Zippo MPL Butane Lighter - Silver Satin 142543

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• ASIN: B0007M4FIE
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,831 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Zippo Multipurpose Lighter, February 18, 2007

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K. Avery "blootnik" (Dayton, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zippo MPL Butane Lighter - Silver Satin 142543 (Misc.)

I have used this type of lighter for over five years. It is versatile for many uses around the home, since I am not a smoker. Our uses include: lighting the fireplace, barbecue, outdoor campfires, camp stove, candles for mood, and birthday candles. This Zippo is easy to use, is long enough to "reach" inside the fireplace or across a birthday cake, and has an adjustable flame. Being refillable with butane is a plus also, because unlike the conventional Zippo, butane does not have a strong odor to transfer to your hands during use. I highly recommend this lighter to anyone who is looking for a household lighting device. It is well made, safe (with 'dual' mechanism needed to light), and very sturdy (with the lifetime Zippo guarantee). Great lighter!

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ginourmous, July 28, 2005

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appidydafoo - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Zippo MPL Butane Lighter - Silver Satin 142543 (Misc.)

Wow, what an interesting purchase. I saw this on an online buyers guide of sorts, and it caught my eye. I hopped on Amazon and looked it up and found some good prices and put my order in. When I received this thing I was pretty floored. I am going to take some user-submitted images with my phone camera so y'all can see what I mean when I say: THIS THING IS HUGE! The images online (and lack of dimensions) made this thing appear pretty small to me. Functionally I think it works very well, aesthetically it is a really great lighter too. It took me a minute to get used to the safety-toggle and the slider switch, as they are offset and on opposing sides of the lighter for ergonomics. Great product, slightly misguided purchase but I am happy with it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I expected much more from a Zippo., November 28, 2008

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P. Siemer "uncle" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zippo MPL Butane Lighter - Silver Satin 142543 (Misc.)

I expected more from Zippo. The design of this lighter is weak.
I imagine most people throw them away in disgust rather than returning to the manufacturer. I also must question the source of any 5 star review.
All the Butane Zippo products I have used suffer the same problems:
*Tiny fuel tank for a giant-sized device.
*Weak and ineffective electronic ignition.
*Over-engineered child-proof mechanism that is adult-proof as well.

I would return it to the manufacturer, but they would need to completely
re-design and manufacture an entirely new product to make me a happy customer and restore the damage that this lighter has done to the entire Zippo brand.