I’m an engineer who’s not above spending a day fixing a $5 toy.

How to refill a bic non-refillable lighter. How do you fill a bic lighter with butane? The first step is to bleed out the existing air inside the fuel tank of the lighter. If it doesn’t light, shake it a bit or hit it against a hard surface.

Put grommets over butane canister valve. Refilling a butane light is very simple. Cigars are typically thought about to be a “premium product”, and oftentimes that implies your favored stick(s).

Bic is ready to go and working the next step is just cosmetic, to make your big lighter doesn’t look that weird and it’s not awkwardly shaped. Bic might not like it, but their lighters can, indeed, be refilled. Push your pin into the little hole at the bottom of the bic lighter.

Insert the wire or straightened paper clip under the fork to keep it open. Refill the lighter with butane. Refill the lighter with butane.

First you remove all the stuff at the top, taking care that. In this video i show how you can convert or modify a big lighter mega to become refillable. Locate the closed off fuel insertion port at the bottom of the lighter and poke it with the pushpin.

All you do is take some snippers. Open valve at bottom of lighter. Refilling a bic lighter isn't necessarily difficult, but anyone that chooses to refill their lighter does so at their own.