My favorite, and I've tried many, is the Cricket piezo-electric butane lighter. They always seem to light everytime with only one click. I've even dumped mine in a sinkful of water, blew all the water out, and it lit. I've seen at least two different models, one about 3 inches long and a shorter version about 2 inches long that comes in a pack of two or three with a really bulletproof metal flip-top case to protect the plastic base of the lighter. Walgreens Drug Store seems to stock them around here (LA). I'd stake my life on 'em. They seem to last forever, and no worries about evaporating fuel like the Zippos or running out of flint like the Bics. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif