AA Battery + Gum Wrapper Lighter

Build a makeshift lighter. This sounds like a good idea, right? I managed to find tons of ways to do this. Here is my favorite.

Get a gum wrapper or the lining of a cigarette pack and cut a small sliver off the end, roughly about a quarter of an inch in width.
Now grab that sliver and fold it over itself once. Get some scissors and at a 4-5 degree angle cut out a triangle leaving a little bit of space at the end
to keep the pieces connected.

Alright, you've got your wrapper, now you need a battery. AA is best but a tripple A, C or even D will work as well.

Touch the negative end of the battery to the one end of the wrapper and get that center piece under some kindling. When you are positioned,
touch and hold the other end of the wrapper to the positive contact point. A small flame will erupt from the wrapper and if you are quick you can
light something else from it, like a candle or some paper.

So that's it a simple survival lighter should you ever find yourself in the woods with a battery and some gum. Keep the comments coming and
I'll see you next time.

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[thehockeyhawk20]

9 volt battery and steel wool work much better

[GingerDragon11]

What type of gum wrapper? Does any brand work?

[Stewart Fisk]

o.o

[yolosista21]

Check out PingPongRoyalty's newest video. It is soo cool!

[JRDShamrock]

Specs are everything....yes.... otherwise I'd be running a full 3D rendering section using an Intel Core Duo Processor, with an integrated graphics card, and just to get the lighting right, I'd use one of those old Tube Monitors.

[darknessdel454]

If the battery gets hot it might explode. The Gum Wrapper should burn off like a fuse.

[Scotlux]

no one is hating :/

[ttothefour]

So specs is everything, right? Cool! Didn't know something called an operating system and optimized programs, existed. Otherwise, you would definitely not be arguing, fuckhead. Get served.

[Mason Simmons]

i tried it the battery just gets really hot i need help!

[russ9696962]

Works great. I tried different lengths/widths and techniques and perfected it. Works better with 2 AA batteries... If only I had a nine volt *sigh*. You need a battery with a high amperage aswell (+ amps = + heat)