If you are on the market for an electric cigar lighter, odds are you are taking it outdoors. That is a large reason the Frog and Co. Tough Tesla 2.0 won our Best Electric Cigar.

Electric lighters, aka flameless lighters, produce heat instead of fire so they can’t “blow out” accidentally. Plus, they’re rechargeable (and actually cute).

A Little History Image via US Patent #2959664 The electric lighter is older than you might think. The first one was patented in the early 1880s and sold as a cigar lighter.

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A lighter perfect for lighting a cigar, the strength of The Torch also makes it a match for light soldering, electrical repairs, activating adhesives, and heat shrink tubing.

The inventor of the first electric ‘cigar lighter’ was once Fredrich Wilhelm, and he first registered his invention as a patent during the 1880s.

Cigarette lighters in cars have come a long way since their inception. Introduced in the 1920s, these tiny devices have somehow managed to survive the test of time, despite the decline in smoking ...

Almost all electric car jacks can be powered by the 12v cigarette lighter in your vehicle, while others can also attach straight to your car’s battery with included clamps.

SitGo is a unique, portable electric bicycle that can be charged with a car's cigarette lighter receptacle.

Dear Collector: The attached photos are of an electric cigarette lighter that was in my grandfather’s smoking stand alongside his favorite chair for as long as I remember. I have replaced the ...

A — Electric cigarette lighters are highly collectible. Neil S. Wood’s “Collecting Cigarette Lighters: A Price Guide” (L-W Book Sales, 1994; $24.95; 190 pp.) pictures a carved face, Tiki ...