The Torch is the world's brightest and most powerful flashlight.
It is capable of melting plastic, lighting paper on fire within seconds, and if you like, fry an egg or a marshmallow on a stick.
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I can't imagine that the batteries last very long. And how many forest fires do you think these will start once campers start carrying them into the woods?
I want to fry an egg on a stick. Doesn't that sound like something you could get at the state fair? Of course, it would have to be deep fried, not laser fried.
Brian apparently the site for the torch lists 15 min for the battery life :) http://www.wickedlasers.com/lasers/wicked_lights-74-0.htm
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Then there's the huge number of drunk hunters and frat boys who will come into ERs with burns..."Duuuude! Check it out!"