I had a Tohil for a few months. It was cool until it wouldn't light one day when I was hiking in the winter. I couldn't light my hand warmer for anything while out in the snow and wind. Then another day, the striker wheel just fell off. Put it back together a few times. Finally tossed it and bought a butane torch type lighter (and a spare) for winter hiking. Definitely will never trust my safety to one of these again. Nick, Thanks for the interesting reviews.
Nick, I realize that you had a quarter in frame for a minute, but I can't figure out the exact size. I wish you held the lighters up to something more recognizable, a spiderco delica possibly?
I've owned the Tohil for a few years, just bought the Maratac in type III Anodized tumbled O.D. Green aluminum with a 30% discount Maratac is running for 48 hours at time of this post.
I like your review style, it's a beautiful thing. Nice and informative. I bought the titanium peanut lighter. It cost a little more but it's much lighter and more rust resistant.
biggest drawback to the peanut style is mandatory two hand operation. however the millennia old technique of getting a light into odd places is to light something else first and use it as a wand
While not as "pretty" as this, there are cases just for Bic lighters, mine is made by" Exotac" it even floats should the need be, about $15 if memory serves, but hey, to each their own. Solid review as always Nick, you always spark up a good conversation.
Oh Grief, i may have to get one. i have the emergency match type. ya know the ones that have the ferro striker with the wick attached. the fluid lasts a good while though.
Still prefer the plasma lighters... Just need to plug them in once in a while... About as clean as you can get... No fuel... No wick... No flint... Waterproof and windproof...
Does every issue apply to both lighters? Seemed like maybe you were talking about the titanium the whole time. Lol!! Like does the red one take a few strikes to light? And is it as heavy as the titanium one?
Nick,, you should Trademark that and sell T-Shirts: ..."It's not all rainbows and Unicorn Farts,...you got some issues here..." I lucked out and had just hit the bathroom,.....else I'd REALLY be "P*ssed",....literally! :-) Conveys much like..."The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", only a bit more colorful Ha!
I was looking for some over ear headphones for under or near 100$. i currently have a set of sennheiser hd428 but the pads are all wearing out. i like them alot and was wanting something similar but the 598 is a bit out of my budget. sorting through the options an amazon makes my brain hurt. any help would be appreciated
Why didn't you disassemble the red one completely and show us the material the insert is made of? You seemed to only be focused on the stainless steel (or titanium?) one the whole video. You also said the silver colored one was stainless steel, then said it was titanium, which is it? The insert information is was bothered me about the red lighter, we didn't get to know. I looked them up myself but just a little constructive criticism. Unless you just wanted to handle the one more and show it being lit more to draw focus away from the other for some reason. I doubt it unless you like free lighters. Cool video though, clear visual and you talk throughout the whole video, somehow without actually going through more than a few uses for a lighter.
Bics cost a lot over a lifetime in my area they are $2 per lighter let's say that you buy 10 Bic lighters over the course of a year 7 or 8 of them get stolen or lost that's almost 20 dollars down the drain petroleum lighters like the peanut style lighters here or zippos and imco lighters work on gasoline/petrol and white gas very well not just Zippo lighter fluid white gas is $8.99 a gallon where I live. A Bic will provide one continuous light for about 60 minutes so if we divide it up into 6 second lights that equals 1000 lights to a lighter and then it goes into the garbage now I don't know about peanut style lighters but I know that the Zippos take about five milliliters of fuel to fill one gallon of white gas costs 8.99 as I said. a gallon contains give or take 3750mL of fluid which equals out to .002 cents per mL it costs 1 cent in USD to fill a Zippo and a Zippo can run for 21 minutes fully filled about 300 6 second lights while it costs $2 to buy a Bic a gallon of Coleman fuel can fill your Zippo 750 times giving you about 225,000 lights per gallon that is 225 Bic lighters saved. Of course this does not account for costs like flints and wicks but the cost to opperate a Zippo is far cheaper than bics plus a petroleum lighter will work at -40c/-40f (same temp) butane starts to freeze past about negative 10 because at 32 Fahrenheit butane starts to boil the onlyreason the butane does not leak out of a Bic lighter is because it's pressurized there are pros and cons to every type of lighter I prefer petroleum lighters that's me they work for my endeavors Bic lighters might work for yours it's all a matter of preference
I really can't see this style of lighters work in the city. The disposable lighters for 20 cents are just too good, too light and too accessible. If "fuel leakage" is a concern, just get the "electric" ones without the strike wheel. Maybe in a survival situation these lighters make more sense.
yeah, these are really mainly for survival purposes, or really occasional use on the go if you want to keep one on your keychain or something. I have a couple of lighters like this (I'm a smoker) and they are really cumbersome for any kind of everyday use.
