you got it all wrong guys.
a napatha/wick /zippo type lighter uses napatha(a refined petrol i think?) as a fuel, these are no good for bowls.

a bic uses the same lighting mechanism as a zippo, except that you immediately hit a button to release butane(flammable gas with a MUCH more complete reaction). i assume this is what he means by a flick lighter.

this click lighter he speaks of is actually called "piezoelectric"(piezoelectric materials are ones that produce a small charge when compressed(and vibrate when charged, thats what the quartz in your digital watch does!). the problem with these is that after a while the little piezoelectric mechanism can die. BUT DON'T LET THIS DETER YOU FROM PEIXOELECTRIC LIGHTERS! its usually jstu the cheap ones that fail because well...they're cheap.

and since im feeling nice, those jet or torch lighters you see, ALSO use butane, except they mix a little bit of oxygen with the butane before its ignited, created a more instant reaction(also more complete, logically, these should taste better than a bic). these always use a piezoelectric ignition, and are notorious for failing after a few months(although properly maintained one will last a LONG time!)

yeah, sorry for the science lesson. but that should clear things up.

and by the way, i usually prefer bic lighters, i find that other ones of a similar genre, are also good, but after a little while, the non bics flame gets slowly tinyer and tinyer