No offence to your friend, but he doesnt know what he's talking about. For shit!

Zippo's run on refined petrol, not gas. The have a horrible smell, and taste. Yes, you can taste the fuel on your cigs/bud.

Zippo's arnt built to be good, they're built to look cool, and they do.

But damn, there no good for any form of bong/hookah, and really, they're are just no good to smoke weed with. I mean, unless you want your weed tasting like petrol. Gas lighters dont have the flavour because all the fuel gets burned, or enough so that you cant taste it.

I cant remember if i gave the reason Zippos are no good for bongs and pipes, so here it is; Light a Zippo and try holding it upside down. What happens? The flame just goes into the holey part, because it's a wick burning. There's nothing being forced out at high pressure, unlike gas.

I use any old ligher i have laying around.

Only buy a Zippo for the look, not to actually use, especially with bud.

I'd advice you to get a torch ligher. But even then, they waste a small amount of THC, as they're so hot they destroy some fo the THC and CBDs. Obviously you'll still get high though rofl!

But torch lighers are for crack arnt they?