On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 15:34:53 +0000, John Hearns <
[email protected]> said:
> Lidl have some windproof lighters for £1.49.
Do you mean
<http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20051205.p.Windproof_Lighter_>
which claims they are 4.99
> Has anyone bought one? Do they in any way resemble the lighters
> which the Survival Shop used to sell, which were claimed were hot
> enough to weld with? These ones are stainless stell, but look a bit
> flimsy.
I've got a Turboflame <http://www.turbolighters.com/>, advertised for
5.95
Not as good as one might hope. Tried to use one on bonfire
night. Windproof, yes, but damp just doesn't agree with it. Probably
shorts out the piezo spark. I'd go for the Turboflame, rather than the
Lidl no-name one. At least it *feels* like a decent, well engineered
bit of kit.
--
Alan J. Wylie
http://www.wylie.me.uk/
"Perfection [in design] is achieved not when there is nothing left to add,
but rather when there is nothing left to take away."
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
