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00:00This lighter uses no gas to create that flame.
00:03Yeah, it's all electric.
00:05At least, that's what the ads say.
00:07So, is this thing a scam?
00:10Yeah, yeah it is.
00:12But now, let's find out why.
00:17Hey everyone, how are you all doing?
00:19If you're new here, welcome.
00:20My name is Krazy Ken, and lately,
00:22I've been receiving a lot of tips
00:24about this military grade electric lighter
00:26named Fire Blaze.
00:28And it all started with this tweet
00:29that Kenny sent to me.
00:31Something didn't seem quite right,
00:33but I can't just call something a scam
00:35based on feeling alone.
00:36We need to examine the facts and look at the science.
00:39So, let's start by dissecting their video ad.
00:42This YouTube ad is titled,
00:43"'Next Gen Fire Technology' in Your Hands."
00:46Like, literally, in my hands?
00:49Like a pyrokinetic?
00:50The ad opens up by saying,
00:52"'Amazon hates this lighter,
00:53"'but there's nothing they can do to stop it.
00:55"'There's a new electric lighter
00:56"'that has the power of a military grade flamethrower,
00:59"'and it's already been banned
01:00"'from Home Depot, Amazon, and Walmart.'"
01:03Introducing Fire Blaze.
01:05It's unlike anything you've ever seen.
01:07It's been in all the major newspapers,
01:09including NBC, Fox News, and CNN.
01:12But why is this product so groundbreaking?
01:14It's because it doesn't use butane or gas.
01:18Instead, it runs off ion pulse technology,
01:21producing an 1800 degree plasma flame,
01:24powerful enough to burn through metal in seconds,
01:27and it's fully electric.
01:29It's windproof, waterproof,
01:31and it can start a fire anywhere, no matter the conditions.
01:34And after years of classified use in the military,
01:37the patent expired,
01:38and now civilians can get their hands on it.
01:40But be warned, it could be banned again soon,
01:43because the U.S. Product Safety Committee
01:45thinks it's too powerful for everyday folks to own.
01:48So, get it while you can.
01:50Use it for camping, hiking, grilling.
01:52Don't deal with those weak lighters anymore, come on.
01:55Fire Blaze is eco-friendly, no toxic gases,
01:59no harmful chemicals, and you can recharge it with USB.
02:03One charge lasts up to 300 uses.
02:06So, here's the deal.
02:07Fire Blaze refuses to be sold through big retailers,
02:10so get it today through this ad for 50% off
02:13before it sells out again.
02:15Okay, so the big takeaway here is the flame is, what,
02:18maybe about seven inches long,
02:20but it doesn't use butane or other gases?
02:23Okay, I have my doubts, but hey,
02:26I've been wrong once before.
02:27There's multiple issues with this ad,
02:29so let's break it down.
02:31There's three main issues I have with this ad.
02:33First is the military backstory.
02:35The ad says Fire Blaze was originally designed
02:38for the military, and its use was classified
02:40until the patent expired.
02:42However, no matter how hard I searched for this patent,
02:45I could not find it,
02:46and Fire Blaze also does not provide a source.
02:51That, combined with all of the other fake backstories
02:53we've seen in other investigations,
02:55makes it very likely that this military backstory
02:58is a bunch of poppycock.
03:01When was the last time I said that word out loud?
03:04I also surveyed multiple veterans through my network,
03:07and none of them have heard of this Fire Blaze product
03:09while in the military.
03:10And I don't mean to split hairs.
03:13Well, actually I do.
03:16There is a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,
03:19but I'm not aware of a committee.
03:21Again, I could be wrong.
03:23Ooh, maybe it's a secret government project.
03:26You know, like the one that's keeping me
03:27trapped 10 stories underground.
03:29Yeah, by the way, what is up with that?
03:31Why is that still happening?
03:33I've been doing this for years.
03:34When can I leave?
03:36What am I even doing this for?
03:37What am I even doing this for?
03:38What am I even doing this for?
03:39What am I even doing this for?
03:40What am I even doing this for?
03:41What am I even doing this for?
03:42What am I even doing this for?
03:42The next problem is the press.
03:45I searched for Fire Blaze news stories
03:47with Fire Blaze in quotes,
03:48with all three networks mentioned in the ad,
03:51and I found zero results.
