that comment on the zippo was amazing, i never knew that. i actually jumped up and grabbed my zippo, which is notorious for not lighting on the first light, and tested the theory, and it worked.
I have no doubt they woudl sell alot if they offered international shipping as well, but im not 100% sure on thjis, but I think countycomm deals with military groups on orders most of the timwe and what you see on their site is surplus stuff that wasnt needed for group buys...not 100% sure on that but I think soemone told me that at some point...
what point in the video are you reffering to? I dont mean to be a pain here, but Im trying to figure out what part/p[arts in the video makes you feel as if its a made upo story? This was not suppose to be a commercial in anyway, but a review as it states inn the title...and everytrhgin I said in it was real and true...
You struggled to get a good spark from the smallest one, which made me wonder that there actually isn't enough room for the flint, spring and screw, am i right? The spring must be terribly short, which may become a problem when the flint gets short and the spring should stretch to give pressure. I have the original one as a keychain backup thing that i don't much use for real but it's nice to have and is a cute toy lighter.
The latest Peanut lighters have a recess groove for the o-ring to ride on, and is completely tucked away when the cap is screwed on. Copies have the O-ring partially explosed and when subjected to environmental conditions the waterproofness tends to be short lived. My only peeve is that the inserts could have been more snug, threaded could be better, especially if its carried upside down or on its side more often than right side up.
Sorry to hear abotu your problem, try this, once filled leave it closed and upside down against somethgin so it wont fall over, leave it for an hour to make sure the fluid inside is beign soaked up by the wick exposed at the top, hopfully gravity will do its part to get it started, then try it...
wow this is the first time ive ever seen a peanut lighter. it's so cool it reminds me of a mini round zippo. its cool how it has the same brass tube and screw as a zippo. cool vid man
***** The time it takes for the fluid to dry out will also depend on the humidity in the area you live in. I live in a very dry area so a full zippo dosint last long.
Thats weird ...iv had mine going for 2 weeks now .use it every day (i go through 20+ smokes ) plus im always opening and closing it trying to do tricks with it
Have you ever heard of an empress light? We've had one in our family since they were released around 1950. My dad and I fixed it up and it still works! Its so ridiculously small.
I dont know of hand but I cna promise the oens on DX are not stainless steel...they might be more comparible or similar to the original, but not the upgraded version...
Those Lighters are really cool! Great videos man, keep it up. Although you repeat yourself alot, I consider your videos, some of the best ones on youtube.
I really want one of these! The tiny one would make such a cool necklace. It'd look alright, and have a ton of function. Perfect back up for those times when your Zippo dries up when you need it, haha.
oh ok, well thats true...whenn I 1st got the peanut lighter I oput it on my keys, about a week later I went to take the keys out of the ignition ina rush and I grabbed the lighter when I pulled on it the split ring ebhnd out verfy easily..so it was no longer usable...I replaced it with a small piece of cord, not 550, it woudlnt fit, the cord wasnt very reliable...and I lost the lighter in the driveway...true story...
countycomm purchases to me shoudl be made in bulk for that reason, when buyign 4 or 5 itesm $8 shippign isnt bad at all...but to buy one cheap item it is, thwey currently only offer USP, that may change in the future though...
Just received mine today (stainless steel peanut) and it is very cool! Order one now! Don't go for the smaller "split" pea unless you want it tiny, the 'larger' one is very small anyway!
similar style lighter but not the same quality also takes about a month to get stuff from dealxtreme...but yweah they ahve alot of cheaop stuff so you cna easily fill a nice order...
Hi there, thanks for the nice review. I bought one of these after watching. I have a question about how your camera is mounted. It seems that your camera moves with you. What do you have it mounted on and how? Thank you!
how long does your fuel last inside of your Maratac lighter before you need to add more fuel, please? Does it evaporate AT ALL while sealed up and unused? thanks in advance! :)
Bought the peanut lighter and loved it so much I bought another for my boyfriend. But, the prices have changed dramatically...the peanut lighter is around $30. But I'd prefer to have the real deal and not a knock off, and hopefully Countycomm will stand behind their product so if I have any trouble with the lighter down the road I'll get good customer service.
