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Product: Lighter
Lighter Lighter   (+5)  [vote for, against]
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Nestled in the top, of a Zippo type lighter, or caddy for disposables, an array of polished aluminium vanes can be splayed into a rude parabolic reflector with the flick of a small lever or button, providing the user with an optimized beam for illumination.

The advanced version suspends a bit of Calcium Oxide at the focal point and yes, the lighter resembles as a small green pebble-textured spheroid: how did you know ?
-- FlyingToaster, Oct 22 2012

Carbide lamp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbide_lamp
Something like this? [CraigD, Oct 23 2012]

not really, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limelight
more like this. [FlyingToaster, Oct 23 2012, last modified Oct 24 2012]

This would work, but poorly. [0]
-- sqeaketh the wheel, Oct 23 2012


Use a thin array of mylar for the reflector and it will be a lighter lighter lighter.
-- AusCan531, Oct 23 2012


//but poorly//

Actually I think it would work quite well: nothing compared to a 6-led electric of course, but certainly better than the older incandescent 2 D-cell flashlight. The parabolic focal locus would be the white/yellow part of the flame.
-- FlyingToaster, Oct 23 2012


Basically a small kerosene lantern.
-- rcarty, Oct 23 2012


The barges delivering [AusCan]'s special order would be lighter lighter lighter lighters.
-- pocmloc, Oct 23 2012


If the Zippo had a 1000cc fuel tank to allow illumination for longer durations, it would be a litre lighter lighter.
-- 8th of 7, Oct 23 2012


Make the vanes from magnesium and it would be a brighter, whiter, lighter lighter. Might not last very long though.
-- mitxela, Oct 23 2012


[sqeak] there, better ?
-- FlyingToaster, Oct 23 2012


If someone came along at the end of a riot and stole one of these that had the 1000cc magnesium fuel tank, would he be a later lighter litre lighter lighter looter?
-- 8th of 7, Oct 23 2012


and if he stuck around awhile he'd be a later lighter litre lighter lighter looter loiterer.
-- FlyingToaster, Oct 23 2012


Could be fueled with a mixture of caustic soda and bitumen...
-- pocmloc, Oct 23 2012


[FT], OK, I admit this does work, especially with the added Calcium Oxide, although its a bit of a lightweight idea.
-- sqeaketh the wheel, Oct 23 2012


^ of course that model only comes as a small green spheroid.
-- FlyingToaster, Oct 23 2012


... making it a Limelight Lime Lighter.

While I doubt there'd be an efficiency gain compared to LED/rechargeable, I wonder if overall it'd be better than an incandescent/primary-battery.

(granted a bit o/t the post which is a just a doohickey for using a pocket lighter to find the keys you dropped)
-- FlyingToaster, Oct 24 2012


Two men are floating without oars or any other means of propulsion in a boat out in the middle of the ocean. They go through their supplies and discover 3 cigarettes but no means of ignition.

After a brief discussion, they decide to throw one of the cigarettes overboard and successfully enjoy a final smoke having lit their cigarettes using the boat, which since their jettisoning of the spare item has become a cigarette lighter.
-- zen_tom, Oct 24 2012


Also, as a bonus, they saw that the third cigarette had lit on the water!
-- pocmloc, Oct 24 2012


[zen_tom], [pocmloc]

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Apparently there's a comedy double act on at some point. Let us know when they show up ...
-- 8th of 7, Oct 24 2012


[8th of 7] are those your tumbleweeds? You want to keep them on a leash - they'll cause an accident if you're not careful!
-- zen_tom, Oct 24 2012



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