Gizmodo: lighter

DIY Laser Lighter: Because Smoking Wasn't Already Dangerous Enough

Danny Allen — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:05:10 EDT

Experts warn that smoking doubles the chance of going blind in old age, so why not increase your odds with Kipkay's crazy (though admittedly awesome-looking) BIC-lighter hack. How-to video after the jump.

Kipkay is the gadget modder extraordinaire who showed us how to build our own laser-based home alarm system, save money on batteries, and turn a $25 Hot Wheels toy radar gun into the real thing.

He also has that enthusiastic shopping channel-style voice over thing down pat. I'll take two for my stoner friends!

[KipKay via TechEBlog]

Cigarette Lighter Cellphone Gives You An Excuse To Continue Smoking

Sean Fallon — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:10:00 EDT

This cellphone comes from a dubious Chinese website, so there is no telling whether it is legit enough not to quit. However, a cellphone with a cigarette lighter built-in would certainly be a boon to smokers.

It may also be a great way to burn your pants off. At any rate, even if it is a legitimate product, I wouldn't expect any carriers to pick this up in the States with the whole crackdown we have going on here. [Engadget]

Blackened-Lungs Cigarette Lighter Really Rubs Your Face in It

Adam Frucci — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:40:00 EDT

Cigarette smokers understand the damage they're doing to their bodies. That's why "shocking" anti-smoking ads like these blackened lungs won't do anything to stop them.

At this point, everybody fully understands what cigarettes do to people. Yet smokers don't care, they just like smoking. Maybe we should just respect that instead of grossing everybody out with a pair of blackened lungs that double as cigarette lighters. Every time someone uses them to light up, they're just laughing in the face of this well-meaning campaign. [Street Anatomy via Boing Boing]

There's a New BBQ Sheriff In Town

Mark Wilson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:50:00 EDT

Lighting a BBQ can be done with a match. But, as any NRA member can attest, it's a job best left to a gun.

The Shoot and Cook Rifle BBQ Lighter is a 14.5-inch implement that can set pretty much any flammable material on fire. Sure, it's designed to light coals on a grill, but I can think of plenty of uses for a flame-inducing side arm.

Imagine, you're at a bar. A lady needs a light. You reach into your pocket and pull out the Shoot and Cook Rifle BBQ Lighter. She says, "Oh no he's got a gun!!" Bouncers rush toward you. They can't tell if the tiny rifle is real, but these guys aren't taking any chances.

By the time the night is through, you've both had your heart broken and seen what human bone looks like when exposed to air. $10. [Bass Pro Shops via OhGizmo!]

Weird Combo Of The Day: Nail Clipper/Butane Lighter

Mark Wilson — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:44:00 EDT

Behold, the 2-in-1 nail clipper and butane lighter. Because as we all know, the only way to properly dispose of your body's nail waste is miniature, ritualistic burning. $2.68 with free shipping—or $1.34 per function. [dealextreme] Thanks Martin!

Light 'Em Up With This Pig Lighter

Charlie White — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:52:43 EDT

What's up with these weird smoking accessories lately? First we see the immoral cigarette extinguishing devices (NSFW), and now here's this crazy Pig Lighter that works when you push his goofy little hat back. Suddenly, flames come billowing out his nostrils like he's some kind of angry fire-breathing dragon. And then the clincher: When you want to refill him with butane, you stick that nozzle right up his ass. Weird. [Idea Topic, via TFTS]

Mem|lite USB Lighter Stores Your Data/Lights Up Your Spliff

Charlie White — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:03:06 EDT

Having trouble getting that nicotine monkey off your back? Until you do, might as well make that addiction useful by carrying around Mem|lite, a USB flash drive that doubles as a lighter, putting together two objects that have very little to do with each other. Well, not unless you want to store all the reasons why you are quitting on that 512MB (or up to 4GB) of flash memory storage. We like the way the product's website explains it best:

Mem|light is like a relationship between a man and a woman. In many ways both don't go together very well. Still, this medley of fire, emotion and rational logic results in an exciting combination.

Run out of fire, refill the lighter. Run out of ideas, refill the drive with fresh data. Makes sense to me. The Mem|lite's USB drive is quite small, storing itself away on the bottom of the lighter like a little car parking in a garage. Plus, you can customize these things with your own corporate logo, if your company is one of those "two worlds collide" type of organizations, or maybe a bunch of doper hackers. The 512MB model sells for $40. [Mem|lite, via Everything USB]

Lighter in a Cell Phone's Skin: Sort of Sneaky, Sort of Not

Matt Buchanan — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:30:11 EDT

What at first glance looks like a dolphin fetishist's DoCoMo cellphone is in fact a covert lighter, perfect for keeping your dirty habit under wraps (except you know, the packs of fags lying around, the smell, etc.).

If you drop the three bucks and change on one of these (available in a rainbow of five colors), be sure to pick up a smoking jacket as well to keep the cancer away from the rest of us. I'll take mine from a Wi-Fi router, thank you very much. – Matt Buchanan

Product Page [via Tokyo Mango]

Solar Powered Lighter—Wait, What?

Travis Hudson — Fri, 11 May 2007 21:00:30 EDT

A Portugal-based company has reinvented the wheel and created fire from the sun, kind of. This solar-powered lighter doesn't actually create an open flame, but it does create a series of sparks that should be capable of lighting a BBQ grill. So in all reality, it is the environment-friendly lazy man's flint or sparker. The bottom is also a bottle opener—I'm sold! $19. –Travis Hudson

Product Page [Via uber-review]

The Match Lighter

Jason Chen — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:45:22 EST

Amaze kids and drunkards alike with this lighter that's shaped like a match. What is it about stuff that's shaped like other stuff that's so cool?

Whether it's a vibrator shaped like a rubber duck, a cellphone strap shaped like a space invader, or a boat shaped like a spider, we love when something looks like something else. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Dwell via Cribcandy via Coolest Gadgets]

Stealthy Camera Lighter: Take a Shot, Light a Fatty

Charlie White — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:34:42 EDT

While you're on your way to getting rid of that filthy habit, might as well have a versatile Zippo-esque lighter in your pocket, and this one has a 640x480 camera on board that can hold 30 pictures in its 64MB memory.

Might offer some good stealth in a pinch, or when you're on that next spy mission. Not exactly high-tech, it hooks up to USB 1.1 to send your pictures back to the mothership. And oh yeah, it can light those stogies, too. It's the same size as a regular Zippo, and that crappy camera on board doesn't raise the price too much—it's $30.

Product page [HotGadget, via CrunchGear]