I’ve had this one for a little over 2 years, but I suspect it wouldn’t last the average person 2 months before it outright fails and they just throw it away.
Why? Well, electronics don’t exactly like smoke of any form, whether it be nicotine, weed, wood, paper, etc. But that’s exactly what these lighters do, literally light things on fire, which of course generates smoke and dirties the electrodes, up until the point they start shorting out, if not other issues first.
I happen to be an electronics technician that knows how to safely disassemble, service and clean this thing occasionally, but its highly suggested that nobody ever try to service them, as they generate thousands of volts for the electric arc, which absolutely will burn the piss out of your fingers, if not worse.
I’m actually glad to have it, it was a cheap late Christmas gift from my mom back in January 2024, but I figure basically 99% of average consumers would end up having issues with it and throwing it away within ~2 months or less.
Sigh, e-waste…
Yes, really. Pretty much any time you can visibly see an arc through the air it’s in the thousands of volts range. If you walk around in socks and zap something and you can feel a shock from your fingertips it’s probably 2-3 kV at least, can be up to 15+ kV, but very low current
Please ignore user village604, they clearly don’t know what they’re talking about when they said electric arc lighters are supposedly harmless.
They are most certainly not harmless, in fact they’re as dangerous, if not more, than a regular lighter.
Plus, the second it hits your skin the voltage drops to basically zero because skin has a high electrical resistivity and the device can’t pump out enough amps to do any real harm.
Bruh, these lighters are quite literally designed for the sole purpose of igniting fires, you think your skin is somehow immune to this? Go ahead and zap yourself once, for even a split second with one of these things, and you’ll instantly get 4 dead burnt spots on your finger.
If you care to test longer, these lighters arc around 1000 times a second, at thousands of volts. And they arc for up to around 7 seconds before automatically shutting off. So if you wanna lose your fingerprint, or perhaps even half your finger, then go ahead and try lighting your finger up like a cigarette, you’ll find out just how flammable human flesh can be when electrocuted.
So, with all due respect, please for the love of fucking God do not ever again try to tell anyone that something is safe when you clearly don’t know a fucking thing about it.
I ought to report you, but I won’t. I expect you to edit your comment and apologize for telling people that electronic arc lighters are supposedly harmless.
THEY ARE NOT HARMLESS, ELECTRIC ARC LIGHTERS CAN AND WILL ELECTROCUTE YOU IN AN INSTANT AND BURN YOUR FLESH TO LITERAL DEATH!!!