>>319642They're the same thing except they close a bit better, but that hardly makes it more durable, and it can never be good enough anyway.
Fuel is far too volatile to be held for long with a metal cap, that's why fuel bottles are always closed with self-tightening plastic caps, which not only will be much more airtight, but also have the ability to repulse fuel to some extent, to the point that fuel drops almost levitate over plastic when small enough. But if you put a plastic cap on a lighter... it'll melt and burn. So in fact, all fuel lighters leak. But that's not their problem actually. The biggest problem is when you open it, a large part of the fuel is hanging out in the lid and escapes when you open it, a problem for both lighters. The two things to do to solve this are to:
- get something less volatile, I myself use some label remover thing which burns really well and lasts for a long time, and is much cheaper than Official Zippo Fuel®
- make sure the wick properly obstruates the hole, if it doesn't, fuel will leak more easily and while it allows for a larger flame, it'll empty faster too
Now some fuel still escapes wihle it's closed, though very little, but it can make a difference if you don't use it often. The most practical is to rub parafine on the inside of the lid at the border, or put a a ranger band around it. Also note that the wick should be long enough to touch the felt pad at the bottom. If it's poorly placed or moved, the lighter won't light despite fuel remaining down there. Plenty times I revived apparently empty Zippos simply moving the wick around inside.
Otherwise, you'll still have to change the wick like once every two years, the flint once in a while (keep extra ones under the pad with the cotton balls), and I guess that's it.
