@Pantheist For whatever its worth, I was simply replying directly to your swipe at me. It was YOU that started a fight, not I.
And as a matter of fact, Yes, I do follow astronomical events months out (even years)… I’m an avid amateur astronomy hobbiest and own 7 telescopes. So there’s that…
@revoked If you’ve never seen Smokey and the Bandit, then yes, you should watch it. Classic 70’s stuff. Don’t bother with the two sequels, instead move on to Hooper. Same director, also starring Burt Reynolds and Sally Field.
@stryper2000 They work great as gifts to smokers. Also can be used for candles which won’t burn your fingers like matches do. Lighting sparklers for your kids this summer as they are wind proof lighters. emergency self defense as the arc does hurt a bit if you get flesh between the metal bits.
@Dougoly For these things to work you have to get what you’re trying to light in the plasma. So probably not for a bowl, probably yeah for a joint or a blunt.
So I think I’ve heard the answer before, but are these any good for igniting anything other than a nice little cigarette, cigar, or other encased plant matter?
In other words is it competition for my butane cigar lighter for starting camp fires?
@RedOak I keep mine in the kitchen for help in lighting the gas burners when they don’t want to ignite. Because the button is so close to the top, it’s a bit nerve wracking to light the burners directly… we usually use matches, and these can relight an already-used wooden matchstick if you hold the unburned wood in the beam for a moment or two. I’m sure that a butane lighter would be much easier for campfires though.
@RedOak hell no, look at how the lid opens in the pic, that’s literally all the clearence you get, plus, you only get the little space between the posts to light things, and it’s heavy. Basically, unless it’s cigarette shaped, it’s a bitch to light up.
@RedOak you could use it to light a small piece of kindling. I bought a similar one on eBay but with crossed arcs and used it to light incense. Tried lighting the wood that’s left over after the incense burned, and it turns it into a match.
As others have pointed out, whatever you’re lighting has to fit in between the metal pieces.
My fire staring method puts 3-5 balled up sheets of newspaper under progressively larger pieces of small wood. That means rapidly lighting the paper under the wood in several spots. No time to be messing with another stick that might or might not stay lit.
Direct flame from a good butane lighter does it very nicely.
@RedOak I use this model of lighter with a single-fuel lampworking torch. It fucking owns. This kind of torch is annoying to light with flame because you have to find the sweet spot where the fuel catches without blowing out the match or lighter. The plasma lighter can’t blow out, so I can just jam it in front of the torch and it catches instantly.
These work ok as cigarette lighters, but the picture is false advertisement, looks more like a spark than a light saber. Aslo, the button on the front that works in your pocket with the lid closed is a dangerous design.
I bought these things. they are shit. hope you like cigarettes because that’s all they light. they cannot even light candles in glass jars because geometry.
@dave I received my prize lighters this week, thanks! They are neat. Please ignore any reports of fires near where I live, at least until the new wears off.
There are youtube videos of persons with dubious wisdom attaching wires to these to make them into wood burners, etc. Could be fun. Or mehbe just painful.
@dickie541 fuck that was hard. 1 hour, two tequila shots later, I uploaded this work of art. I actually went to photo bucket to get this bastard up. Then, all of a sudden, the toolbar @ the bottom of the box shows up…
Tanga is selling the same lighters 2/$19.99 plus free shipping. If you visit tanga.com via Ebates.com you will earn an additional 3% off thru Ebates rebate.
@Cooky will check that out. the meh deal is a no go since for $2 more i could have them tomorrow via amazon. probably still won’t pull the trigger at twenty bucks but is a cool little novelty. (my partner and i are now both ‘smoke when we drink’-ers so these would be fun to use twice a month until someone else accidentally goes home with them as is the natural way of things with lighters. actually can’t remember the last time i bought one…)
just use these for marijuana, tobacco is so bad.
can I get some marijuana?
the internet told me to hang out at the high school, or I could get better prices at the middle school.
that’s when I quit my search.
so, even thought I can’t find any weed, please don’t smoke tobacco. It’s a bitch to quit.
I bought a pair of these last Oct when meh offered them. Gave them to my wife for Christmas. One died after being recharged twice. Little pricey for a disposable lighter. (meh did promise to send me another one last week, waiting for it to arrive)
She does seem to like the one that is still working.
amazon reviews & photos very helpful. 2 for $5, i’d bite. but for $20-30, i’ll pass. seems many stopped working early on, others claim awkward to use even for cigarettes, and it being able to stay on while in my pocket, purse, or bra (where i usually store my lighters) is a big “LOL NO.”
but i did get to read one review where a parent bought this for their kid because “he’s doing a report on nikola tesla.” suuuuuuuuuure he is. (nice one, kid.)