Hey Jeff. I have been using a peanut lighter from ebay for about a month now and the wick is almost all burnt out. I can't for the life of me figure out how to replace the wick and what to replace it with (zippo wick, cheap twine/string etc). Do you think you could point me in the right direction? Cheers! -Matt (Australia)
Matt Inman Hopefully that works! There's a long piece of wick that extends down into the insert, so as the wick burns down you can pull up the reserve until it's all used up. Then you install a new wick :)
I wonder if that insert would fit the Zippo fuel cylinders or even those metal pill canister/containers they sell at like pharmacies. They all look similar enough.
i got one of these but it isn't from this website he mentions. it is a novelty or business card type lighter from the 1930's. it is about 2 inches high and about 1/4 inch round i have a brass #6 from zippo and a french lighter among other lighters i also have a beatty jet lighter. yeah i collect them
Nice! I am definitely going to buy one of these. I don't like my zippo because it doesn'y stay lit if you turn it sideways too much so I can't smoke a bowl with it :(. And I don't like bringing it anywhere because I don't want to lose a $40 lighter. But this is perfect, because it attaches to a key chain, and will probably light a bowl better :)
tie a piexce of dental floss or thread on the end of the wick then put the thread or floss through the hole then pull to get that wich through, hope that helps you...
I think in this time of crisis the people from countycomm will realise the potential of new costumers outside US. Jeff has better things to do than to make and send pakages all around the world all day . Countycomm sould do that . Maybe Jeff can put a good word for us to the people in charge .
Many gas tanks have a funnel shaped screen in the filling tube for the purposes of filtering what goes in the gas tank (and preventing siphoning). The idea of "tying a string to this and dunking it in your gas tank" might now work. Don't count on doing that in an emergency unless you KNOW that your gas tank does not have a filter screen in the filler tube.
oh my gosh, those things are so freaking cool, i want one of those things super-badly. interested in holding a raffle to give away one of them? 'eh? 'eh? Keep up the cool vids!
Every store that i've been into sells them no matter what. I went into a store in Boston on one of our school trips, I'm 14 and asked them If I could buy one. He said "Everyones old enough to play with fire".
@IEJP cut a small section off of a bicycle inner tube and slide it over your zippo so that it covers the crack, and it should last about 3 times as long
i just got my SS peanut lighter I LOVE IT! i have it on my keys. they look like they can take a lot before the stop working thanks again i would have not gotten it if u didn't make this video
@brownbear696969 countycomm uses UPS only hense the rpices go to UPS website to see for yourself, what you dont realize is they dont have the site to make mon ye they have it to get rod of extra stuff the military contracts have left over
I wonder if they could adapt the striker for a survival flint striker like the Zippo one? especially the one from the split pea, would likely be the smaller striker I'd ever seen and would light charcloth, ect.
I had many problems with mine. The wick fails very quickly. While the steel shell is very tough, my O-ring failed quickly. This allows the fuel to evaporate very quickly. This is not a good piece of surival equipment. The flame goes out very quickly in any wind, particularly once the wick begins to degrade. I loved this when I first got it in the mail but realized after about two weeks that it is not as reliable as billed. I'm back to Swedish firesteel for the trail.
It's the same design as a Zippo. In fact, the manufacturer basically stole the Zippo design, and put it in a small case with an O-ring. A Zippo wick will most likely work but you may have to cut it short, of course.
I see there are fat O rings on the lighters -- not at all like mine from county -- the original O rings were so thin they not only didnt keep the fuel from evaporating , they disintegrated after a few uses.. If you get some fat O rings - I mean even fatter than the ones in the video so that the cap butts up against it - dont screw too tightly or youll cut right through it - but this is better than the mere friction fit it comes with.
i have peanut lighter and can used as key chain that is extra benefit from this lighter never lost it , zippo is better for me weakness is you can lost your zippo that is not good and for me peanut lighter back up if my zippo lost that is my opinion
Pretty cool, only thing I don't like is the keychain nub, waste of space if you don't want to hang it on something. Could grind it off but then it would look like crap.
cool lighter demo ...all i can say is that the zippo lighters are made in pa. but the ruler you used in this video was made in my backyard mays bros. is just behind me thought that might get a laugh .....
the sparking wheel on my split pea came really stiff; i havent been able to spark it. should i spin it forward more so that it cuts a deeper groove into the flint?
what i love about these videos is jeff always talks about how lighters and knives are tools not just the stereotype of for smoking/stabbing fools
Can't believe 12 years passed just like that.
I really must say I love all of your reviews, Ive been watching them for about an hour now and your just really good at reviewing this kind of stuff.
the case is actually the exact same size as a 45 shell...
that comment on the zippo was amazing, i never knew that. i actually jumped up and grabbed my zippo, which is notorious for not lighting on the first light, and tested the theory, and it worked.
