My concern isn’t money, it’s the reliability. If you store those things correctly they will always light. If you store a batter powered device correctly, no matter what it must be recharged even if it hasn’t been used. I don’t want to have to think about whether I charged my firestarter. The checklist is long enough when you are going camping. It’s just one more thing to forget.
Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Leave it in your car attached to a 5V1A solar panel so it neither loses charge nor explodes.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yes, I’ll just build an entire infrastructure to support a gas station lighter that only exists because “if you’re dumb enough to buy cigarettes you’ll probably buy this gimmick.”