I thought we were friends? - Hacksmith Mini-Saber Gen 2

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Lightsabers are cool, but you can't use them unless your body is swelling with Midi-chlorians... UNTIL NOW. Hacksmith's new mini-saber gen 2 gives you a traditional saber feel, but with fire instead of kyber crystals. Will Linus replace the Gen 1 saber he's been using daily? Will his feelings ever recover after reading the included note? The answer is probably yes for both.
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Linus has hurt feels
0:33 Unboxing and design impressions
2:44 Fueling up and checking out the flame colours
3:51 Attempting to make popcorn for dbrand
6:19 Roasting marshmallows
7:08 Cookin' hot dogs
8:29 Execute Order 66
9:03 Overall thoughts
9:38Outro

[@hacksmith]

Haha glad you liked it, I'll make sure to send a handwritten note next time 😉 Paint was custom for LTT which was the best we could do as a rework -- the normal Minisabers you can buy are a solid powder coated finish that doesnt scratch off 😅

[@SheepWorldConquest]

Ooof they need to pin this

[@erebostd]

Did you ever admit that the first version was a china lighter you just rebranded and upmarketed like crazy?

[@altokers]

@@SheepWorldConquest they could have also sent a note saying that...

[@SheepWorldConquest]

@@altokers Yee they should have included that in the note, maybe written on the back as the note is a template, your right

[@stare4539]

Hi hacksmith

[@DeadlyDwarf]

"Any problem you can't solve with fire is a boring problem, don't bother" is my new mindset from now on

[@aBeerFromHere7994]

pyromaniac way of life

[@Iamimgainary_sqrt-1_i]

That would make my current exam situation waaaaaay easier

[@GamerLudwig]

The fire did not overclock my pc . . .

[@AhamsOwO]

Spoken like a true Pyromaniac :)

[@bartz0rt928]

"Maybe we can't solve all our problems by throwing them out of a window, but we owe it to ourselves to try."

[@danielgelley5816]

What does Linus use a lighter like this for on a daily basis..? Edit: Oh.. candles

[@davidhonaker519]

only thing I that comes to mind is torch vaping the green ;)

[@howno7551]

CRACK

[@davidhonaker519]

or dabs?

[@kil-roy]

Meff

[@kingpanguan]

Heroin

[@kuromad]

Nothing can go wrong when playing with fire while wrapped in an extremely flammable cheap Halloween costume.

[@dvtye3378]

Linus: Safety glasses? It’s a lighter… **proceeds to point lighter at his hand**

[@tyrannicpuppy]

Yeah, and safety goggles wouldn't have helped protect his hand at all. So he was correct.

[@mniewiera]

​@@tyrannicpuppyI came to exactly say the same thing. Protective glasses wouldn't have helped there 😂

[@bp4354]

But first he held it up directly in front of his face

[@WidgyAinz]

@@bp4354 On one hand melting plastic/glass near your face is very dangerous like get a glove caught in a grinder, on the other hand it won't INSTANTLY blind and destroy your eyes. They can just be ripped off after you drop/throw the lighter away from you in panic.

[@vexthem]

the first one was just a chinese candle lighter with the branding inked on

[@TheGevShow]

we used to sell those exact same ones in my smoke shop for $14.99. $49.99 is outrageous when i know what they cost wholesale. and this lightsaber torch can also be found at wholesalers intended for retail at $19.99. just saying. theirs is custom, but only the color changing tips. also on walmarts site theres an identical one for $7.

[@Ndetonados]

@@TheGevShow Influencer tax and deceptive market? wow, really didnt expect that from the guy thats modding a blowtorch and selling it as a "lightsaber" for the last half-decade

[@TetraSky]

@@TheGevShow $7.79 "Bright Fire Lighter, Metal Large Fire Windproof Flame Lighter, Refillable Butane Torch Lighter with Lock and Adjustable Color Flames, Multifunctional Large Windproof Welding Lighter"

[@MiChAeLoKGB]

Their version has a better QC though. I bought one off them and 2 off AliExpress and both from Ali have visible damage on the nozzle (chips etc.). They still work fine, but you can clearly see why they are so cheap. I think Hacksmith probably had to pay a bit more to the manufacturer with the amount of lighters they rejected (of course still nowhere near what they charge for it).

[@thanos879]

@@NdetonadosI give them a pass because it’s not like they’re trying to get rich off it. They were transparent about struggling. They need to make some money somehow.

[@bottledwaterprod]

You probably won't get copyright strikes from any ice cream truck. A few years ago, the RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan worked with an ice cream company to replace the problematic "Turkey In The Straw" to an new song he made free to the public. Most trucks, even the independent ones, have since switched.

[@dragonbowlsupper]

Wait really? That's so cool

[@ADHDad]

Wu-Tang really was for the children

[@bottledwaterprod]

@@dragonbowlsupper Really. Every fact I learn about that dude makes him more legendary. A recent video I saw about ice cream trucks dropped that one on me after teaching me about how racist the 100 year old public domain songs were. So RZA partnered with Good Humor to change it.

