind with additives that people use to clean motorcycle chains). Both wick and cotton were yellow (as in: very old) but also kind of hard (as in: someone was using bad fuel over the years, I guess?). I think it's still the first wick that lighter came with although it's very short. Thanks to your video I just fixed it with twine and cotton pads (makeup cleaning kind). Filled it with proper flammable kerosene and it works flawlessly. 😂 I was never into Zippo lighters, I don't even smoke, but I think I found a new hobby.

New collector here and I must admit I've learned an awful lot from watching your videos. Tried this out on a new rose gold Zippo I just bought today. Works awesomely. Thank you for what you do. I appreciate it. Do you know if they'll ever make an armored rose gold?

Yes it's TRUE that out from the box some Zippo Inserts aren't packed properly. 1 of my Zippo insert was terribly packed it's obvious just by looking at how the felt looked & the cotton under the felt. The other 2 inserts I have I didn't bother repacking since they work just fine & looked fine. I followed the "Don't fix if it's not broken principle" on the other 2 inserts. 😊

The key is HOW TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE TOO MUCH COTTON in your insert. I tried pharmacy cotton & overpacked my insert since it's not like the Zippo wadding pack that has pre-measured amount of cotton already. Using 3rd party cotton tends to make you place too much cotton in the insert. Some people think having more cotton allows you to store more lighter fluid in the Insert. Learning to know what's just enough cotton (wad) probably is learned thru trial & error.

As usual, I do love your Zippo reviews dude. Thanks a lot.

I’ve found that it’s either hit or miss with them. My 41 was the best quality I have seen from a brand new lighter. The fluid lasts a very long time in it, and I’ve only snipped the wick once since I got it. It was packed very well for some reason. The quality has really gone down, it’s a shame. Still usable and good quality, but not what they used to be.

Nice way to repack. Make it sense. Thanks ZF!

Happy that my first zippo I've bought had matching insert. Core memory moment.

Thanks 👍 great I'll do that to my zippo great to see videos like this

Thanks, I've been stressing about repacking my old Zippos .

Thanks a lot, gonna get my first zippo next week, this is by far the most helpful beginners guide I've watched

Wow. Now I want to check my recent lighters. I know one of my everyday ones that I carry seemed to be under filled with cotton. I figured it was because I bought it at Walmart.

My 1941 replica came good. I bought a few standard blank ones for personal engraving that came all exactly like in your video.

thanks I will do this to my birthday zippo when it comes in.

In my experience? They've all been shit. Packed fubar just like the mess you had here. I have 14 or so zips in my rotation. All were gucked up. But to be honest I've gotten the point where i look forward to "fixing" them out of the box. Kinda like...ok. You're mine now and this is how it is lol. Anyway, Good vid for noobs bud 👍

Wow, thanks for the tutorial! my girlfriend bought me a zippo as a gift and this helped alot cheers man.

Tried this technique and the one from your older video, I'm not sure if I've done something wrong but I found that your older method retained fluid much longer and much better.

my man going off at the wick lmaooooo but very helpful fr tho

I been saying this for years! The hinges don't close flush the packing sucks. Zippos are just sad these days. Glad you can shed some light on how lazy they are getting!

Nice repack!

Great video, Sir.

Thanks, it helped me a lot

Very Nice!! The best vids

Cool technique.

B '02. (K '01 on the inside) ~22 years old Zippo, and I'm still using it regularly.

What you first pulled out of there was inexcusable. And i have found the packing on some of my newer users inconsistent. Excellent method of repacking in my opinion. Funny, on my '01 solid titanium that i used multiple times daily at work from '03 until 2016, i pulled up the wick once and trimmed it. Only thing i did in all those years save for routine cleaning of the chimney and wheel and burnishing outside of chimney with a bronze gun cleaning toothbrush. I just got around to rewicking it a few months ago. I got all kinds of chemicals on that titanium case and of course there was no effect whatsoever; which is why i was using it at work in the first place. Actually i did have Zippo replace the hinge pin when i retired though, it was toast. Damn lighter still looks new though except bead blast is worn completely smooth. It's beautiful.

Never knew how poorly pack a “new” zippo was! Wow, thanks

One more thought (😅) The benefit of using the sandwiched wick method, is it allows you to also pull up on the wick for easy trimming.

smart way of packing, i will try this

Got my first zippo lighter almost a month ago, i love it. It's brand new from the store and it produced in january 2009, haven't checked how wick is packed, yet, but can confirm that hinge is already quite loose out of the box. So i thought if it's already bad, why not to do some tricks with it. Thanks to your videos i have learned some :D Really like your content!

I've had mine for 58 years and I'm just trying to get it to light up first time after sitting for at least 10 years.