I have no doubt they woudl sell alot if they offered international shipping as well, but im not 100% sure on thjis, but I think countycomm deals with military groups on orders most of the timwe and what you see on their site is surplus stuff that wasnt needed for group buys...not 100% sure on that but I think soemone told me that at some point...
what point in the video are you reffering to? I dont mean to be a pain here, but Im trying to figure out what part/p[arts in the video makes you feel as if its a made upo story? This was not suppose to be a commercial in anyway, but a review as it states inn the title...and everytrhgin I said in it was real and true...
You struggled to get a good spark from the smallest one, which made me wonder that there actually isn't enough room for the flint, spring and screw, am i right? The spring must be terribly short, which may become a problem when the flint gets short and the spring should stretch to give pressure. I have the original one as a keychain backup thing that i don't much use for real but it's nice to have and is a cute toy lighter.
The latest Peanut lighters have a recess groove for the o-ring to ride on, and is completely tucked away when the cap is screwed on. Copies have the O-ring partially explosed and when subjected to environmental conditions the waterproofness tends to be short lived. My only peeve is that the inserts could have been more snug, threaded could be better, especially if its carried upside down or on its side more often than right side up.
Sorry to hear abotu your problem, try this, once filled leave it closed and upside down against somethgin so it wont fall over, leave it for an hour to make sure the fluid inside is beign soaked up by the wick exposed at the top, hopfully gravity will do its part to get it started, then try it...
wow this is the first time ive ever seen a peanut lighter. it's so cool it reminds me of a mini round zippo. its cool how it has the same brass tube and screw as a zippo. cool vid man
I wouldn't say Zippos slowly dry out; mine are dead if I leave them alone for a day.
You're not putting enough fluid in then. I'm a smoker and a filled zippo will last me 3-5 days of use, before It's completely empty.
***** The time it takes for the fluid to dry out will also depend on the humidity in the area you live in. I live in a very dry area so a full zippo dosint last long.
Thats weird ...iv had mine going for 2 weeks now .use it every day (i go through 20+ smokes ) plus im always opening and closing it trying to do tricks with it
A day seems extreme, but it's definitely not slow. If I top mine off and just let it sit, it will be empty in about a week.
Use bit of a inner tube of a bike tire and put it over it until needed
history lesson anyone? back in Vietnam, the soldiers would tie their Zippo to a string and dunk it in the gas tank of the jeeps and they worked fine
He's already spoke about this bud
+dannie1236 well thanks I guess but maybe some people did not see the vid that he told us that in
Spencer Grilli true that I tried but my zippo would not fit in the tank
@ Spencer Grilli lol it was in this video
Great info thanks for taking time to show this.
Cheers
Chris.
They could definitely make bullet cases for these
Have you ever heard of an empress light? We've had one in our family since they were released around 1950. My dad and I fixed it up and it still works! Its so ridiculously small.
12 years later , still a cool lighter
I dont know of hand but I cna promise the oens on DX are not stainless steel...they might be more comparible or similar to the original, but not the upgraded version...
hey, we found it on eBay, ships from China for $ 6.99 free shipping (the chrome plated zinc version). Thanks for suggesting these.
Those Lighters are really cool!
Great videos man, keep it up. Although you repeat yourself alot, I consider your videos, some of the best ones on youtube.
Why would you need to light a peanut?
+David Johnson Think "Planters - Dry Roasted Peanuts"
Oh OK, makes sense now, thanks, ;-)
David Johnson you are so dumb
TheDoubleJ's No humour on your planet then I'm guessing?
David Johnson ;
I once smoked a macadamia nut
These things are frickin great! I want one so bad!
Best review I was looking for one and saw yours thank you so much
I really want one of these! The tiny one would make such a cool necklace. It'd look alright, and have a ton of function. Perfect back up for those times when your Zippo dries up when you need it, haha.
they will work about the same, but not with the same reliabiliuty rate, just a cheaper version but Im sure they will work fine...
oh ok, well thats true...whenn I 1st got the peanut lighter I oput it on my keys, about a week later I went to take the keys out of the ignition ina rush and I grabbed the lighter when I pulled on it the split ring ebhnd out verfy easily..so it was no longer usable...I replaced it with a small piece of cord, not 550, it woudlnt fit, the cord wasnt very reliable...and I lost the lighter in the driveway...true story...
countycomm purchases to me shoudl be made in bulk for that reason, when buyign 4 or 5 itesm $8 shippign isnt bad at all...but to buy one cheap item it is, thwey currently only offer USP, that may change in the future though...
