• affiliate@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      disposable vapes come with built in lithium batteries, while (most) disposable lighters don’t. so there is a very real difference between the two. but disposal lighters are also stupidly wasteful, so it would be nice to ban those as well.

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      1 month ago

      Lighters last a super long time and they don’t contain batteries which is the real concern.

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        1 month ago

        Lighters last a super long time

        flashbacks to last 4th of July where we needed to get 4 different disposable lighters before one worked
        Not that the actual lighters are any better, those dry out on their own with no use.

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          30 days ago

          I bought a dispose lighter of £1 from the middle of Lidl, It works fine over 6 months later. What don’t work are those multipack ones there’s a reason they’re in a multi-back and it’s because they’re all terrible.

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          1 month ago

          Hate to be a shill, but were they of the Bic brand or were they shitty knock offs?

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            1 month ago

            I don’t remember probably about a 50/50, chance. We just get whatevers at the store because we hardly use lighters

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      1 month ago

      I’ve never seen a “disposable” lighter that didn’t have a gas filling hole.