@leadtromba Not a chance. You have to put what you want to light into the gap itself, and cigarettes just barely fit in there. Realistically, you can light a cigarette, a toothpick, and not much else.
It would be rad to be able to purchase two of these lighters with an extension to light up your grill. Hmm… I think my McGyver skills can come to good use here… So make some mods to the lighter with foil paper and then voila… I have a grill lighter!
Got mine today, tested, and they worked. Plugged one into my PC usb port to charge. After a few minutes, it got really hot and I heard a faint popping sound. Unplugged it, let it cool, and it no longer works. Not trying the other one as I don’t want to burn my house down.
so yeah. used one for a day and about eight cigarettes then tried to charge via the provided usb cable and my computers usb port. the little blue light blinks once then goes out. it lights once for less than a second and dies. do you do refunds?? haven’t even removed the second one from the plastic wrapper if that helps little green old white men to return to my wallet.
@PlacidPenguin yes i did and i wish i could delete this now that i realize that i can send a pm. i’m sure they will take care of it. i’ve purchased quite a few things and this is the first time i’ve had a problem. i quite enjoy waiting for the daily meh… like every day.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
2x Lighter
2x Micro USB to USB charging cable
Pictures
Lighters
Included
Box
Price Comparison
$27.08 (for 2) at Amazon
Warranty
90 Day Mediocre
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Nope.
@yakkoTDI And why no Hardware Wars pic instead?
Light sale tonight --bright idea meh but meh no!
@AttyVette nah
@AttyVette smokin’ hot deal!
meh
Yes, they are quite spiffy. But too dangerous in my hands.
I bought these last time and my daughter swears the sound hurts her ears so they can be used for a torture device
@candiedisilvio1 Kids and teens are able to hear much higher frequency sounds than adults, and some of these lighters can be quite loud!
@candiedisilvio1 I bought 2 and one has an annoying electrical whine. I should fire up the audio spectrum analyzer and see what I’m not hearing.
@atannir I know some florescence lights and TV’s can do the same thing. There used to be stores I wouldn’t go in because of that.
@candiedisilvio1 It’s not just your daughter. They do make a terrible noise.
Whats a glow tonight?
Might win a prize.
With this post. Please.
Really? Not only is this a Meh item, it’s also offered to often
It’s such a sad statement about our society that so many haven’t yet heard about August’s solar eclipse.
@Kerig3 im right in the path of totality!
@Kerig3 Do astrological events that are months out come up every day for you?
@Kerig3 Oh… I thought they said “a gust of scholarly lips”. Never mind.
@Pantheist
Astrological
/giphy shakes head
@username meh. It was late and an unimportant comment. If anyone knew what I meant it’s good enough for me.
@Pantheist its important
/giphy god damn it
@username “its important”
/giphy shakes head
@Pantheist Astrological is not Astronomical, look it up!
@Kerig3 Wow. I am impressed that you were able to follow a short thread without repeating anything!
@Pantheist For whatever its worth, I was simply replying directly to your swipe at me. It was YOU that started a fight, not I.
And as a matter of fact, Yes, I do follow astronomical events months out (even years)… I’m an avid amateur astronomy hobbiest and own 7 telescopes. So there’s that…
@Kerig3 I don’t remember that, but I’ll take your word for it. We even now then?
That’s cool. Astronomy seems like an interesting hobby. One day I’d love to get a telescope.
@Kerig3 hobbyist*
Nah, I think I’m just going to head over to morningsave to see if they have any fruit shaped mugs.
/giphy smokey-noted-lunch
@revoked I’ll have a Diablo sandwich and a Dr. Pepper
@j37hr0 Are you saying I should watch this movie?
@revoked If you’ve never seen Smokey and the Bandit, then yes, you should watch it. Classic 70’s stuff. Don’t bother with the two sequels, instead move on to Hooper. Same director, also starring Burt Reynolds and Sally Field.
I know it’s not 420 friendly, but I’ll stick with my refillable Zippo
I pulled the trigger on a set, thought I would give them a try. FYI I don’t smoke
@stryper2000 sounds like a wise investment
@stryper2000 They work great as gifts to smokers. Also can be used for candles which won’t burn your fingers like matches do. Lighting sparklers for your kids this summer as they are wind proof lighters. emergency self defense as the arc does hurt a bit if you get flesh between the metal bits.
So, uh huh, they never really answered the question. Um, is it, like, 420 friendly?
@Dougoly For these things to work you have to get what you’re trying to light in the plasma. So probably not for a bowl, probably yeah for a joint or a blunt.
Whenever people talk about plasma, I think of these:
@awk
I have one, but it interferes with a clock which I have.
