Vancouver Fire Rescue Services says it's clamping down on businesses selling lockable butane lighters. Despite a recent ...

Vancouver Fire Rescue says dozens of stores are still selling lockable butane lighters, despite a city bylaw banning them.

A bylaw passed in 2024 banned Vancouver retailers from selling a lockable version of the device, but in the year since it ...

James Fuller, a former firefighter, advises residents to purchase only from licensed retailers and to verify local ...

Wait a few minutes for the butane to settle, then ignite the lighter. If it sputters or refuses to spark, repeat steps 1-4. Once you see reliable flames, you've successfully refilled the torch.

If you have never filled a butane torch lighter before, the process can be a little intimidating. Don't worry, SlashGear will walk you through how to do it.

Then again, a butane candle lighter may only cost about $3, but it’s not unreasonable to think you’d buy 10 or more lighters in the time you could have a single USB lighter (I know I would ...

We tested the best camping lighters, including arc, butane, and plasma lighters. These are our favorite windproof fire igniters from Zippo, MSR, and more. Print Subscription-$35 for the Best Field ...

Butane lighters can be finicky to use, and always seem to run out of fuel at inopportune moments—like right before your guests arrive for a dinner party or on the first night of a camping trip.

Our ancestors learned to control fire roughly 1.8 million years ago. A lot has changed since then, but the utility of fire remains constant, keeping us warm, cooking our food, and lighting the ...

Forget pocket lighters for a minute and just focus on fire. This refillable butane-fueled FireFast Torch from Zippo provides the most powerful flames of the options we tested, and the best ...