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posted by sparkysko on 06/05/2010 Certified Owner
Involvement:General (knows how to use it) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month
-Wick/fuel tube can be pulled out after lighting and used as a standalone 'candle' for lighting tobacco pipes easily
-Much better than Zippo: smaller, no tools required to change flint or do anything, can use existing zippo fuel/flints/wicks that are sold everywhere, hand never touches the flint wheel
-Fit/finish is excellent, and IMCO lighters have a 10 year warranty. Check around at antique sites, you'll find 40-50 year old versions of the same lighter that are still working and in use
-Durable, these things have a proven track record, and there's nothing that's going to wear out in a lifetime (except wick/flint replacement)
-Small size, similar dimensions to a Bic lighter, but this one is shorter in height.
-Snuffer inhibits fuel loss.
-Good steel. I dropped mine on concrete and made a sharp burr, it polished out nicely with a sharpening stone.
-Lights every time
-Slimmest of the imco three lighters
-Recommended to use the IMCO wicks for replacement (about $2 for a 'maintenance kit' with wicks and flints online). Factory replacement wicks have a metal wire in them to ease installation. Wire snaps off after you're done. You'd have to get a poking tool to get a zippo wick through the hole otherwise since the wick holder is tight by default.
-Potential to rust. As far as I know they do not use stainless in these, don't keep them in wet pants all day. Older antique ones sometimes have very minor rust/corrosion. You'd have to replace the fuel anyways if you got it wet, so you might as well wipe off any water at the same time, so this shouldn't be an issue.
-The slimmer profile on the streamline vs the triplex or other models offered on dealextreme likely reduces the amount of fuel you can carry. I haven't run out, but I top mine off every few days just in case. I don't have a zippo to compare with, but I'm pretty sure it's quite a bit less fuel than a zippo holds by default, but zippos evaporate much more fuel than this thing will, sooo....
-Lacks the adjustable windproof screen that the triplex has