BIC lighters

[Tap 58]

BIC lighters may be the most well made product with respect to their price in the history of mankind. I just picked mine up out of the bottom of the washing machine and it worked immediately. I have a lot of nice guns, knives and watches and I appreciate the quality of all of them, but pound for pound I think the BIC stacks up well against the Colt Python, Randall knife, and Omega watch. Every other lighter is complete crap when compared as well.

 

Is there another product that dominates the competition or has the quality to price ratio of the bic lighter?

 

[Pato del Muerto 52624]

So the bartender says “you didn’t think I wished for a 12” BIC, did you?”

[JohnnyRage 1617]

Not the rubbers your Daddy was usin'.

[Prepuce of Doom 21110]

Anyone who uses a disposable lighter besides a Bic or a Djeep is a cheap shithead with poor judgment. 

[Dewey 3296]

Meanwhile, grandma is back at the ranch beating off the indians.

[RPM 26365]

Go Zippo or go home.

[52-80 19271]

1 hour ago, RPM said:

Go Zippo or go home.

What a terrible product strategy

[WhatTheBuck 28811]

If you aren't de-childproofing them before use then you're doing it wrong. There's just that thin metal band that you can easily pry up and remove. It's not connected to anything. I use a key to pry up those little metal tabs holding it in place and then I can grip it with the nails of my thumb and middle finger and wiggle it free. Then I use the key to bend those tabs back in place. 

And do you know the trick of using your lighter to open a beer bottle?

[luke duke 6414]

People still smoke?

[Buzzrock 14950]

Hey 16 year old me: never throw an “empty” BIC lighter in the fire to watch it “melt”.

[mr. sunshine 2833]

32 minutes ago, luke duke said:

People still smoke?

Yes in some states even legally 

[DigglerontheHoof 21261]

1 hour ago, luke duke said:

People still smoke?

Yeah, it's legal in about 20% of the states; you should try it, might be less snarky. 

[HOOKEM4 5044]

1 hour ago, luke duke said:

People still smoke?

This guy doesn't fuck....errr.... poke

[Prepuce of Doom 21110]

6 hours ago, RPM said:

Go Zippo or go home.

More like, "Smoke pot with a Zippo, and then go home early because of the headache you gave yourself." 

[Jkwellborn 6749]

Meanwhile, grandma is back at the ranch beating off the indians.

We aren’t still doing phrasing?

[lateshow 1308]

6 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

 

And do you know the trick of using your lighter to open a beer bottle?

Doesn't everyone? 

[shakahorn 1645]

8 minutes ago, lateshow said:

Doesn't everyone? 

Next thing you're gonna tell me is you can open a beer bottle with another bottle.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

16 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

This is one thread where disputes against OP's point are really pretty silly. 

One may argue a product might rival the function of a Bic lighter which falls outside the lighter world, but the bic really is in a class of its own. 

In the post apocalypse the man who occupies the Bic factory and controls the supply will be rich beyond his dreams 

[lateshow 1308]

27 minutes ago, shakahorn said:

Next thing you're gonna tell me is you can open a beer bottle with another bottle.

[shakahorn 1645]

18 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

In the post apocalypse the man who occupies the Bic factory and controls the supply will be rich beyond his dreams 

I always say, in the event of a complete collapse of the financial system, I ain't buying gold, I'm buying guns.  But maybe I will buy some bic lighters too.

[El Diablo 4232]

13 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Anyone who uses a disposable lighter besides a Bic or a Djeep is a cheap shithead with poor judgment. 

Unless Djeep has changed since I last bought one 20 years ago, they're shit piles compared to a BIC.

[Pato del Muerto 52624]

2 hours ago, lateshow said:

Doesn't everyone? 

Armybrat was there when the lever and fulcrum were invented. 

[Whitman 694]

15 hours ago, Tap said:

 

Is there another product that dominates the competition or has the quality to price ratio of the bic lighter?

 

 

Your mom.

 

PS: Oddly, she's still the same price as a Bic lighter after all these years.   

[Buffsoldier 1895]

1 hour ago, Whitman said:

Your mom.

 

PS: Oddly, she's still the same price as a Bic lighter after all these years.   

And she also can be used to open beer bottles.

[Pato del Muerto 52624]

1 hour ago, Buffsoldier said:

And she also can be used to open beer bottles.

And vice versa. 

[Newdoc 3453]

38 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

And vice versa. 

/thread

[Deej 76971]

19 hours ago, Tap said:

BIC lighters may be the most well made product with respect to their price in the history of mankind. I just picked mine up out of the bottom of the washing machine and it worked immediately. I have a lot of nice guns, knives and watches and I appreciate the quality of all of them, but pound for pound I think the BIC stacks up well against the Colt Python, Randall knife, and Omega watch. Every other lighter is complete crap when compared as well.
 
Is there another product that dominates the competition or has the quality to price ratio of the bic lighter?
 

Be a man, buy the full-size ones.

Or you have big hands. You know what they say...

Edited August 29, 2018 by Deej

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

2 hours ago, Buffsoldier said:

And she also can be used to open beer bottles.

I'm in love......

[Tap 58]

Be a man, buy the full-size ones.
Or you have big hands. You know what they say...

I usually have 3-4 of each laying around and just grab one.

[RPM 26365]

2 hours ago, Buffsoldier said:

And she also can be used to open beer bottles.

Twistoffs are her specialty.

[Buzzrock 14950]

Next thing you're gonna tell me is you can open a beer bottle with another bottle.

Perfect plan until you get to your last beer

[Superhero 8855]

On 8/27/2018 at 10:02 PM, Dewey said:

Meanwhile, grandma is back at the ranch beating off the indians.

Slut?

[BigHorn'13 3387]

All about bic. The only thing that pisses me off about them is that it seems the butane is less than it once was. I remember smoking heavily and having the same lighter for several months. Now? I'd be lucky to make it a month. 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11821]

9 hours ago, Superhero said:

Slut?

It was like Custers last stand. The Indians just kept coming and coming.