Weirdest Cigarette Lighter Designs

With over 1 billion smokers worldwide, cigarettes might very well be the most consumed product in the world as we know it. Over 15 billion cigarettes are churned out per day in the US alone, so imagine the number worldwide.

Automatic lighters have been in use since 1926.The first automatic lighter was designed by The Art Metal Works and was called the Banjo. The concept was an instant hit and other companies started their own versions with improvements and modifications. Today lighters are designed artistically, with different tastes in mind. The shapes, sizes, colors and concepts that lighters come in are simply amazing.

I have gathered a few of what I thought to be ‘weird’ designs for lighters.

1. Grenade, Gun

First on our list are a Hand Grenade and a Gun. These were definitely created with commandos and cops in mind. Very innovative ideas and both can be associated with fire.

2. Ball, Dice, Poker chip, Cards

These were created to cater to sport enthusiasts and club goers. If you run a search you will come across many variations of the ball, from a tennis ball to a snooker ball; you name it and they’ve got it. The Dice and Poke Chip would perfectly blend into a casino and would be a very novel accessory to any casinogoer.

3. Guitar, Juke box

If they got something for the sport enthusiast then they obviously got to have something for the music lover too. A Guitar and a Jukebox; both these representations of the universal language of music would tempt even a non smoker to buy one just for the heck of it.

4. Hammer, Light Bulb, Cooker, Toilet bowl

If you can sell a lighter shaped like a music instrument; then you can definitely sell one shaped like a household article. The Pressure Cooker is my personal favorite in this category; the designer was probably paying some sort of a tribute to Denis Papin. But even to a radical mind, sporting a toilet bowl lighter – just might make him think twice.

5. Foot, Flip Flop

I can’t imagine who the manufacturers of Flip Flop lighters are trying to target. My only guess is people with a ‘foot fetish’. But the Foot lighter that doubles as a bottle opener seems pretty novel and handy though.

6. Snake, Frog

For the animal lovers (because we are sure they were not targeting the animals); we bring you a selection from the animal kingdom; Snakes, Frogs, Pigs and much more. Run a search and we’re sure you’ll find your favorite pet.

7. Cup cake, Candy, Crab Claw, Ice cream cone, Egg

Just when we thought we had seen it all, we found a whole new range of designs based on food. Weird or what? The Candy and Ice Cream look like little toys and so we can only hope that the target here is not children.

8. Beer Bottle, Coffee Mug, Juice carton

What else could follow food but drink! A lighter shaped like a Coffee Mug is somehow more funny than weird, but we’ll let you be the judge of that.

9. Fire truck, Fire extinguisher

Don’t miss the irony in these. A Fire Extinguisher and a Fire Truck used to light a fire. Doesn’t it make you wonder, ‘now why didn’t I think if that?’…

10. Wrist watch, USB

If you thought the lighter that doubled as a bottle opener was innovative, then what do you have to say to a fully functional Wrist Watch cum lighter and USB drive cum lighter? Now that’s weird yet innovative thinking.

11. Matchstick

And finally a lighter shaped like the very thing it was created to replace; a Matchstick. This has to be the weirdest of the lot.