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Rethinking Commonplace Objects: Dissim is a Lighter You Can Invert
The big hole for putting your finger in... it makes the lighter bigger than necessary. Using a butane lighter to light candles isn't hard. If the candle is in a jar and hard to reach, a long match or very thin candle (I forgot what they are called) is good solution. Long-nosed butane lighters are easily available for just a few dollars, and can aid in lighting candles above one's head (are are often used for lighting gas hobs).
At the same time, there are torch-style lighters for this task which are a lot cheaper. Any smoke shop in any big city will have torch style lighters. I don't know how much the typical smoker would be willing to pay for a lighter like this.
Clever, but we always tilt the candle instead of the lighter. That works perfect for us.
You can revive your old Zippo with a butane torch insert that'll to the trick... at a much friendlier price point.
Thanks for the tip!
Ps. I'd almost (re-)start to smoke :-)