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3 HN users recommended this in 2018, in 3 comments.
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3 HN users recommended this in 2018, in 3 comments.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
From a comment below the article:
"I debunk the flamethrower...
it's just a Push-Start Propane Blow Torch ( 50$ from Amazon ) mounted in S.T.A.R. XR-5 Airsoft ( 112$ ). Start piezo button is inverted and in the hole with finger.
You can see the propane valve button on top of the gun... and you have a propane torch able to burn grass in your garden .. "
See https://www.amazon.com/Push-Start-Propane-Blow-Torch-Long/dp...
Musk gets $600 for a piece of kit worth around $75 and the fan-bois lap it up.
A comment from Task & Purpose
I debuk the flamethrower. . it's just a Push-Start Propane Blow Torch (Short) 50$ from Amazon monted in the poor gun S.T.A.R. XR-5 Airsoft vaut 112$ start piezo button is inverted and actionned in the hole with finger . you can see the propane walve button on top of the gun , and the Trigger is huts the original Blow Torch curved and cut and you have a propane torch able to burn grass in your garden .. (with the propane bottle attached outside)
the torch
https://www.amazon.com/Push-Start-Propane-Blow-Torch-Long/dp...
-Eric Descarpentri
Someone else noted that this appears to be an off-the-shelf flamethrower coupled with the plastic body of a commercial electric rifle. Total cost of those two items: $170.
Flamethrower: https://www.amazon.com/Push-Start-Propane-Blow-Torch-Long/dp...
Rifle: https://www.evike.com/products/68300/
Via https://taskandpurpose.com/elon-musks-600-flamethrower-will-...