Optimus 8018913 Sparky Handheld Piezo

It works great with a good spark. It’s built decent and it easily lights a camp stove. It’s a little shorter than I would like.

Great product. Easy to hold, good spark would recommend

This is something that you can add to your fire starter kit especially if you very carefully have a bottle of something like lighter fluid (it remains stable for a LONG LONG time) or some other starting entity that you can put a drop or two on the kindling and then this will ignite it. Once going, that will start your kindling which then in turn will start the rest of the wood fire. I will have second one that I will put in my aircraft as part of my flying-over-wilderness survival kit.

If you are a Scout leader trying to teach kids about backpacking stoves, this Piezo Lighter is an indispensable tool. Somehow, kids today seem to be unable to light a match anymore. This is a much better substitute for a match than a small disposable lighter. It has a longer reach. It can never accidently get emptied of fuel in your pack. It cannot be used to ignite random objects around camp. And, lastly, it is really simple to use. Yes, I know, we should be teaching various more traditional methods of lighting a stove, but you have to start someplace. And with kids coming into our program earlier and with less experience nowadays, this is a good place to start. Once we get dinner cooked and eaten, we can work on fire by friction.

I have a few gas burners I use. Some of them have built in igniters, some don’t. One has an igniter that has gotten flaky. I got this to keep with the burner that has no igniter. A lighter would also work, but I’ve had them run out, and trying to access the spark for my purposes did not work. Perhaps this could be considered overkill, but I like the way this is made, and it is convenient, and fits my needs.

This device is absolutely worthless. It's baffling to me how a company that normally produces awesome gear would allow something this bad to carry their brand's name.Form-factor is fine and so is the weight (it's super light).The piezo element, however, produces only the faintest of sparks... the spark is not nearly large or intense enough to ignite the difficult-to-light Optimus Omnifuel. The Omnifuel is about as difficult to light as a welding torch. You need something that throws a decent amount of spark - at least with canister fuel.I have to click this thing on average 30 to 40 times at different angles to catch the fuel just right to ignite the flame.I would have returned it, but it wasn't worth the hassle or the Amazon demerits. I'll keep using a ferro rod to ignite my stove for now.

For lighting a gas-fueled camp stove, or touching off the weed burner, this is better than a match or a lighter. Small, easy to carry, and reliable in all weather, this little gadget lets you ignite a gas-fueled appliance quickly and consistently. You don't run out, like with matches, and it won't run out of fuel, like a lighter.Great product, price, and service.

I really like Optimus products in general. I took this igniter for daily use on the Arizona Trail, and it worked great for 5 weeks. [I appreciate not having burned fingers!]A couple months later it started to fail--and then finally quit. I called Optimus, and they are sending me a replacement no charge. You can't beat customer service like that!Bottom Line: This is a fun little "Sparky" but take another source of ignition as a back up. Check out the "Mini-Bic" if you are hyper weight conscious. The standard Bic lighter is hard to beat for cost and reliability.