Zippo Day of the Dead: Girl Windproof Lighter, Candy Apple Red (28830)

The Zippo Day of the Dead: Girl windproof lighter (model 28830) pairs one of Mexico’s most recognizable folk images with the lighter the world has trusted since 1932. The Candy Apple Red case carries a full-color image of a Dia de los Muertos girl, her face painted in the elegant calavera style and a single rose tucked in her hair. It is a working windproof lighter and a collectible at the same time: all-metal, refillable, made in Bradford, Pennsylvania, and covered by Zippo’s lifetime guarantee. Day of the Dead runs deep here on the El Paso and Juarez border, which makes the 28830 one of the Zippo designs our Guests reach for most.

What the Day of the Dead Girl Design Means

The figure on the 28830 belongs to the La Catrina tradition of Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican celebration that honors loved ones who have passed. The calavera (decorated skull) face paint and the crimson rose are not morbid; in Day of the Dead imagery they celebrate life and remembrance, with the rose standing for life and beauty carrying on. Zippo renders the artwork with its color-image imprint process on a glossy Candy Apple Red case, so the detail in the face paint and flowers stays sharp. For Guests on the border, where ofrendas and Catrina makeup are part of late-October life, it reads as a genuine cultural piece rather than a generic skull graphic.

Windproof, All-Metal, and Built in Bradford

This is a real windproof lighter, not a novelty. The classic Zippo design uses a wick and a chimney-style windscreen that shields the flame from side gusts, so it stays lit in the kind of wind that snuffs a disposable. That same windscreen is why a Zippo is hard to blow out from the side; flip the lid closed to extinguish it. The case is solid brass-and-steel construction with the unmistakable Zippo click, and every Zippo windproof lighter is made in Bradford, Pennsylvania. Full measurements live in the spec table below so you know exactly what is going in your pocket.

Refilling and Keeping It Running for Decades

Like every Zippo, the 28830 ships empty for safe transport, so you fill it with premium lighter fluid before the first use. Filling is simple: lift the insert out of the case, slowly saturate the packing material, and stop when the fluid reaches the top of the packing so it does not overfill or leak. Two inexpensive consumable parts keep a Zippo going for a lifetime. When the spark weakens, drop in fresh replacement flints, and when the cotton darkens at the tip, fit a replacement wick. Fluid evaporates slowly even when the lighter sits unused, so heavy daily users top off about once a week.

The Zippo Lifetime Guarantee

Every Zippo windproof lighter carries Zippo’s famous lifetime guarantee: it works or Zippo fixes it free. If the mechanism ever fails, you send the lighter to the Zippo Repair Clinic in Bradford, Pennsylvania, and Zippo repairs it at no charge, with no time limit and no receipt required. We sell the lighter; Zippo honors and performs the guarantee. Note that the guarantee covers the working mechanism, not the decorative artwork or normal surface wear, which is standard for any printed-case Zippo.

Find It at El Paso Smoke Shops

El Paso Smoke Shops carries Zippo windproof lighters across our 10 El Paso, TX locations, and the Day of the Dead: Girl 28830 is stocked at select stores. Check the live availability on this page to see which El Paso store has it in stock before you head over. Our Hosts handle these lighters every day and can walk first-time Zippo owners through filling, flints, and wicks at the counter. You must be 21 or older with a valid ID to purchase.

Part working tool, part Dia de los Muertos collectible, the Zippo 28830 in Candy Apple Red is the kind of lighter that gets refilled for decades and handed down. Confirm the live stock above to see which El Paso Smoke Shops location has one waiting.