Comment on Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales from June

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• affiliate@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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• UmeU@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • TriflingToad@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 try out on their own with no use.

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I bought a dispose of the light of £1 from the middle of Lidl, It works fine over 6 months later. Well 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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    • UmeU@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • TriflingToad@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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• UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • TriflingToad@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    went to my junk drawer and got one, Doesn’t have anything on the bottom and top won’t come off without breaking

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    • pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You can actually remove it pretty easily. I recall because I removed that shiny metal bit so I could follow a life hack video that allows you to increase the flame size. I’m sure you could take it off and refill it.

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    • UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not the most user friendly option, I agree, but definitely refillable.

      www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrK2IhFNkqY

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      • TriflingToad@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        huh, interesting didn’t know that. Thanks for sharing too, have a good day!

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