@PlacidPenguin that’s fascinating.
@PlacidPenguin Oh wow, I need to try this! BRB
/giphy granular-expensive-paint
/image granular-expensive-paint
Watch out! It’s a SaberTooth Tiger!
@curtise First place! You win a pair of Saberlight Plasma lighters.
(We may use this if we sell these again.)
@dave I am humbled and honoured, and I look forward to the next time you sell these lighters again!
@dave ha! You said ‘if’ you sell these again.
“In fact, the vast majority of matter in the universe exists in a plasma state.”
Actually, the vast majority of matter is dark matter and we don’t know what that is made of. Not that it matters.
@kishkan Dark plasma sounds good.
@kishkan Dark Matter. Because Nothing Else Matters.
@G1 #darkmattermatters
Doesn’t morning save have this for $25?
@yugrudfooz so go over there and buy it. However, rumor has it their customer service isn’t as good.
@RedOak Dude, I’m RIGHT here.
@woodhouse
Yeah. Here. Not there.
(Dunno which is what.)
@woodhouse I think (hope) you knew that was a joke.
@RedOak I take forum posts very seriously and assume everyone else is also being 100% serious all of the time.
/giphy serious
So I think I’ve heard the answer before, but are these any good for igniting anything other than a nice little cigarette, cigar, or other encased plant matter?
In other words is it competition for my butane cigar lighter for starting camp fires?
@RedOak I keep mine in the kitchen for help in lighting the gas burners when they don’t want to ignite. Because the button is so close to the top, it’s a bit nerve wracking to light the burners directly… we usually use matches, and these can relight an already-used wooden matchstick if you hold the unburned wood in the beam for a moment or two. I’m sure that a butane lighter would be much easier for campfires though.
@RedOak hell no, look at how the lid opens in the pic, that’s literally all the clearence you get, plus, you only get the little space between the posts to light things, and it’s heavy. Basically, unless it’s cigarette shaped, it’s a bitch to light up.
@Vizh do they call you “One-hairless-arm-Vizh”?
@antsam999 So you’re saying I’d have to start the campfire in my hand… and eventually move it to the fire pit?
@RedOak you could use it to light a small piece of kindling. I bought a similar one on eBay but with crossed arcs and used it to light incense. Tried lighting the wood that’s left over after the incense burned, and it turns it into a match.
As others have pointed out, whatever you’re lighting has to fit in between the metal pieces.
@RiotDemon no thanks. Too many steps.
My fire staring method puts 3-5 balled up sheets of newspaper under progressively larger pieces of small wood. That means rapidly lighting the paper under the wood in several spots. No time to be messing with another stick that might or might not stay lit.
Direct flame from a good butane lighter does it very nicely.
@RedOak I use this model of lighter with a single-fuel lampworking torch. It fucking owns. This kind of torch is annoying to light with flame because you have to find the sweet spot where the fuel catches without blowing out the match or lighter. The plasma lighter can’t blow out, so I can just jam it in front of the torch and it catches instantly.
These work ok as cigarette lighters, but the picture is false advertisement, looks more like a spark than a light saber. Aslo, the button on the front that works in your pocket with the lid closed is a dangerous design.
@laidbackoh plasma in the pants.
I bought these things. they are shit. hope you like cigarettes because that’s all they light. they cannot even light candles in glass jars because geometry.
Want to come for a ride in my Buick LeSaber?
Hop in!
We can drive to Upstate New York and catch a Sabers game!
@curtise I see what you did there…
@djslack Third place! You win…yes, a pair of Saberlight Plasma lighters.
(We may use this if we sell these again.)
@dave Awesome! Yay! Thanks! Other exclamations!
@djslack Now I know what a TV dinner feels like.
@dave I received my prize lighters this week, thanks! They are neat. Please ignore any reports of fires near where I live, at least until the new wears off.
@heartny Second Place! You win…a pair of Saberlight Plasma lighters.
(We may use this if we sell these again.)
@dave Woo hoo! I’m a weiner! Uh, I mean winner. Thank you! Now I’ll have to take up smoking.
@heartny Yeah…didn’t star trek use plasma drives to power the Enterprise??
After 2 minutes I forgot about this and then lost my train of thought.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@PlacidPenguin 4:20 friendly, indeed.
I’m done. Impromptu photoshop when I should be in bed is fun, but I have to adult tomorrow.
This is my new favorite write-up. I really dont need plasma lighters, but I’m tempted.
There are youtube videos of persons with dubious wisdom attaching wires to these to make them into wood burners, etc. Could be fun. Or mehbe just painful.