It seems odd that Zippo wouldn't spend the money to have custom Cotton wading produced like "Cotton Bacon." Also have a procedure like the one you have. One Cotton ball behind the flint tube, on special pad inserted left, one special pad inserted right. Put on felt end cap, put back into case. Thank you for sharing, (I got a 1 1/4 " putty knife to streamline the process. 😉)

I would love a reply 5:26 this part of the video my cotton was never that big on the first layer and I could see the wick after the first layer. Does that mean it was good? I took it all out then snaked it in an S shape to be safe because another video I saw, my insert was January 21 and the case March 21

I don't understand why they shove them all like that, even i can find an S pattern illustration on a brand new pack of Zippo wick.. have to check and do a good curved wick. Thank u for good advice.

I saw when you disassembled the lighter that the screw that holds the flint is sticking out even though it is screwed to the maximum... and when you reassemble the lighter it sits on the screw because it is sticking out.... I have exactly one lighter and this with the same problem

Blessed tutorial. 🤌🏽

Thanks dude

Yeah the machine they use to pack them is pretty off, but I tested one that was packed from factory like yours vs one I repacked correctly and the jammed up one consistently last me a whole extra day… I feel like it was because I disturbed the cotton but not sure. Was planning on intentionally packing one like that after having fixed it just to see but haven’t got around to it.

Hey man, I saw a video of you showing of a helpful trick about replacing the cotton with Cotton Bacon, can you make a video that uses this method and that kind of cotton?

Any way to tighten the hinge?

In regards to the date I just got mine as a gift from Marlboro and mine says on the left 1 and on the right 15 does that mean they sent me one made in 2015?

Can you still do this with a zippo that has been used. So the wrick is running down one side of the zippo pressing against the cotton ??

New zippo collector man. I have around 15 USMC lighters and have an 80 count display case on the way. I'm only using one as a smoker and have already replaced it with a brand new one that's never been lit. I think this is going to be a fun game after I buy all the ones on Amazon that are available right now.

When I was 13 my friend showed me that you just use the lid of the Zippo to unscrew the screw no 🔧

With this repack how long the fuel lasts ...

I just want to collect these, I don't smoke but I still wanna carry one, lol

Just bought a new zippo from amazon and can’t get the insert out of the case .

Man this dude is serious about his Zippie

It seems to me that Zippo ask you to do what they can't be bothered to do it seems that they are assembled worse about every decade maybe by 2030 in small print on the box it will have some assembly required as they will just put the component parts in the box

Man I need to get in contact with you I need to send you some pictures. I just laid my hands on a 1950 Niagara falls zippo and I'm in the UK 🤣👍👍

I was foolish enough to soak the fuel on the "lift to fill" pad,did i damage anything on my zippo?

I've been getting the impression their qualities are sliding downhill through times. Loose hinges, hasty rayon packings, artworks & finishes that can fall apart. What's next?

What was your question ? I never even saw a comment from you on my part 1 video , tho again KZfaq has for over a year now been removing comments that are not violating any guidelines

Chit I just bought my 1st new zippo and I just dumped lighter fluid in..🤦🏻‍♂️

11:13 came out a bit, (keeping this for future reference)

Actually, I think the Packing Material is Rayon not Cotton. It is Synthetic and if you take a small piece of Rayon and lite it with only a spark it will not catch an ember like cotton. Yeah, so check the Packing Material, it is not Cotton.

First one

Is there any particular reason that Zippos quality control has dropped over the last few decades

I never knew they are packed so badly these days. I just opened up a new old one from the late 80s early 90s at best. It's not marked the same as this one maybe cos its Canadian. I know it cant be any newer than early 90s because its enameled with a City of Sydney crest and the City of Sydney ceased to exist in 1996 cos of one of those misguided amalgamation deals. It has a reverse stamp on the bottom. But it did not come packed like your new one. Whoever packed it did it right like you did. But why do they come like that? It doesn't take an iota more effort to do it right in the first place. I'm not a collector like yourself. I like Zippos because they always work, some can be pretty classy, for a good lighter they are hardly expensive but mostly because they are simple mechanical thing. But most simple mechanical things need a little bit of setup when you start. Geez Louise though there is no excuse for sending it out like that. Anyone who actually smokes with the thing isn't gonna like how it works. And if he doesn't know to watch something like this he is apt to say Zippos suck. They absolutely do not suck but the way they come from the factory these days sure does.

noice

the quality of the zippo from 2020 till now is too bad i prefer the old zippo, the zippo before 2004 is quite durable and the quality is quite good it is quite paradoxical that the lighters that year of manufacture Older is better than new zippo

Can you please explain how to get this click sound: kzfaq.infoSurGEouLWv4?feature=share

I love the vids, but I have to ask... how can a person run a KZfaq channel for 8 years (6 at the time of this video being made) without figuring out how to zoom in to something without making it blurry as all Hell? Seriously dude, do you not notice this amateur crap during editing, or do you just do half-assed work as a general rule? Listening to you say "Do you see that?" while you make it completely unreadable and keep moving it around is one of the most frustrating things you do... and you do it on A LOT of your videos. Other than that, great info in these videos and well done... just please learn how to use a camera.