03:54So my educated guess is that these advertisers
03:56just made up this claim for social proof.
03:59They're saying, hey, these big guys trust this brand.
04:02You should too.
04:03And it is a legitimate marketing tactic.
04:05Social proof is usually fine,
04:08but in this case, they're just lying.
04:11Speaking of lies, the ad also says
04:12Fire Blaze is not on Amazon.
04:14It's already been banned from Home Depot, Amazon, and Walmart.
04:17It's on Amazon.
04:19And the third problem is the biggest problem,
04:22the no gas claims.
04:24Fire Blaze probably uses butane
04:26because there's literally a refill valve on the bottom,
04:29but we'll just pretend we didn't see that for now.
04:32Electric lighters do exist,
04:34but they're often smaller and they produce tiny plasma arcs
04:37as opposed to a larger flame like we see in the ad.
04:40Okay, wait, hold on one second.
04:41I have a feeling we're gonna be hearing
04:43the word plasma a lot today.
04:45So let's define it.
04:48What exactly is plasma?
04:50Plasma is a state of matter like solid, liquid, and gas.
04:53And plasma is an ionized gas.
04:56But not all ionized gases are plasma.
04:59Okay, so what's an ionized gas?
05:01An ionized gas is a gas made up of ions,
05:05which are atoms with a positive charge.
05:07Atoms usually have a positively charged nucleus
05:10with a certain number of electrons
05:11which balance the atom's charge, making it neutral.
05:14However, if the gas is hot enough,
05:16particle collisions can strip some electrons from atoms.
05:20These atoms now have a positive charge
05:22and are referred to as ions.
05:24So in short, plasma is an ionized gas.
05:27But again, not all ionized gases are plasma.
05:30Now in the context of Fire Blaze's plasma claim,
05:33unfortunately there's no universal scientific agreement
05:36as to whether or not fire is truly plasma.
05:40There's a lot of variables.
05:411800 degrees Fahrenheit would make it less likely
05:45that the fire from Fire Blaze is plasma
05:47because it's too cool, but I cannot say definitively.
05:52Plasma claims aside, to create a flame this large
05:55from a device this small, we need a fuel, i.e. butane.
06:00There is no battery-powered no-gas lighter that I know of
06:04which can just magically produce a flame that's this big.
06:08But I'll give Fire Blaze a fair shot
06:11when it arrives in my lair, I will test it.
06:14But let's ignore these ion pulse
06:16and plasma claims for a moment, okay?
06:18Even though the Fire Blaze is most likely
06:20not fully electric, that doesn't mean
06:23it's completely free of electricity.
06:25If Fire Blaze is similar to other butane lighters
06:28that have been around for decades,
06:30there will be an internal hammer
06:31that strikes a piezoelectric crystal
06:34which generates a spark, as opposed to using flint
06:37like on some other lighters.
06:38Piezoelectric crystals generate an electric charge
06:41when pressure is applied.
06:42The Greek root piezo means pressure.
06:45There's various types of piezoelectric crystals out there,
06:48but we'll take a look at a very abundant one, quartz.
06:51Quartz is composed of silicon and oxygen atoms.
06:54In this molecular structure,
06:56oxygen and silicon atoms share one electron.
06:59Naturally, oxygen atoms want to exert
07:01a stronger force on electrons.
07:03So in this case, the electron is held closer
07:05to the oxygen atom's nucleus
07:07than the silicon atom's nucleus.
07:09And since electrons are negatively charged,
07:12this means the oxygen atoms are more electronegative
07:15than the silicon atoms,
07:16resulting in a partial negative charge for oxygen
07:19and a partial positive charge for silicon.
07:21In this molecular structure,
07:23the center of charges coincide.
07:25But under pressure, in this case,
07:28when the quartz is struck by the hammer inside the lighter,
07:30the force applied to the molecules
07:32separates the center of charge
07:34into a positive and negative center of charge,
07:36resulting in polarization.
07:38When this occurs,
07:40one face of the crystal will have a positive charge
07:42and the other face will have a negative charge,
07:44which results in a voltage.
07:46And when we attach wires and leave a little gap,
07:49we can briefly generate a spark,
07:50which will ignite the fuel.
