Is a lighter effective because it’s on fire? Or just because it’s hot?

If you made a lighter that was just as hot as another lighter, would it work just as well even if it had no fire?

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    710 months ago

    Depends on what you want to use the lighter for. People mentioned car lighters that work with just heat, but if you just want to light a gas stove, than a spark is enough. There are lighters that do just that, or you can even use an emptied regular lighter.

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      210 months ago

      The flints you get for “primitive technology” camping are great for lighting gas flames - just scrape them to make a load of sparks