Bic lighter carry

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Been enjoying reading this site a lot and have picked up some good ideas. I dont know if this has been done already. If so……sorry for the repetition.

I usually carry a Bic lighter. ( dont smoke ) Trouble was it kept running out of gas due to being squashed in my pocket.

I tried a cord wrap to stop the button going down. I came up with a way to keep the cord in place without needing a knot, but it was a bit awkward to get off and then retie.
Tried an “o” ring as well and found that a little small. I wanted something that would still work even with really cold hands. Having spent 1/2 an hour of ferocious concentration getting a fire started with frozen hands ( matches were worse ) I didnt want to make it any harder than it had to be.

So came up with this….

It is a 20mm piece of polybutelyne plumbing/water pipe cut to slightly longer than a mini bic lighter.
I squeezed it in the vice to make it oval and put the lighter in.

The pipe springs back enough to get a firm grip in the lighter, but if you squeeze from the sides it will either fall out, or be able to be pushed up enough to use the striker.

I kept trying to come up with something better but couldnt. A longer tab at one end for a key ring ‘hold’ maybe, but thats about it. Cheap, cant hurt it and the lighter wont run out of gas.

For the lighters that get wet….. ( I put one in a tub of water for 1/2 an hour as a test to make absolutely sure ) rip the kiddy proof spring thing off. Shake/blow the water out of it. Run the wheel down your leg a few times until it sparks again and its good to go.
The flint gets a bit soft and wears faster than the norm, but i have never had one wear out to the point where I couldnt get full use out of the lighter.

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