@dickie541 fuck that was hard. 1 hour, two tequila shots later, I uploaded this work of art. I actually went to photo bucket to get this bastard up. Then, all of a sudden, the toolbar @ the bottom of the box shows up…
Or maybe this is better ever so slightly?
p.s. it’s actually Luke’s light saber
and sorry for the horribly quality background image, that’s the best I could pull from the product shots
@luvche21 I feel the need to beat @narfcake to this one.
There’s s light over at the Frankenstein place.
Q: does it hurt
A: Boy, does it ever!
Tanga is selling the same lighters 2/$19.99 plus free shipping. If you visit tanga.com via Ebates.com you will earn an additional 3% off thru Ebates rebate.
@Cooky However, we both have VMP. And why would we go there when we have a perfectly mediocre place to buy them right here?
@Cooky will check that out. the meh deal is a no go since for $2 more i could have them tomorrow via amazon. probably still won’t pull the trigger at twenty bucks but is a cool little novelty. (my partner and i are now both ‘smoke when we drink’-ers so these would be fun to use twice a month until someone else accidentally goes home with them as is the natural way of things with lighters. actually can’t remember the last time i bought one…)
just use these for marijuana, tobacco is so bad.
can I get some marijuana?
the internet told me to hang out at the high school, or I could get better prices at the middle school.
that’s when I quit my search.
so, even thought I can’t find any weed, please don’t smoke tobacco. It’s a bitch to quit.
So I can’t just toss this and it will stay lit? Can you hear me ask this?
Please stop selling these before I do something stupid… like buying them.
Meh
Plasma Inhaler??.. Am I missing something
The descriptions just aren’t the same without Jason!
Just finished bingewatching The Office. When they became owned by Sabre… couldn’t resist.
I bought a pair of these last Oct when meh offered them. Gave them to my wife for Christmas. One died after being recharged twice. Little pricey for a disposable lighter. (meh did promise to send me another one last week, waiting for it to arrive)
She does seem to like the one that is still working.
@RedOak @Dougoly
These lighters are actually pretty frickin’ sweet, but the lid gets in the way. I picked up one of these things instead:
It works fine as a firestarter, and for uh, lighting bowls and stuff. Doubles as a shitty Taser, in a pinch.
The plasma arc is slightly attracted to things so you don’t have to fit them all the way between the electrodes.
amazon reviews & photos very helpful. 2 for $5, i’d bite. but for $20-30, i’ll pass. seems many stopped working early on, others claim awkward to use even for cigarettes, and it being able to stay on while in my pocket, purse, or bra (where i usually store my lighters) is a big “LOL NO.”
but i did get to read one review where a parent bought this for their kid because “he’s doing a report on nikola tesla.” suuuuuuuuuure he is. (nice one, kid.)
/youtube The sun is a miasma of incandescent plasma
Can these light cigars?
@leadtromba Not a chance. You have to put what you want to light into the gap itself, and cigarettes just barely fit in there. Realistically, you can light a cigarette, a toothpick, and not much else.
@demonbane Thanks! I had a hunch it wouldn’t.
Wow. Contest is over. I was totally robbed.
The Saber of Sauron
It would be rad to be able to purchase two of these lighters with an extension to light up your grill. Hmm… I think my McGyver skills can come to good use here… So make some mods to the lighter with foil paper and then voila… I have a grill lighter!
@kramarrap I found your extension.
@cinoclav can you find those on amazon?
@Yoda_Daenerys
Are 11" matches good enough?
@PlacidPenguin eleven inches? wait?
oh, you mean matches for lighting things on fire? of course!
/giphy 4:20 friendly
Got mine today, tested, and they worked. Plugged one into my PC usb port to charge. After a few minutes, it got really hot and I heard a faint popping sound. Unplugged it, let it cool, and it no longer works. Not trying the other one as I don’t want to burn my house down.
@robseth You let the magic smoke out. Electronics don’t work if you let the magic smoke out.
Yeah, it was dumb of me to try and charge it. Should have just used it until the magic evaporated and tossed it.
so yeah. used one for a day and about eight cigarettes then tried to charge via the provided usb cable and my computers usb port. the little blue light blinks once then goes out. it lights once for less than a second and dies. do you do refunds?? haven’t even removed the second one from the plastic wrapper if that helps little green old white men to return to my wallet.
a replacement would be ok too i guess if my odds are good it’ll work
@zburris25
Did you send CS a message?
@PlacidPenguin yes i did and i wish i could delete this now that i realize that i can send a pm. i’m sure they will take care of it. i’ve purchased quite a few things and this is the first time i’ve had a problem. i quite enjoy waiting for the daily meh… like every day.
Ha Ha, I had the same thing happen to me when I plugged it in to the computer.