【Upgraded】 Dual Arc Electric Candle Lighter Rechargeable USB Lighter Plasma Arc Lighters for Candle (Obsidian Black)

I’ve had one of these for a few months now at least. As mentioned in the review title, it’s literally just a straight upgrade to a traditional lighter with no downsides I can see so far. One key feature this unit has that others like it don’t is the dual-arc feature. Most arc lighters (in 2023) are single-arc – these work fine but you have less surface area AKA you have to be more precise and it might take a little longer to get flames going. The dual arc feature effectively gives you a “plane” of plasma to push into what ever you’re lighting instead of a single line – easier, faster, and really bridges the gap between arc and traditional lighters (pun intended).To compare with traditional lighters, let’s imagine we’re using one of the traditional long-neck versions. You hold the tip to your candle and pull the trigger. Nothing happens (because there was no gas when you pulled the trigger). You pull it again and the flame lights. Now, you may not think much of this, because this is just the normal experience of a lighter, but it will stick out like a sore thumb after using an arc lighter: when you pull the trigger on an arc lighter, you get an arc. Every time. Wind, rain, sleet, or snow.Let’s say you were maybe not so prepared and somehow allowed your lighter to get low and run out of fuel. I think many of us have a backup lighter (or ten) somewhere since they’re so cheap. I’d still recommend doing that, but I don’t expect to use mine. I’m not sure about you but I have much more convenient access to electricity than I do to lighter fluid. Since the arc lighter is an electric device, it can report how much battery it has left very easily (this one uses 4 LEDs corresponding to 25% increments). When you see the LEDs getting low, you just plug it in (just like you would your phone). I’ve had to charge mine twice, but even if I had to do it 200 times by now – it’s so easy to do, and so easy to know that you need to do it, that it does not matter.And… that’s really it. Is it going to change your life? No. But it’s a useful tool and it’s superior to traditional lighters. I like that it allows me to not need to use fuel, both for monetary reasons and for the admittedly infinitesimally small positive impact to taking care of our planet. I don’t see any reason to not have one as my primary lighter ever in the future, and right now, this specific model is the one I recommend, until a triple arc model comes out, or one that is more obviously user serviceable in the event of device failures (this one may be, but I can’t confirm)