Camco Olympian 57543 Flex Gas Match Lighter

The Camco Olympian 57543 Flex Gas Match is the long-reach lighter you keep within arm's reach of the galley, the grill, and every pilot light on board. It's built around a 15-inch flexible shaft that bends where your hand can't, so you can put the flame exactly where it needs to go without singeing your knuckles. Total length runs 26 inches, which gives you real distance between the igniter tip and the button you're pressing.

Here's where the flex shaft earns its keep. Recessed stove burners, the back corner of a cockpit grill, the pilot on a water heater tucked behind a panel. All the spots that fight a standard lighter. You feed the flexible neck in, aim, and click. The continuous battery ignition keeps the flame going for as long as you hold the trigger, so a gust won't leave you fumbling for a second try. Light the burner, adjust the pot, done.

The flame is fully adjustable. Turn it down to a fine tip for a stubborn stove pilot, or open it up when you're lighting a fire pit or a charcoal chimney on the dock. That range matters when one tool has to cover everything from a delicate candle to an outdoor grill. And because the 57543 is refillable, you're not tossing it when the butane runs low. Top it off with standard butane and keep going.

A fuel viewing window lets you check the level at a glance. Before a weekend run, you look at the window instead of guessing, so you're not stuck at the dock with a dead lighter and a cold stove. The safety lock is a genuinely useful touch too, especially if you've got kids aboard or you're storing the match in a galley drawer with everything else. It won't fire until you release the lock.

Refilling takes seconds. When the fuel window shows low, invert the match, press a butane can to the fill valve, and give it a few short pushes. Let it settle a minute so the fuel stabilizes, then it's back in service. It's the kind of two-minute chore that saves you from ever standing at a cold stove wishing you'd checked.

Camco rates the 57543 for roughly 10,000 starts, which for most boaters is seasons of daily use. This is Olympian gear, the same line Camco builds its RV and marine cooking accessories under, so it's meant to live in a damp, knock-around environment and keep working. Toss it in the galley drawer, the grill caddy, or the dock box and it's ready when you are.

Who's this for? Anyone who's tired of burning their thumb lighting a recessed burner, or crimping their wrist to reach a pilot light. Cruisers lighting a gimbaled galley stove underway. Anglers firing up a dockside grill. Weekend crews who just want the stove lit on the first try. It's equally at home at a campsite, a backyard fire pit, or a fireplace at the lake house, so it doesn't have to stay on the boat.

A few honest notes. It runs on butane, so keep a can of refill fuel in your supplies and top it off before a long trip. Store it upright and out of direct heat like any butane lighter. And treat the flexible shaft with a little care. It bends where you need it, but it's a shaft, not a pipe cleaner, so guide it into tight spaces rather than forcing it. Do that and it'll outlast a drawer full of disposable lighters.

If you've been rebuying cheap lighters every season, this is the one that stops the cycle. Refillable, adjustable, wind-resistant ignition, and a shaft that actually reaches. It's a small piece of gear that quietly makes galley and grill duty easier every single time.