Wicked Torch Flashlight Is Bright, Starts Fires
The Wicked Torch is a 4,100-lumen flashlight made by Wicked Lasers. It's pretty bright. There's a video after the jump of a guy setting some paper on fire with it. It can also fry an egg or melt plastic. The unit sucks so much power that the battery only last 15 minutes. Oh, and it costs $300. Which is pretty expensive for a flashlight. Expensive enough to make my wallet catch fire and burn my asscheek just thinking about it.
Video after the jump.
The Torch is bright enough to blind you, hot enough to fry an egg [dvice]
Thanks to Billy, who actually gives lessons in being cool and scoring with chicks, for the tip
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