Child-Proof Lighters

[HighBuddy]

I hate those child proof lighters, they hurt my thumb after a while... i just bought a 6 pack of lighters and ripped every single one of the child proof things, any one else ever do this?

[screwedcork]

they tend to be stoner-proof too... i always take them off

[Up In Smoke 420]

Yup I always take them off also, When smokers have them on it always pisses me off.

[sir smokes alot]

im not a child so i don't use child proof lighters hold on let me re phrase that i don't have any children i need to keep away from my lighters

[Leonard12]

i just bought one of the lighters with just a button on it. 2 days after the first use my thumb is still numb from pressing that fucking thing.

[Maui Wowie]

I take it out instantly when I get the lighter.

[NightProwler]

i assume your talking about bbq lighters... because i've never seen a child saftey thing on bic lighters

[screwedcork]

no it's a little metal clip thing on the striker on bic lighters, makes it really hard to strike (especially when you're high)

[mono repin]

... The bics have them. They are the curved metal piece that partially covers the "wheel" you spin. To remove just get a screwdriver under it and twist. Makes lighting 200% easier.

... thank god zippo doesn't have one.

[NightProwler]

hmmm.. thats odd, i've never noticed them, never had any trouble lighting either.

[partyguy420]

arg... i hate those stupid things... and hate it even more when other stoners dont take them off... so im always sitting there with a pipe in one hand and a child prof lighter and a kinfe in the other taking it off

[Jake0steve]

I usually keep them on bics because i didnt even realize that they were child safety devices...I shall try getting it off my current favorite lighter in a moment.

[Jake0steve]

Oh damn i know what your talking about, ya every lighter i end up with tends to be de-childproofed.

i thought it was something else.

[NightProwler]

yea i just checked my stash of lighters and only one hadn't been de-childproofed.

[mike jones]

I noticed the child-proofing before but it never made it any harder for me. Gonna take the metal off my bic now just to see if it really does make a difference. I'm curious...

[Nullific]

Does it seem to anybody else like lighters got bulkier when they added this child 'saftey' mechanism? I remember them being somewhat smaller several years ago. They don't sell the lighters you can tweak and cause to exlpode around here anymore either. :(

[mikeo14]

lmao look at mike jone's icon! great choice.

[Killa.Kali]

I hate those things too :cool:

whats the point in 'child-proofing' a lighter? darwins theory of evolution works :D the kid who burns too many nose hairs ends up looking like michael jackson :) i mean come on, what happened to the good old days when parents let their kids learn on their own? Jeeeeeez my mom was happy when i stuck a fork in the outlet...course she got really pissed when i did it again =\

[beachguy in thongs]

Buy one those miniature screwdriver sets from the dollar store. They come in handy for popping off the child-proof part of the lighter, and also, cleaning bowls and scraping resin.

[NightProwler]

I think it's only the bics, because i bought a ligter at some fair with a pot leaf on it and the words "natures way of staying high" and it didn't have a child saftey thing.

[Up In Smoke 420]

Hahaha that's most likely because it was a weed lighter, my friend had one where you push the button down but before doing that you have to switch this thing it acted as a child proof.

[psychedelicmess]

I think it's only the bics, because i bought a ligter at some fair with a pot leaf on it and the words "natures way of staying high" and it didn't have a child saftey thing.

i totally have that lighter and i got it at a fair. its pretty shitty though, it leaks.

[SENSESFAIL]

I always take them off, and i also take the red plastic button off 2 so no one can steal my lighter.

[WalkaWalka]

i hate the ones with the deal you gota push forward on the button before pushing down the one i had got thrown out the window

[st0n3r]

i tend to make a huge bonfire in my back yard after a few beers and a few blunts/fatties.......so theres no need 4 a lighter........except wen ur gettin started then yeh i jus used my turbo lighter :D tis kwl.

peace.

[mike jones]

lmao look at mike jone's icon! great choice.

Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust is the best show ever.

[beachguy in thongs]

i hate the ones with the deal you gota push forward on the button before pushing down the one i had got thrown out the window

I like to think of it like I'm cocking a shotgun.