Georgi Ivanov I got one of these on my keychain and it helped me a few times when I forgot my normal lighter. But they replace in no way a normal disposable
"I don't smoke unless I'm on fire" funniest moment of my day 😂😂
True Utility Fire Stash. I bought it in 2020. Just fired it up in 2023. Amazing!
I had a Tohil for a few months. It was cool until it wouldn't light one day when I was hiking in the winter. I couldn't light my hand warmer for anything while out in the snow and wind. Then another day, the striker wheel just fell off. Put it back together a few times. Finally tossed it and bought a butane torch type lighter (and a spare) for winter hiking. Definitely will never trust my safety to one of these again. Nick, Thanks for the interesting reviews.
Nick, I realize that you had a quarter in frame for a minute, but I can't figure out the exact size. I wish you held the lighters up to something more recognizable, a spiderco delica possibly?
Who is this Nick and what has he done with the Shabazz? WHERE'S THE DELICA!?
I need a shirt that says "I dont smoke unless im on fire" with nicks logo on the back STAT
Haha
and on the back with the logo "and that's a beautiful thing"
I use flint and steel to light candles on birthday cakes for my fellow office employees all the time, what are you talking about, Nick?
+TheMawsJawz TM You can tell I don’t hard-use my flint and steels
Who are you,...Fred Flintstone? :-)
gotta keep those survival skills up to snuff.
Just a tip, but you can actually refill a lot of disposable lighters! Some of them have a little port on the bottom that you can put butane in.
@Nick
I love that you've taken my title suggestion to use!
he could never have resisted such wordplay
+The Savage Llama Absolutely. Every “Quick Nick Shabazz” review is now called a “Quick Shabazz”
ᴊᴏʀɪᴄ oh snap !! 😮
I use those as backups either in the bag or on the keychain. For active use it's a good old Zippo. Great Review. Gotta Try the NuMyth!
I've owned the Tohil for a few years, just bought the Maratac in type III Anodized tumbled O.D. Green aluminum with a 30% discount Maratac is running for 48 hours at time of this post.
I like your review style, it's a beautiful thing. Nice and informative.
I bought the titanium peanut lighter. It cost a little more but it's much lighter and more rust resistant.
These are really good for camping and survival. Too handy to not consider tossing in the load.
You have a comically NE coast accent and I adore it. Great review.
You're always costing me money Nick Lol! I bought the Aluminum XL Maratac. It's lighter than the Titanium one and I like the looks.
Sorry to say I'm a smoker.
I really enjoy my lighters especially my zippos.
I like these lighters. They look like a real gem.
Thanks Nick. As soon as the peanut lighter arives in the mail the zippo is going in a drawer.
Yeah those are definitely useful. Might try to get my hands on the SS model.
biggest drawback to the peanut style is mandatory two hand operation. however the millennia old technique of getting a light into odd places is to light something else first and use it as a wand
While not as "pretty" as this, there are cases just for Bic lighters, mine is made by" Exotac" it even floats should the need be, about $15 if memory serves, but hey, to each their own.
Solid review as always Nick, you always spark up a good conversation.
Thanks for this , Nick! I see options for my fire kit :)
Oh Grief, i may have to get one. i have the emergency match type. ya know the ones that have the ferro striker with the wick attached. the fluid lasts a good while though.
Numyth tohil lighter is no longer available.. So i bought the maritech XL lighter works great
Love these videos!
These types of lighters would be a good addition to back pack methinks.
Obviously I don't use a firesteel, I use a bow drill 😀
I been looking for this older maratac model with the embossed lettering. Would you by chance be interested in selling it if you still have it?
Still prefer the plasma lighters... Just need to plug them in once in a while... About as clean as you can get... No fuel... No wick... No flint... Waterproof and windproof...
Wouldn’t have expected any other accent from a man with a last name Shabazz.
Hey nick, out of all the knife brands what brand is your favorite, or what are your favorites
can these use other fuels like kerosene or some sort of mineral oil?
Save the bees! If you answer this right, I will give you a free queen. What is the best beekeeping lighter for me?
Great information and ur voice is brilliant. A bit like Simpsons lol
Nick are you based in Ohio? I used to work for truenorth and they're only in Ohio Michigan and Chicago.
Tru ultility also makes a peanut style lighter. It's also only $10!
Does every issue apply to both lighters? Seemed like maybe you were talking about the titanium the whole time. Lol!! Like does the red one take a few strikes to light? And is it as heavy as the titanium one?
i'm having a bad time inserting a new wick into my titanium splitpead I bought ~1
year ago.
