Looftlighter - Electric Barbeque & Stove Lighter

This is a powerful fire starter. Well built, sturdy and a bonus part is it has a can opener. Good investment

This is a very efficient way to light bbq charcoals as long as you have access to a mains socket (a battery-powered version is also available but this does come at a substantially higher price - I purchased the mains-powered version). in a matter of minutes, your bbq coals will be lit and 10 minutes later, they will be ready for cooking.In operation, you really do just point the unit at the centre of the coals and in 60 seconds you will see the coals sparking up and lighting.I do have also have a bbq chimney and this is a useful alternative to using the chimney.Two additional points - the unit is slighter bigger than I originally anticipated but this not a problem. Also, the unit comes with a very handy built-in stand to allow the unit to be put down safely whilst cooling after use. I would advise extreme caution after use, do allow the Looftlighter to cool properly before storing but the looftlighter does cool very quickly, even the 'business end' does not stay hot for long.All in all, an excellent purchase and this will be added to my list of 'things that I wished I had bought much earlier'!

I use this in my komado. Two of three little twister lighters and use this to get hem going building up restaurant grade lump wood around each one. Allows me to build the heat up efficiently and quickly (but slowly enough not to damage the komado.It really is a case of plug it in, point and go. The cable is pretty long, I’d say a good couple of metres.This will sound stupid, but it does get hot at the business end so you’ll need somewhere for it to cool.

Easy purchase - great product with clear instructions and a bbq ready in no time.Get one

This works very well for lighting housecoal or charcoal- if some kindling is used expect your fire to be well alight after about 2 -3 minutes -[more for anthracite which has a higher self ignition temperature]. It is especially useful for reigniting dying embers, if say your fire burnt away somewhat while you had dinner. My reservation concerns the aluminium alloy housing surrounding the steel cover containg the heating element. After 18 months use the aluminium casing of mine has melted away at the tip exposing about an inch of the inner steel sleeve. Alarming rather than dangerous! Astonishing that the designers have not studied the melting point of the alloys used in the construction of this otherwise excellent device.

I saw a YouTube video of someone using one of these to clear cold spots prior to lighting a fire in a wood burner to prevent smoke blow back. I was sceptical however, it's been an absolute game changer. I have a very tall chimney so in extreme cold, it was always difficult getting the fire going, smoke blowback was awful, stinking the house out so I thought I'd give this a try. Hold it inside the burner aiming up for around 1 minute then light the fire lighters and away it goes, no more smoke filled room! :)

This seemed a great idea, but I needed it to light logs in my wood burner, which proved hopeless. I am sure it's a great product for other fuels/materials. Additionally, you have to keep your finger on the ON button; you cannot simply turn it on and stick it amongst the logs to let it do its stuff (I am sure it's a safety thing but still a pain if it takes a while to light the fire). Finally, The user guide in the box was for a different model and was not entirely relevant to the product supplied.

Works exactly as it said it would. A very nifty bit of kit fit any outside BBQ fanatic