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#255100 - 01/02/13 11:07 AM disposable lighters with built in torch
quick_joey_small Offline
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Poundland in the UK are stocking disposable lighters with built in torches. Powered by 3 hearing aid batteries, so should last and are surprisingly powerful. They are 3 for £1. Obviously not a main light, no sane person is going to bet their life on 33p worth of technology; but you can't have too many torches!
They come in and out of stock so try a week later if your local poundland doesn't have them.
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#255225 - 01/08/13 12:59 PM Re: disposable lighters with built in torch [Re: quick_joey_small]
MDinana Offline
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Registered: 03/08/07
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The first time I read this I was so confused.

A lighter with a lighter? Huh?

Then I realized you were British, and a torch is a flashlight.

Proving once again, we're both speaking English, but we're not talking the same language!

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#255231 - 01/08/13 03:49 PM Re: disposable lighters with built in torch [Re: MDinana]
celler Offline
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Registered: 12/25/03
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I have not seen anything like that on this side of the pond, but I don't frequent convenience stores as much as I used to.

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#255233 - 01/08/13 05:32 PM Re: disposable lighters with built in torch [Re: quick_joey_small]
clearwater Offline
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Registered: 03/19/05
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Loc: Channeled Scablands
Could you post a link? A torch with a torch?

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#255245 - 01/09/13 12:08 AM Re: disposable lighters with built in torch [Re: MDinana]
hikermor Offline
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Wasn't it Winston Churchill who said that the Brits and the Yanks were two people separated by a common language? Who ever heard of bonnets on a lorry?
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#255246 - 01/09/13 02:18 AM Re: disposable lighters with built in torch [Re: hikermor]
UTAlumnus Offline
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Registered: 03/08/03
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Loc: East Tennessee near Bristol
Cover over the cargo area?

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#255500 - 01/15/13 03:51 AM Re: disposable lighters with built in torch [Re: quick_joey_small]
Aussie Offline
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Registered: 11/12/10
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Loc: Australia
These type of lighters are readily available.
Basically the left half is used as a (refillable) lighter with piezo, and the right half is a torch, some have replaceable batteries)

http://www.led365.cc/picfile/led-light-2/led_lighter_240.jpg

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Edited by Aussie (01/15/13 03:53 AM)

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#255560 - 01/16/13 09:43 AM Re: disposable lighters with built in torch [Re: quick_joey_small]
Chisel Offline
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Registered: 12/05/05
Posts: 1562
I fail to see the usefulness of combing a butane lighter and a flashlight.
YMMV

Having said that, I do have a couple of lighters that each include a TORCH ( meaning a jet flame), as well as the usual slow flame.

IIRC, they have two refillable butane tanks.
They are essentialy two lighters in one.

Here is a pic :

http://wzsmoking.b2bage.com/product-lighters/1587940/new-double-flame-gas-lighter.html

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#255571 - 01/16/13 08:42 PM Re: disposable lighters with built in torch [Re: quick_joey_small]
bacpacjac Offline
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Registered: 05/05/07
Posts: 3601
Loc: Ontario, Canada
I picked up a new lighter last week and just today realized that it's got a little LED in it. I'm not going to go ditching my edc flashlight for it but for the same price as a regular BIC, not a horrible backup.
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#255587 - 01/17/13 05:38 PM Re: disposable lighters with built in torch [Re: quick_joey_small]
Stephen Offline
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Registered: 04/09/12
Posts: 177
Loc: Canada
It never hurts to have an extra light kicking around, but how much inner space does the battery and stuff occupy?

Given the choice I would take more fuel over an LED light, but I suppose for the price it's not that big a deal. Most prep minded people I know only carry them as backups anyway.

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