07:52Of course, we'll find out how well the Fire Blaze
07:54actually works with no gas in it.
07:57But beforehand, we should take a look at their web presence
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09:35Okay, let's see what else Fire Blaze
09:37has been up to on the web.
09:39I received tips pointing to two websites,
09:41BuyFireBlaze.com and FireBlaze.co.
09:44Both appear to be selling the same product
09:46with the same name, but with different logos.
09:49Let's dive into BuyFireBlaze.com first.
09:51The first thing I noticed is this live for 24 hours sale.
09:54Of course, this is bullsh**
09:56because I checked it two months later.
09:58It's still up.
09:59Same 50% discount.
10:01What a surprise.
10:02The stock counter is also fake
10:04because loading the page in a normal window
10:06versus a private window will show different results.
10:09This is a little trick you can use
10:10to identify fake countdown timers
10:12and stock counters on websites.
10:15It's a trick I've used in past investigations too.
10:17Websites use cookies and other session-based trackers
10:20to calculate the counter or timer's display.
10:23But the private or incognito window
10:25loads a new browsing session,
10:27meaning all cookies and trackers
10:28which were used in the non-private session
10:30are isolated from the private session
10:32and they will not be loaded,
10:34resulting in a timer change.
10:35These guys are just making up numbers
10:37to fool you into buying something.
10:38Don't fall for it.
10:39Then the website claims this product was seen on ABC,
10:42Daily Mail, Ladbible, Insider, and Forbes.
10:46Just like with the video ad,
10:47FireBlaze is using these big names
10:49to try and legitimize the product.
10:51However, every time I Googled FireBlaze
10:53with any of these media outlets,
10:55I cannot find any stories about this product.
10:58For fun, I emailed all of these outlets
11:00asking if this was legit.
11:03And I haven't heard back.
11:04But the replies might not be necessary
11:07because if you scroll all the way
11:08to the bottom of the webpage,
11:09there's this footer.
11:10And it says,
11:11the content of this advertorial landing page
11:14is created by us and has not been reviewed,
11:17approved, or otherwise endorsed
11:19by any entity mentioned within the post.
11:22Dude, why?
11:25They're just straight up lying about these endorsements.
11:28At least they're admitting it.
11:29So I guess that's a little bit better.
11:32Next on the website, I see this text,
11:34which claims FireBlaze is a dual arc lighter.
11:37This feature was never mentioned in the video ad,
11:40but I guess technically the FireBlaze
11:43could be a dual arc lighter.
11:44Those are a real thing.
11:46But next to this dual arc text,
11:48we see a photo that once again shows
11:50what appears to be a refilling valve for butane.
11:53I don't know.
11:54FireBlaze could have both.
11:55It could have a dual arc lighter
11:57and a butane lighter built in like the one I have.
11:59It has both of those features.
12:00Yeah, I'm giving FireBlaze way too much credit, aren't I?
12:03Then at the bottom of the page,
12:05we get to my favorite part, the FAQ.
12:09The FAQ confirms the flame is seven inches long
12:12and their team is US based and they ship out of Ohio,
12:15but they don't believe in sending cheap material from China
12:18and letting you wait weeks for your order.
12:20That sounds like a good selling point.
12:22I don't know how true it is,
12:23but that's another thing we can test when we order it.
12:26But before I place the order,
12:27let's take a look at the second website, fireblaze.co.
12:30This website mentions a lot of the same claims,
12:33reinforcing the specs we can test,
12:35like the 1800 degrees seven inch flame
12:37and military grade materials.
12:39The product looks identical to the FireBlaze
12:41on the other website, but oddly enough,
12:43this site is selling it for $10 more
12:46with a 30 day guarantee instead of 90.
12:48If you're looking for the better deal,
12:50go to buyfireblaze.com.
12:52And here's the last thing that caught my attention.
12:55This website directly mentions the refill valve
12:58on the bottom instead of trying to hide it.
13:00And it's labeled as inflation port.
13:02And this further contradicts all of the other claims
13:05that say this is a fully electric lighter,
13:07which doesn't need gas.
13:09But hey, I like to play fair.
13:11I like to look at the positive side of things.
13:13I'm gonna give the product a fair shot
13:15at proving its worth.
13:16Let's see if the claims are true.
