Dec 21 2009Looftlighter: Because Matches Are So Archaic
The Looftlighter is an $80 incendiary device that never actually produces a flame. Instead, it produces a wave of hot air at 1,000° Fahrenheit. That's hot. Could you tell I was trying to say that like Paris Hilton? Well I hope you liked it, because I'm gonna go drown myself now.
Unfortunately, the Lofftlighter has to be plugged in, which means you're gonna need a monster extension cord if you wanna set your neighbor's mailbox on fire. But on the plus side, it does look like a curling iron so you can melt your sister's face off.
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Reader Comments
1. teh android - December 21, 2009 3:58 PM
NOT FIRST
2. matey - December 21, 2009 3:58 PM
i gonna buy one and use it for sandwiches
3. name required - December 21, 2009 3:58 PM
first!
4. Whiskey - December 21, 2009 4:00 PM
Now its only a matter of time till cops are packing these. "FREEZE OR I'LL MELT YOUR FACE!"
5. cartulae - December 21, 2009 4:01 PM
is that safer than using actual matches?
6. Pat - December 21, 2009 4:04 PM
@5 Probably not, but it would save me buying boxes and boxes of those barbecue matches to light my wood-burning stove.
7. ciao - December 21, 2009 4:05 PM
I knew this was gonna be posted here when I first saw it on dvice. :P
ah, you folks do sure love fire. This will be fun to clear the snow away....though not as fun as a flamethrower. :D
8. Jaja - December 21, 2009 4:10 PM
THIS IS SOOO COOOOL!!!
in the, non-cool sorta way...
9. ciao - December 21, 2009 4:11 PM
@5 Just as safe as a monkey with a chainsaw
10. Dinosaur Rex - December 21, 2009 4:15 PM
$80 for that? Gasoline and matches costs like 3 bucks for both.
11. ObamaPacman - December 21, 2009 4:16 PM
Cool! Want one... now just need some light saber effects.
12. libz - December 21, 2009 4:21 PM
Soon to be seen on "When Porn Goes Wrong"
13. ciao - December 21, 2009 4:24 PM
@12 add some popcorn kernels, and you got "When Porn Goes Hilariously Wrong"
14. equalizer - December 21, 2009 4:25 PM
Nothing but a glorified heat gun. and Much more expensive. You can get cheap heat guns for like, $30. Why pay 80?
15. Greenman - December 21, 2009 4:38 PM
This will be the weapon of choice for the antagonist in No Country For Old Men 2.
16. who's there? - December 21, 2009 4:49 PM
@1: FAIL
@2: you speak of sandwhiches, we should meet..?
@3: FAIL
@5: probably not, which is why i want one to light my birthday candles
17. Olivia Munn - December 21, 2009 4:57 PM
This is actually kind of awesome
18. Daniel - December 21, 2009 5:11 PM
@9 because of that mental image I am getting one today.
19. om3ga - December 21, 2009 5:19 PM
no comment
20. Fitz - December 21, 2009 5:27 PM
Still on thinkgeek... http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/cc89/
21. Jiakasuma - December 21, 2009 7:40 PM
Can't wait till I take this camping with me instead of the inferior matches
22. Ashlins - December 21, 2009 8:28 PM
@6 Buy a lighter?
23. Nergol - December 21, 2009 9:20 PM
"Gosh, wonder what that order for 1000 units to be sent to Guantanamo Bay is about? I didn't think they got cold enough to have fireplaces down there!"
24. Curious George - December 21, 2009 11:29 PM
http://fireplacespace.com/
Here is a REAL FIREPLACE .. DOI!
25. Jaded Icon - December 22, 2009 9:40 AM
I buy 4 and strap 2 on each arm, then I'll run around town blasting the faces off of criminals and calling myself "Heatwave".......or I'll just take my medication.
26. Stinky - December 22, 2009 10:00 AM
As God is my witness, I'll never shovel snow again...
27. DIscoman - December 22, 2009 7:31 PM
so this is like that one battery-powered backpaching stove... the sierra stove i think. weird. i need a dozen-ignite the moles in my yard. BWAHAHAHAHA DIE!!!!!!