You all are really, really, really fucking ridiculous.

A BIC lighter is a ghetto ass butane ligther. It burns butane, just like any other non-zippo lighter, it uses a flint to ignite said butane, like most lighters, and other than that it's just a non-adjustable valve with a plastic resovoir.

A "butane lighter" is any lighter that burns butane, including BIC lighters. I don't know what you are referring to as a "butane lighter", but it popular gas station brands are Djeep, Bic, and Ronson, as well as no-name chinese ones. Expensive brands of butane lighters (some are in excess of $100) work in the same way, but usually use a piezoelectric lighter to ignite the butane. A piezoelectric lighter makes a small spark by compressing a quartz crystal (I honestly don't know exactly how that works).

A "jet" or "torch" lighter is a lighter that mixes butane with air before ignition, make a much hotter flame. Sometime manufactureres put a small piece of metal at the top to make a colored flame, such as copper for a green flame. These tend to be more effecient, but they can also bring out harmful chemicals in metals.

A zippo is, well, we all know what a zippo is.

In the picture(from left to right):
Ronson butane refill
Bic lighter
Slim refillable butane lighter
No-name chinese lighter
Zippo lighter
No-name chinese torch lighter

Now lets all calm down, realize that unless you are talking about a torch lighter, it was just the placebo effect, and stop yelling.

(keep in mind I'm college educated, unlike most people on this forum, and have been a pyro since most of you were in diapers)
pu ekot Reviewed by pu ekot on . Best lighter to use.. I found a difference while using 2 different lighters in the same session.. I used a butane lighter and it was harsh as fuck. I switched to a regular BIC lighter and it felt real soft. Most people don't know the difference in these kind of lighters. Butane lighters can equal the price of BIC lighters so it makes it harder to realize a difference; most would think they are all the same thing what they are getting when they pick out a random lighter. Make sure you are getting a BIC lighter Rating: 5