Zippo 250 Classic High Polish Chrome Pocket Lighter

Bought this for Father’s Day and my dad used it once

My friend loved it.

I bought this for a friend as his first Zippo lighter. He loves it! Never see him without it. It's very durable but it does retain some finger prints so you may need to occasionally wipe it off to keep the shine. Very light weight and easy to refill (like all Zippos I have purchased). Some may say the price is steep but it is definitely worth the money!

Works as expected. Great as a lightweight, solidly built fire starting tool. Also great for doing tricks. Sure it goes through fuel quick, but its easy to refill so whatever. Definitely worth the money.

The polished lighters are copper or brass with an electroplated chrome. The plating is thin and rubs through in less than a year. Then it starts getting gunky and you have bits of green start showing up in random places. The hinge and mechanical parts still work fine no problems there. It's the exterior finish that just doesn't hold up over time. I also bought a copper polished one 2 years ago and same story. The brass one at least you can wet sand, buff, and polish to look like gold again. The chrome plated ones end up looking pretty bad over time. I need a real full stainless one apparently because these plated ones just do not look good after a year of daily use.

Yes, it wont work out of box, its common sense that you cant mail a device with fuel and a spark, you HAVE to order fuel for it, as long as you fuel it before hand, or gift it with the fuel its a great item to gift to somebody with ease of use, I highly recommend this to anybody as its a fun thing to own, with the longevity and durability on these, along with the lifetime free repairs from zippo, Have some problems?q: it just keeps sparking after I got itA: add fuel, it doesn't always come with someQ: I've had it for a while but it no longer worksA: its the wick or your out of fuel, easy to replace, plenty of kits on amazonQ: only lit a few times then stopped workingA: didn't stop working just probably ran out of fuel, buy some on the extraP.S. these things also run out of flint so you will need: any zippo kit that gives you Flint, wicks and fuel, there's an abundance of these on here.

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It is simple and reliable. Nothing can really happen to a lighter with such a simple, years-proven design. You can easily disassemble it yourself for servicing purposes, if needed. Whatever happens, you just need some high-octane fuel to keep it working (of course, during a peacetime special zippo liquid is recommended for better performance and minimum smell :).I personally like high polish chrome with no engraving or picture on it, as it looks most neutral and stylish to me.As for the gas smell by the way, is not strong when the lighter is closed.The lighter is absolutely suitable for all the situations when you would take your bic lighter previously.It is not too big or heavy.I like the fact that you don't need to keep any button pressed to keep fire going. This might be useful when you use the lighter as matches - you can pass it to your friend, use to start a fireplace, warm your hands or even maybe warm some food.I have noticed that inner part goes outside for 2-3 centimeters when you open/close the lighter for a few times, however it does not go further. But I've fixed this by putting a small aluminum foil strip inside the lighter.You have to get some practice so you won't put an excessive amount of fuel when "recharging" the lighter. I recharge mine once per 1-3 weeks.By the way, this lighter comes with no fuel, so make sure you've purchased some zippo liquid if you want to use your lighter right away. Or consider buying a zippo all-in-one kit which includes liquid. But as far as I know, there are no kits with high polish chrome lighters.The lighter is wind-proof and it does not afraid of some amounts of water or sand. I.e. obviously you can blow it out, but when it comes to real usage, this lighter should survive under almost any conditions.