What kind of stores sell cigarette lighter fluid?

[Perd Hapley]

I've never had a refillable cigarette lighter before, but I bought a customized one as a gift. I want to fill it before I give it to them, but I've tried a grocery store, Bass Pro, Cabela's, and a nearby gas station convenience store. Bupkis.

What gives?


Someone offered to help pay off our church's mortgage, by matching whatever we could raise. We raised $69,000, and paid it off, so we'll be burning the mortgage this Sunday. Hence the lighter.

[lee n. field]

Zippo lighter fluid on Amazon.

Ronson and Zippo at Walmart.

So sez the interwebz.

[Brad Johnson]

Have a can of camp fuel laying around? Same stuff.

Brad

[cordex]

Most big grocery stores around here that carry cigarettes have little yellow bottles of it. Usually with the butane lighters and tobacco products.

Congratulations on paying off the church mortgage.

[Perd Hapley]

I asked a smoker just now, and he said hardware store. Which makes me feel dumb.

[Ben]

It might depend on where you live with Walmart. An Oregon one is closest to me and they don't sell it. Idaho has a regional chain of tobacco stores, seemingly on every other block. If Misery has something similar, you'll find it there.

[Perd Hapley]

Congratulations on paying off the church mortgage.

Wish I could take credit for it, but thanks.

[charby]

Butane or Zippo type?

[Tuco]

You can buy from your neighborhood tobacconist

[bedlamite]

You can buy from your neighborhood tobacconist

I will not buy this record, it is scratched.

[zahc]

I thought you could always buy them wherever you can buy cigarettes.

The Zippo brand is better because it comes in a metal can and lasts for decades. The Ronsonol stuff is the same but it comes in a plastic bottle and goes bad fast.

[Bogie]

The zippo stuff works great for flushing out triggers and such... And it leaves a thin protective film.

[Perd Hapley]

Butane or Zippo type?

Zippo Marx

[Doggy Daddy]

Around these parts you almost have to go to a dispensary.

[Kingcreek]

I purchased lighter fluid and flint strikers at a Walgreens

[K Frame]

Walmart and most grocery and tobacco stores sell it in my neck of the woods.

Camping stores will also sell it for use in catalytic hand warmers.

[K Frame]

I asked a smoker just now, and he said hardware store. Which makes me feel dumb.

Go with the feeling.

[cordex]

I asked a smoker just now, and he said hardware store. Which makes me feel dumb.

There's a thread for that.

[charby]

Zippo Marx

So.I googled that since I wasn't familiar, that model didn't come up, but I learned that Zippo makes both the old Zippo wick lighters and butane lighters now.

[WLJ]

Walmart and most grocery and tobacco stores sell it in my neck of the woods.

Camping stores will also sell it for use in catalytic hand warmers.

Bet your area hasn't had a riot/looting problem.
It wouldn't shock me if lighter fluid is not sold in places like Walmart and grocery stores in certain areas because of shall we say certain potential issues with it being in those stores.

[K Frame]

So.I googled that since I wasn't familiar, that model didn't come up, but I learned that Zippo makes both the old Zippo wick lighters and butane lighters now.

I'm pretty sure that he was making a funny, inferring that Zippo was one of the comedy troupe of the Marx Brothers -- Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo.

[Brad Johnson]

In addition to camp fuel, VM&P Naptha will also work. Same liquid in all three. "Lighter Fluid" is just naptha in a prettier and more expensive bottle.

Brad

[charby]

I'm pretty sure that he was making a funny, inferring that Zippo was one of the comedy troupe of the Marx Brothers -- Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo.

Since he's a white guy self identifying as a black guy, he probably wouldn't like a Marx Zippo.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1277052010/rare-1930s-marx-zippo-monkeypull-string

[Perd Hapley]

Since he's a white guy self identifying as a black guy, he probably wouldn't like a Marx Zippo.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1277052010/rare-1930s-marx-zippo-monkeypull-string

Looks fantastic. As it is the 10th day of Christmas, I am still accepting gifts.

[zxcvbob]

Looks fantastic. As it is the 10th day of Christmas, I am still accepting gifts.

Orthodox Christmas is coming up. :D (I think it's Monday)

I have an old Zippo lighter and I can't find flints for it locally.  I haven't tried a smoke shop yet; in years past I always bought them at or near the cigarette counter at any supermarket.  So I'll probably buy a bulk pack of them from Amazon and have a lifetime supply, especially since I don't smoke so I don't use a lighter very often.