So The Nick is a survivalist? Only survival dudes carry around lighters, murderie blades, and Iphones w/ ear buds!
Nick,, you should Trademark that and sell T-Shirts: ..."It's not all rainbows and Unicorn Farts,...you got some issues here..." I lucked out and had just hit the bathroom,.....else I'd REALLY be "P*ssed",....literally! :-) Conveys much like..."The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", only a bit more colorful Ha!
Make sure to use zippo fuel lighter fluid. Gasoline was very hard to put out.
The best light the feul last very long time
I was looking for some over ear headphones for under or near 100$. i currently have a set of sennheiser hd428 but the pads are all wearing out. i like them alot and was wanting something similar but the 598 is a bit out of my budget. sorting through the options an amazon makes my brain hurt. any help would be appreciated
+Joshua 595 are great, just as nice as the 598, but much cheaper.
Nick Shabazz thanks, love your reviews. They are a wonderful contrast to the mall ninjas and hard core survivalist that are so prevalent on TH-cam
Why not use a capacitative lighter?
Wyatt Morin they tend to not be good for lighting hand warmers and whatnot
Nick Shabazz oh, didn't know. Thanks
Kinda cool for a few specific uses, but I'm gonna stick with my Elon Musk Flamethrower, that thing never leaves my side...I need help.
This guy sounds like Mort Goldman old Jewish Morty😅😂😂
This review was a bauddyfull thing.
It's a beautiful ting
Don't smoke unless you're on fire? Jeeze, I smoke in bed. haha
BTW, these lights cost over $30 even for the brass version of the titanium one.
Just bought the Maratac in type III Anodized tumbled O.D. Green aluminum with a 30% discount Maratac is running for 48 hours 9/16/17
Bics and clippers are refillable
Why didn't you disassemble the red one completely and show us the material the insert is made of? You seemed to only be focused on the stainless steel (or titanium?) one the whole video. You also said the silver colored one was stainless steel, then said it was titanium, which is it?
The insert information is was bothered me about the red lighter, we didn't get to know.
I looked them up myself but just a little constructive criticism.
Unless you just wanted to handle the one more and show it being lit more to draw focus away from the other for some reason. I doubt it unless you like free lighters.
Cool video though, clear visual and you talk throughout the whole video, somehow without actually going through more than a few uses for a lighter.
Tons of similar ones on Amazon for a couple of bucks ,, just sayin,,,
Just buy a 3 pack of Bic's.
Bics cost a lot over a lifetime in my area they are $2 per lighter let's say that you buy 10 Bic lighters over the course of a year 7 or 8 of them get stolen or lost that's almost 20 dollars down the drain petroleum lighters like the peanut style lighters here or zippos and imco lighters work on gasoline/petrol and white gas very well not just Zippo lighter fluid white gas is $8.99 a gallon where I live. A Bic will provide one continuous light for about 60 minutes so if we divide it up into 6 second lights that equals 1000 lights to a lighter and then it goes into the garbage now I don't know about peanut style lighters but I know that the Zippos take about five milliliters of fuel to fill one gallon of white gas costs 8.99 as I said. a gallon contains give or take 3750mL of fluid which equals out to .002 cents per mL it costs 1 cent in USD to fill a Zippo and a Zippo can run for 21 minutes fully filled about 300 6 second lights while it costs $2 to buy a Bic a gallon of Coleman fuel can fill your Zippo 750 times giving you about 225,000 lights per gallon that is 225 Bic lighters saved. Of course this does not account for costs like flints and wicks but the cost to opperate a Zippo is far cheaper than bics plus a petroleum lighter will work at -40c/-40f (same temp) butane starts to freeze past about negative 10 because at 32 Fahrenheit butane starts to boil the onlyreason the butane does not leak out of a Bic lighter is because it's pressurized there are pros and cons to every type of lighter I prefer petroleum lighters that's me they work for my endeavors Bic lighters might work for yours it's all a matter of preference
I really can't see this style of lighters work in the city.
The disposable lighters for 20 cents are just too good, too light and too accessible. If "fuel leakage" is a concern, just get the "electric" ones without the strike wheel.
Maybe in a survival situation these lighters make more sense.
They're definitely meant more for survival purposes than anything else.
yeah, these are really mainly for survival purposes, or really occasional use on the go if you want to keep one on your keychain or something. I have a couple of lighters like this (I'm a smoker) and they are really cumbersome for any kind of everyday use.
Georgi Ivanov I got one of these on my keychain and it helped me a few times when I forgot my normal lighter. But they replace in no way a normal disposable