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?

  • @21Cabbage
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    1010 months ago

    My lighter uses an electric arc, great for cigarettes, doesn’t seem to like weed as much.

    • @[email protected]
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      210 months ago

      I’ve wondered about those for camping. I can see how the electric arc would be perfect where you have something like an edge of paper, but I did wonder if it would still be effective with other fuels.

      • @21Cabbage
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        410 months ago

        So intrusive thoughts won while I was in the bathroom and I grabbed a square of toilet paper. Boy oh boy will it light paper on fire.

      • @21Cabbage
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        210 months ago

        I haven’t tried setting paper on fire directly, to be honest. Being that it’s so hot but also a localized heat I suspect it might be hard to get flames from, just embers.

    • Bizzle
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      110 months ago

      I figured it prob won’t like bowls but I assume joints are fine?

      • @21Cabbage
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        310 months ago

        I think it’s the more uneven burn. It’s got an articulating neck type thing so it’ll get into a bowl just fine it just doesn’t want to light it, and joints it just kinda fucks up the end and maybe gets a half-assed light.