13:18So you know what I did next, right?
13:21I went ahead and bought two,
13:24you know, just in case I break one.
13:27I decided to purchase from buyfireblaze.com
13:30because that was the first website I found.
13:32And wow, it's actually more expensive
13:34than the Amazon listing that they said doesn't exist.
13:37I selected my quantity, put in my info
13:40and what a surprise, a post transaction upsell.
13:42Actually, I only got hit with two this time,
13:45which is a lot better than some of the other websites
13:47I've investigated.
13:49All right, the order is confirmed.
13:50Now we wait.
13:53Okay, so they arrived in about 10 days.
13:55That part wasn't too bad,
13:56but then something happened that I don't think
13:59I've ever encountered in a Scambuster investigation before.
14:02It was a little frustrating and a little weird.
14:05So while I was waiting for my order,
14:06one of the layer guards gave me a slip.
14:09You know, one of those USPS slips
14:10that says you missed a package,
14:12except this time it didn't say I missed anything.
14:15It said I had postage due.
14:17And I thought, okay, that's kind of ridiculous
14:19that I paid 8.99 for shipping on the website,
14:21which by the way, they do not tell you about
14:24until the transaction is complete.
14:25They don't tell you the shipping cost upfront.
14:27Kind of fishy.
14:28But anyway, they charged me for the shipping on the website,
14:31but I still had $9 of postage due.
14:33I thought that was kind of weird.
14:34But when I arrive at the post office,
14:36I find out that Fireblaze didn't even use real postage
14:40in the first place.
14:41They used fraudulent postage,
14:43meaning they just pocketed my shipping payment
14:45and slapped a fake label on the box.
14:48Pretty shady.
14:49I didn't want to cause a fuss
14:50because I just wanted my freaking torches.
14:52So I paid the nine bucks and I was on my way.
14:56But just to be safe,
14:58I decided to check my bank statements.
15:01And I'm glad I did.
15:03Turns out on the day I placed my order,
15:05Fireblaze charged me on my card an additional $19.99
15:10for no apparent reason.
15:11So I emailed them about that using my VTech companion
15:16as seen on episode 17.
15:17As seen on episode 17.
15:20What?
15:23Oh, hey, they replied.
15:25Let's take a look.
15:26Okay, they said the $19.99 was for a VIP club
15:29with a mystery box.
15:31Okay, hold up a second.
15:33I remember seeing a VIP club thing
15:36during the post transaction upsells,
15:38but unless I was hypnotized or something,
15:40I wouldn't have clicked that buy button on purpose.
15:43So I don't know, maybe I clicked on it by accident.
15:48Either way, I did not get a receipt for that transaction.
15:50The additional $19.99 wasn't on the original receipt
15:54and it wasn't in a separate receipt.
15:56So the fact that they didn't even disclose the charge
15:59to me with a receipt is pretty fishy.
16:02To their credit, when I asked them to remove the charge,
16:05they agreed and the amount was credited to my card.
16:08But I wish the problem stopped there.
16:11About two weeks after I received my Fireblazes,
16:14I started getting erroneous charges from Daily Gadge.
16:17Thankfully, my card automatically blocked
16:19those transactions, but I wanna see what they have to say.
16:22I mean, after all, they have a phone number
16:24in the vendor name.
16:24So let's give them a call.
16:27♪♪
16:32New support agents are currently available
16:34to take your call.
16:35Please call back later.
16:40All right, I guess we're not gonna get anywhere with that.
16:44Full disclosure, I can't confirm
16:45that these Daily Gadge charges are related to Fireblaze,
16:48but given the timing and the similar shadiness
16:51of the situation, I would say it's likely,
16:54but I can't confirm that 100%.
16:56So yes, the order process started pretty smooth,
16:58but it quickly turned into one of the worst I've ever seen.
17:01It was a clusterfudge.
17:03I'm a believer in second chances though,
17:04so I ordered a third Fireblaze
17:06and it actually shipped without fraudulent postage.
17:10And it had tracking this time.
17:11My last order didn't have tracking.
17:14And there were no additional erroneous charges.
17:16So good job, Fireblaze.
17:18Whatever you did, it seems like you fixed it.
17:20Hopefully.
17:22Now that the products are here, let's take a look.