[@Scnottaken]

​@@bottledwaterprodI'd love to learn the title or channel if possible

[@I.____.....__...__]

@@Scnottaken Just search for "good humor rza" or "turkey in the straw history", it's the first couple of results.

[@ujjawalpandey5013]

ayy i dont think you should eat food directly cooked from those cloured flames those colour comes from burning metal

[@Magiwarriorx]

Hacksmith even says as much on the Mini-Saber Gen 2 FAQ page, lol

[@ujjawalpandey5013]

@@Magiwarriorx yea I checked weather I am correct or not , according to some articles breathing excessive of dioxide and monoxide of some metals can be pretty bad effect including the first and second group metal used to give characteristics flames

[@Xerionius]

Looks like they removed it before grilling food.

[@Magiwarriorx]

@@Xerionius Good for Linus' health, but they should mention it clearly. Really easy to miss that detail if you aren't looking for it.

[@Redc4ke]

My C grade in physics hurts after watching Linus try to make popcorn with a 1400C concentrated flame

[@DumbDrum]

“Hey let’s film this outside during the day when you can’t see the lightsaber.”

[@ThisIsTechToday]

You can make popcorn without oil. Heat the PAN not the kernels lmao.

[@bootchoo96]

Oil helps rise the temperature very high and evenly, without oil (or butter) only a few corn will pop

[@robinenbernhard]

You say that to guy who drop GPU like normal haha

[@scott2100]

really liked Linus reenacting Luke staring down the barrel of a laser sword before understanding what it was

[@fortyfukinseven]

Using a 1500 degree torch on aluminum "why doesn't this work?" 😂

[@KGBgringo]

Linus in a flowing robe next to a flame got me nervous

[@alumlovescake]

You had a bit too much fun burning a green alien child

[@demonkingswarn]

he is like anakin, likes to burn the child

[@hvacdoc]

its a fucking butane lighter.....

[@RobertForslund]

Yeah what would you hope for in a commercial product? 😄

[@LaEmporoar]

yeah but its big. more fire = more betterer

[@lukefrahn8538]

memories of *not* a flamethrower

[@schwig44]

@@RobertForslund a souped up plasma torch at least.

[@kingpanguan]

I hate that these are clearly very mass produced, yet they treat it like some handmade premium product

[@AdrianKiel]

And I don't.

[@Ndetonados]

Thats the hacksmith speacial

[@darkceptor44]

Just watch the hacksmith video on it and be surprised

[@firefly2472]

You can buy the same ff one for like 20 bucks. Hacksmith made is bullshit. Same as v1.

[@verakoo6187]

Hacksmith has gone pretty hard downhill since they did the powerloader. All their projects now are just making stupid stuff for whoever sponsored them, or upscaling a basic plasma torch and calling it a lightsaber lol.

[@Ben-ew3hv]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="550">9:10</a> he almost went back to the old channel super fun outros

[@orange3203]

FYI mechanically separated chicken is the meat scraps that get literally pressure washed off the bones after all the good chicken is cut off. I've never seen it in a hotdog. I've only seen it in slim jims.

[@skeletor_118]

"Any problem you can't solve with fire is a boring problem, don't bother" is such a wizard take

[@Shadowfeaux]

The heat from the torches was too focused to properly heat the jiffy pop. It’ll just melt the aluminum pan at the focal point. A low/medium heat over the whole area is what cooks them.

[@heath3778]

Yeah he got waaaay to close lol

[@widowmaker777]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="152">2:32</a> Master TechTips points it at his own face and clicks it. 10/10

Is it safe to eat after you roast it with barium colored flame?

[@MattSitton]

My first thought tbh

[@PixelatedH2O]

Believe it or not barium is found is several common foods naturally

[@Magiwarriorx]

@@PixelatedH2O The concentration of barium from burning barium smoke is gonna be orders of magnitude higher than the amount in food, even foods "high" in barium.

[@ShortCircuit]

We took the colour burners off before using it on food!

[@AngryChineseWoman]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="536">8:56</a> Still better than Disney's Star Wars trilogy

[@hvacdoc]

word

[@gregor2436]

I heard about one Disney movie, where they used the force for, ähm, fun, xD.

[@GarrieMcLaws]

Did anyone else's heart skip a few beats in terror when you realized that Linus isn't the safest when hamming it up for the camera? My personal thought was "OH NO! I wonder what he is going to set on fire by accident when trying to intentionally set something on fire."

[@GuitarSlayer136]

"How hot do these get?" "1400C" *Proceeds to apply TWO directly to Jiffypop* "Hey is that leaking oil?"

[@helloukw]

Problem was they needed heat, not direct fire.

[@bobspldbckwrds]

Who left them unsupervised?

[@Kraaketaer]

Wearing that extremely nylon-tastic costume that close to open flame is definitely not H&S approved.

[@LifeWulf]

There are other colour changing lighters available on Amazon that shoot jets of flame and look like lightsabers, which are roughly $30 CAD. What makes this one so special? The salt crystals that last mere minutes? The Hacksmith branding?

