I don’t smoke, and I never have. However, I carried a chrome Zippo lighter in my pocket for most of high school, college, and a year or two after. My father told me at an early age that every man should have the ability to cut something and to make fire at all times. The problem was that I didn’t use the Zippo enough, and either the wick dried out or all of the fuel would evaporate. I think the lighter made it through a few moves, and then I ditched it somewhere.

Now, I have a few ways of making fire in my personal emergency bag, including some disposable plastic lighters. I was reading about inexpensive holiday gifts for smokers, and found reference to the Ronson Jet Lite butane lighter.

The best part is that I expected it to be about $6 at Wal*Mart … it turns out it was $2.99 at Wal*Mart! I wound up getting one as a gift and one for myself. Here are my thoughts:
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