17:25Fireblaze comes in a generic box,
17:27which doesn't mention the brand name anywhere.
17:29Instead, it just says lighter smoking set.
17:32And on the back, it says made in China.
17:35Wait, hold on, stop, stop for a second.
17:38I thought you said you shipped from Ohio
17:40and you didn't believe in using cheap materials from China.
17:44So just the box is made in China.
17:46I see, well, thank you for clarifying that.
17:48Look, I don't care if your product is made in China.
17:50My iPhone is made in China and I like it.
17:53Just don't lie about it.
17:55Above the made in China text,
17:57it shows instructions on how to refill with butane gas.
18:00What?
18:01No, no, no, stop, stop again.
18:03That's gotta be a typo because clearly in the ad,
18:07you said it uses ion pulse technology
18:09and it doesn't need butane.
18:11Before we open the box,
18:13I just have to point out one other thing
18:14I got in the shipment.
18:16This was in the shipping package.
18:19I mean,
18:23what the heck even is this?
18:25Can anybody on God's green earth explain what this is?
18:29Is this one of those ear cleaning kits
18:32I've seen on the internet?
18:34I'm no earologist.
18:36So I'm just gonna leave this stuff over here, yeah.
18:41Oh, was that the bonus gift?
18:43Was that the mystery box VIP gift?
18:46What a great way to spend $20.
18:49Anyway, inside the Fire Blaze box,
18:50we have this enclosed instruction book.
18:53It's mostly in Chinese, so I can't read it, sorry.
18:57But hey, it is classic fashionable.
18:59So now we get to this military grade Fire Blaze lighter.
19:08Yeah.
19:09Definitely, definitely feels military grade.
19:14Despite being textured to look like carbon fiber and metal,
19:18this lighter's entire enclosure is sadly plastic.
19:22How deceiving.
19:23And it's already scratching with minimal use.
19:26However, the top piece surrounding the nozzle
19:28is made of a stronger material for heat resistance,
19:31likely ceramic.
19:32On the bottom, we see our refill valve,
19:34which we will use in a moment,
19:36but the box labels it as an air hole?
19:39We also have a lock switch, the ignition switch,
19:41and a slider for adjusting the flame.
19:43On the inside, we see the mechanisms for the lock
19:45and the ignition switch.
19:47We also see where the carbon fiber pattern ends
19:49with this smear on the inner plastic.
19:52So this pattern is likely applied
19:54with a hydro dipping process.
19:56Now for being a no gas product,
19:58I'm surprised that the biggest component inside this thing
20:01is the butane tank.
20:02And no matter how hard you look,
20:04there's no battery or USB port or charging circuitry.
20:09The only electrical component is this wire,
20:12which if my hypothesis is correct,
20:14is most likely connected to the piezoelectric crystal
20:17we talked about earlier.
20:18This is so it can carry the electric charge
20:20up to the nozzle where it reacts with the fuel.
20:23There is nothing indicating that this is a fully electric,
20:26no gas lighter.
20:28But hey, looks can be deceiving,
20:30you know, like fake carbon fiber.
20:32So let's test it out and give it a fair shot.
20:35Ready?
20:35Here we go.
20:37Oh.
20:47That's gonna come up in the next HOA meeting.
20:52So let's test it out.
20:54Here we go.
21:03It does nothing.
21:04Hopefully that didn't surprise you.
21:07I do see a tiny spark in here.
21:08So hypothesis confirmed,
21:11there is a piezoelectric crystal being used in here
21:13to create the spark, which will ignite with the fuel.
21:15So Fire Blaze is a complete scam
21:17and I think we proved that with a plum.
21:20A plum, a plum, that's a fun word.
21:23But let's try this from another angle.
21:25Let's actually fill it properly with butane
21:28and test it like a normal lighter.
21:30And Delicious Damien is gonna help out when we come back.
21:34Hey everyone, make sure to subscribe
21:37and stay tuned for upcoming episodes.
21:39I'm looking at doing an episode
21:40about the funky tooth shaped Molarmac
21:43and the analog pocket.
21:44So stick around.
21:47All right, let's set some stuff on fire
21:49and see if we can truly get a seven inch flame
21:51at 1800 degrees Fahrenheit.
