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It's well past any Zippo I've ever had. These solutions seem to work well.
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Day 69: Lit on the first strike.
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Day 75: Lit on the third strike. So it took a few strikes this time, but still fired up. May be starting to get to the end of it's run but we'll see.
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Day 76: Lit on the first strike. Back to first strike so I'll continue to monitor.
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Day 78: Lit on the first strike.
A man cannot call himself peaceful if he is not capable of violence. If he's not capable of violence he isn't peaceful, he is harmless. There is a distinct difference.

Fate whispers to the warrior "You cannot weather this storm". The warrior replies, "I am the storm".
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thank you
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You are very welcome. I'm having fun with the test and I'm curious just how far it's going to go...
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Day 81: Lit on the fourth strike. Didn't think it was going to light but finally did on the fourth strike but was very low. So 80+ days is definitely a vast improvement and I'll call this a very successful test. So even filling it up once every couple of months rather than every couple of weeks is exceptional and imo breathes new life into the Zippo.
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Fate whispers to the warrior "You cannot weather this storm". The warrior replies, "I am the storm".
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I pass the following on for those of us who don't smoke or carry a Zippo. I researched and the fuel apparently never goes bad. I have my zippos in a special container in the garage together with a few large containers of zippo fuel.

I rarely drive, so if I did, I would put a couple of zippos in the car with a large container of zippo fluid.
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Not bad at all. Getting almost 3 months is surprising. I'd probably try to get on a 2 month schedule of refilling to be safe. That's still over double what I ever had one last normally.
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