Just received mine today (stainless steel peanut) and it is very cool! Order one now! Don't go for the smaller "split" pea unless you want it tiny, the 'larger' one is very small anyway!
can you give me an example of what you mean, specifically?
I just ordered one and love it along side my Zippo lighters great vid!!
similar style lighter but not the same quality also takes about a month to get stuff from dealxtreme...but yweah they ahve alot of cheaop stuff so you cna easily fill a nice order...
Hi there, thanks for the nice review. I bought one of these after watching. I have a question about how your camera is mounted. It seems that your camera moves with you. What do you have it mounted on and how? Thank you!
Nice video, and a great little invention. I guess the only problem for some, would be that you need two hands to use it. A Zippo only require one.
..what about spare flints - did you ever change them?
intezamable you can buy it in any lighter store
Dont travel anywhere in the world without it!MUST HAVE!
hi jeff, can you make a review of the peanut lighter xl from countycomm with the brass insert. many thanks.
Hey i was just wondering if you knew that this review is now on the countycomm website?
how long does your fuel last inside of your Maratac lighter before you need to add more fuel, please? Does it evaporate AT ALL while sealed up and unused? thanks in advance! :)
Bought the peanut lighter and loved it so much I bought another for my boyfriend. But, the prices have changed dramatically...the peanut lighter is around $30. But I'd prefer to have the real deal and not a knock off, and hopefully Countycomm will stand behind their product so if I have any trouble with the lighter down the road I'll get good customer service.
tht is very cool! I have to get one of those...that is great, but how long does the fuel last??
4/5 good video
They don't always light first try. The flint wheel is exposed, so it can get greasy or dirty, which can affect its reliability.
Hey Jeff. I have been using a peanut lighter from ebay for about a month now and the wick is almost all burnt out. I can't for the life of me figure out how to replace the wick and what to replace it with (zippo wick, cheap twine/string etc). Do you think you could point me in the right direction? Cheers! -Matt (Australia)
just pull more out from the top, that's how they're designed
Cheers!
Matt Inman Hopefully that works! There's a long piece of wick that extends down into the insert, so as the wick burns down you can pull up the reserve until it's all used up. Then you install a new wick :)
Get a a regular small birthday candle melt the wax off and use the wick out of it.
I wonder if that insert would fit the Zippo fuel cylinders or even those metal pill canister/containers they sell at like pharmacies. They all look similar enough.
i got one of these but it isn't from this website he mentions. it is a novelty or business card type lighter from the 1930's. it is about 2 inches high and about 1/4 inch round i have a brass #6 from zippo and a french lighter among other lighters i also have a beatty jet lighter. yeah i collect them
the bottom of the split pea compared to the upgraded is different,seems like it has a smaller chamfer that the more rounded chamfer of the upgrade
"you can use ton of crap" :DD
Love your vids dude, keep em coming
Nice! I am definitely going to buy one of these. I don't like my zippo because it doesn'y stay lit if you turn it sideways too much so I can't smoke a bowl with it :(. And I don't like bringing it anywhere because I don't want to lose a $40 lighter. But this is perfect, because it attaches to a key chain, and will probably light a bowl better :)
are they as good? and are they worth it?
great review !
I've seen these on vat19 as well. You can also use them as a small storage case.
tie a piexce of dental floss or thread on the end of the wick then put the thread or floss through the hole then pull to get that wich through, hope that helps you...
I can't believe I have not seen this before thanks
you should revisit these and get the titanium, copper, and brass ones jeff...?
I think in this time of crisis the people from countycomm will realise the potential of new costumers outside US. Jeff has better things to do than to make and send pakages all around the world all day . Countycomm sould do that .
Maybe Jeff can put a good word for us to the people in charge .
I was wondering, is changing the wick or pulling it out a little the same as in a Zippo?
VERY nice! the O ring also prevents furl from evaporating
yes.
They use zippo style ligther fluid, not butane.