21:53And remember, when burning stuff for fun,
21:56write down your observations
21:58because now it's technically science, I think.
22:02If we look at our scorecard here,
22:04we already know the no gas claim is bogus
22:05and the plasma claims are very unlikely.
22:08But what about these other tests?
22:10Right off the bat, the flame felt underwhelming,
22:12especially after watching the bigger flames in the ads.
22:15It does not look as powerful as it does in the commercial.
22:18It's crazy, it's like they lied to you or something.
22:20You turn it on the higher setting?
22:23This is the highest setting.
22:25That's disappointing.
22:26However, even though it's hard to see
22:28in most lighting conditions,
22:29the flame is in fact seven inches long.
22:32So the claim is correct.
22:34But I also experienced some different results
22:35which made the flame bigger.
22:37In my test, there were some instances
22:39where the flame burst higher suddenly,
22:41but I wasn't sure if that was normal,
22:43so I turned off the lighter.
22:45And there were some times where I tried it again,
22:48now I'm a little more prepared,
22:49and yeah, it would burst,
22:51but then the flame would just go away completely.
22:54I did let it set, I tried all of the normal rules,
22:57you know, to let the butane settle and all that,
22:59but maybe some air kept getting in there,
23:01maybe the pressure kept getting thrown off.
23:04I'm not sure.
23:05I should also mention, when I closed the valve,
23:07the flame performed consistently,
23:09there was never a burst or any issues.
23:12However, now we're using a smaller flame.
23:14Now let's test out some miscellaneous things.
23:17I tried burning similar objects that were used in the ad,
23:20and overall, the results were similar.
23:22And heck, it's just fun to burn stuff.
23:25That smells good.
23:26And I know peeps weren't in the ad,
23:28but I just wanted to burn some peeps.
23:30Oh, listen to that bubble.
23:34Oh, listen to him bubble.
23:36The one at the end is just watching.
23:38He's just like, look at that.
23:39Don't worry, we'll get you two.
23:40Oh, s**t.
23:42Oh, it's blowing again.
23:43Oh, s**t.
23:44Even with the cold weather and some wind,
23:46the flame was not affected,
23:48even when we were using it at an angle.
23:50When Damien used a more traditional lighter,
23:52he was having some issues.
23:53So for those types of tests,
23:55Fire Blaze appears to work okay,
23:57but that's only if you avoid the magical science
24:01and actually use gas.
24:02And now for the final test,
24:05is Sonic the Hedgehog fireproof?
24:10No, are you kidding me?
24:11I wouldn't do that.
24:13Now for the real final test, temperature.
24:16To measure the flame temperature,
24:18I'm using a THS-192 thermometer from Auber Instruments,
24:22combined with a WR-NK-191 10-inch Inconel Pro,
24:26which is rated for up to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
24:29The safety instructions say do not keep lighter lit
24:32for more than 10 seconds,
24:33so we will cut the test off at 10 seconds.
24:36And our temperature was about 1,089 degrees Fahrenheit.
24:40Okay, not terrible.
24:42That's honestly probably fine for most applications.
24:46But for fun, we decided to ignore the safety instructions
24:50and go to 15 seconds.
24:52And our temperature landed at 1,283 degrees Fahrenheit.
24:57So I'm gonna say, nah, close enough.
25:03Ultimately, I think Fire Blaze is a piece of garbage.
25:06And yeah, some of the claims were true,
25:08or close enough at least,
25:10but none of that applies if you follow the ads
25:12and don't use gas.
25:14This thing is completely a scam.
25:16Do not buy it.
25:21I was gonna throw it, but I probably shouldn't.
25:23There's gas in this thing.
25:24Anyway, I hope you had fun today.
25:28I know I sure did.
25:29If you wanna have some more fun,
25:30check out some more episodes.
25:31And stay tuned, because I can't wait to show you
25:34what I've got cooking for the future.
25:36Until then, catch the crazy and pass it on.
25:47All right, that's a wrap everyone.
25:50Good job.
25:52Yeah, I feel pretty good.
25:54You feel good?
25:55Yeah, I feel great.
25:57You feel good?
25:58That's good.
25:59No, I don't.
26:00I feel great.
26:00I feel great.
26:01Life is good.
26:02Life is good.