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[-] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

One of my favorite perks from switching to vaporizers is that I am not creating this particular type of plastic waste. People don't seem to realize how much plastic is in a single bic lighter. Dozens of plastic bottles worth of plastic.

Edit: I should've said "several" water bottles not "dozens." I googled the weight of a bic lighter and a bottle and it's probably 2 or 3 water bottles.

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Plus vapes don't have all of the carcinogens from burning plant matter

[-] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

I hadn't considered that, but that should definitely be added to the pro column. Vapor is just significantly easier on the lungs. The original reason I switched to vapor was so I could climb mountains in Washington without stopping for a break every 5 minutes. The difference in lung endurance is massive.

[-] rylock@piefed.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I can't see how it's dozens of bottles worth in that small space. It's mostly empty for the lighter fluid too. Just a bottle cap and bottle threading is a decent amount of plastic. Maybe 2 or 3, sure.

[-] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

You're right, dozens was an exaggeration. I added an edit to my comment.

[-] teft@piefed.social 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Maybe in the US. In colombia everyone uses clippers or the cheapos on the right. I hardly ever see Bics excepts for the really small ones.

Clipper lighters are superior to bics since you can refill the gas and replace the spark on the clippers.

[-] Shareni@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

Don't forget the built in tamper, it's the best thing about them.

On the other hand their flints are absolute crap. They pretty much never last a full tank, while a bic flint lasts long after it's out of gas.

The metal torch clipper is pretty awesome though.

[-] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

None of these is a Clipper lighter.

[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

Has anyone managed to keep a bic long enough that it runs out of gas?

[-] myrrh@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 day ago

...many times...

[-] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

A dozen or so, and while it's good for it keeps the light on average level through 95% of it's lifetime, when it ends - it ends, while with cheaper lighters you have a little hope you can milk them for days as they weaken.

[-] dontpanic 2 points 1 day ago

Once, and I kept it as a trophy because I couldn’t believe it.

[-] Alpacalypse@crazypeople.online 2 points 1 day ago

Out of the thousands I've owned.... Probably only a handful haha

[-] nelly_man@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, but mostly because I never buy them. I just find them laying around on the ground after somebody else loses it.

[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

You're the bic fairy

[-] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago

Memory unlocked: Back when I smokeed cigarettes and before you could get high from vapes, when I wanted to see if another person at work was "cool" I would ask to borrow their lighter and look at the bottom corner for the telltale sign of ash packed into the little groove.

[-] Alpacalypse@crazypeople.online 4 points 1 day ago

Or you smoke crack....

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

grower not a shower

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