Many gas tanks have a funnel shaped screen in the filling tube for the purposes of filtering what goes in the gas tank (and preventing siphoning). The idea of "tying a string to this and dunking it in your gas tank" might now work. Don't count on doing that in an emergency unless you KNOW that your gas tank does not have a filter screen in the filler tube.
jeff you should make small recap videos of all your old grear reviews and put the together. Not all just your favorites
Does they fits regular size flint like zippo flint or uses smaller flints?
oh my gosh, those things are so freaking cool, i want one of those things super-badly. interested in holding a raffle to give away one of them? 'eh? 'eh? Keep up the cool vids!
sounds good, let em know if ti works for you!
Every store that i've been into sells them no matter what. I went into a store in Boston on one of our school trips, I'm 14 and asked them If I could buy one. He said "Everyones old enough to play with fire".
@IEJP cut a small section off of a bicycle inner tube and slide it over your zippo so that it covers the crack, and it should last about 3 times as long
I loved my old school zippo.
jeff does that flint trick work on zippo lighter flints also?
For some reason I laughed every time you blew it out
Ethan Davidson It's annoying now you mentioned it
It's got a cap ,PUT THE DAMN CAP ON IT!!!
yeah, but there are alot of other kidns of rings, like D rings, or split rings...
i just got my SS peanut lighter I LOVE IT! i have it on my keys. they look like they can take a lot before the stop working thanks again i would have not gotten it if u didn't make this video
Jeff your video is on the county comm website !
do they do a bulk discount? like 20+ for family members.
@brownbear696969 countycomm uses UPS only hense the rpices go to UPS website to see for yourself, what you dont realize is they dont have the site to make mon ye they have it to get rod of extra stuff the military contracts have left over
I wonder if they could adapt the striker for a survival flint striker like the Zippo one? especially the one from the split pea, would likely be the smaller striker I'd ever seen and would light charcloth, ect.
would you prefer this lighter over a zippo?
These would be good with those little coke can heater, stove set ups...and matching at that.
great video sir. Gonna go get me one now
Hii likes your vid, how long the lighter lasts and is it easy to refill
He explains how to refuel the lighter .-.
I had many problems with mine. The wick fails very quickly. While the steel shell is very tough, my O-ring failed quickly. This allows the fuel to evaporate very quickly. This is not a good piece of surival equipment. The flame goes out very quickly in any wind, particularly once the wick begins to degrade. I loved this when I first got it in the mail but realized after about two weeks that it is not as reliable as billed. I'm back to Swedish firesteel for the trail.
@cutlerylover oh and also... will it work on vegetable oil?
I have one question, can you use zippo wicks if/when you need to replace them?
It's the same design as a Zippo. In fact, the manufacturer basically stole the Zippo design, and put it in a small case with an O-ring. A Zippo wick will most likely work but you may have to cut it short, of course.
they make these..in butane? It be cool if they had a set that gives you a choice.
wats the total cost for the stainless steal one??
including shipping to????
chim chimmeny chim chim cheree
I see there are fat O rings on the lighters -- not at all like
mine from county -- the original O rings were so thin
they not only didnt keep the fuel from evaporating , they
disintegrated after a few uses..
If you get some fat O rings
- I mean even fatter than the ones in the video so that the cap butts up against it - dont
screw too tightly or youll cut right through it - but this is better than the mere friction fit it comes with.
@cuttlerylover will these be on the sight?
Great review, I bought two split-pie lighters and they are great!
Countycomm doesn't send to Europe so I got mine from miles stair survival shop.
is this type thing for survival kits? if so just buy a few BIC lighters, same job but cheaper.
are they sold in any local stores. if so which ones?
i have peanut lighter and can used as key chain that is extra benefit from this lighter never lost it , zippo is better for me weakness is you can lost your zippo that is not good and for me peanut lighter back up if my zippo lost that is my opinion
i want one soo badly
maybe a money order... or a local importer? and may i ask why you cant use paypal?
Pretty cool, only thing I don't like is the keychain nub, waste of space if you don't want to hang it on something. Could grind it off but then it would look like crap.
cool lighter demo ...all i can say is that the zippo lighters are made in pa. but the ruler you used in this video was made in my backyard mays bros. is just behind me thought that might get a laugh .....
did you know that your review on on the websites product?
if you dont have the cap on then will it leak fluid and also how long will it last if full of lighter fluid
Great review
i think i will get off the lighter from the container and now i got the sturdy container to keep other think.
looks more like brass to me rather than just copper. So its brass which contains copper and tin with a chrome plating and finish.
the sparking wheel on my split pea came really stiff; i havent been able to spark it. should i spin it forward more so that it cuts a deeper groove into the flint?