[@slowazzd2165]

The fact that their product came first and these other ones are mostly made by imitators? You can buy a set of airpods for 30$ too, doesn't mean they're gonna be good

[@schwig44]

@@slowazzd2165 did you watch the video? this thing is clearly a piece of junk

[@jameswhitehead6758]

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="510">8:30</a> : Nothing like donning a highly flammable Halloween costume and lighting off a torch during an episode where a running theme has been "Health and Safety"

[@Dis236]

These are the kind of videos that made channel super fun fun back in the day. Good to see that it still lives on in spirit!

[@knowbrainer233]

I love Linus' Luke Skywalker moment of LOOKING DIRECTLY INTO THE BUSINESS END of the saber while clicking it.

[@MindstabThrull]

For those that don't get the reference when Linus says "... the most July 1st thing..." at around <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="390">6:30</a> - July 1 is Canada Day, aka the nation's birthday.

[@alexandercheskis]

That ice cream truck totally has the LMG buildings as part of his route

[@krystofkuh]

Please do another colaboration with Hacksmith. You guys are awesome together.

[@JustDestiny260]

Pro tip: if the butane is squirting out when you fill it, it means the lighter is full of air. You need to stick a thin metal rod in the fill hole to drain the air. The ifixit screwdriver kit has a bit that fits perfectly.

[@Konrow]

"health and safety!" puts Linus in the most flammable cape.

[@RogerBergqvist]

May the force be with you, Linus!

[@xlumyn]

"mini flamethrowers" not sure it's legal to ship that to Canada lol

[@amaltom8948]

Hacksmith is from canada

[@LifeWulf]

Actual flamethrowers are legal so why wouldn’t this be…?

[@acidviper1]

a flamethrower shoots burning liquid. this is just a blowtorch.

[@PrinceAlhorian]

Nothing non woke is illegal in Canada.

[@tOSdude]

Evidently they can’t ship it to Australia, customs kept taking them.

[@SatanDotExe]

I'm no chemist but I'm pretty sure the elements that cause different coloured flames, shouldn't be the kind of flames you use to cook food...

[@Henners]

I unironically use it for creme brulee all the time. It's my favorite dessert and they do a great job at caramelizing the sugar, the long blade and the handle makes is pretty ergonomic to use for that.

[@RaidZeroSF]

Pushing the sparking mechanism down with a pen fixes any inconsistent ignition with lighters.

[@dreamchaser417]

You have to move the torches around on the jiffy pop to stimulate moving it around on the stove as per the instructions

[@ronochow]

Don't use the colour changers when roasting food. Also the flame is hot enough to melt aluminum. Searing cooked food is pretty nice.

[@CaptArgo24]

Linus, with flamethrowers... What can go wrong

[@Belnick6666]

t is just a 1 usd alie/temu torch lighter with brand cost extra, like nike or adidas

[@IvanTube0]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="428">7:08</a> drake might be watching linus 👀

[@Mortisnp]

When Linus refused the safety glasses all I could think of was the meme where Luke puts the lightsaber through his eye

[@jimbus1999]

If I had a nickel for every Hacksmith novelty lighter I have, I'd have two nickels.

[@CLabmusic]

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="377">6:17</a> You DID screw this up, and don't call me Shirley...

[@JoshuaG]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="575">9:35</a> "Somehow Grogu Returned" lmaooo 😂😂😂😂

[@jrogerss8616]

I was today years old when I found out Linus lights candles to take a daily bath. I'm taking bets on what scent they are.

[@jonas6799]

A Mix of mint, the smell you get from a hot cpu and high-octane unicorn dust would be my guess

[@schwig44]

unscented tea lights, 10000%

[@hellotherenameishere]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="185">3:05</a> come on Linus, wear them 🥽

[@m3w3k]

I have a grey one, it's awesome with red or green flame

[@mephisto1176]

Jiffy Pop isn't meant to be heated to 1400 degrees, more like 120F-240F...

[@hammerth1421]

Yay, flame colours!

[@zacharyhia]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="175">2:55</a> you are not supposed to keep filling it full

[@LanceMcCarthy]

I got the early access white one. Love it

[@BlakieTT]

Linus: Psshaws safety glasses. Also Linus: Brings fire close to face. 😂

[@T045-TERR]

I really wanted him to ask "is it super fun" and <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="540">9:00</a>. RIP CSF.

[@dav1dgear]

so it's just a lighter torch with the shape of a light saber? :)

[@spencerpowell3233]

Kind of surprised you guys are only just picking this up? I've been using mine for quite a few months and it's been great.

[@noone7133]

BUT CAN IT RUN CRYSIS THO!!!

[@donotworried]

Yes, but it runs a little hot.

[@iceman11766]

​@@donotworried But is it intel 13900k hot?

[@Somelight3069]

If if the 13900k was a puddle of molten metal on the ground, then maybe🤔

[@tamparockout17]

It's not candles guys, he uses it every day to punish and reprimand Colton

[@proxanna]

linus was sounding extra canadian in this video today

[@Midicow]

Watching Linus not understand how flames zones work for almost 10 minutes was uncomfortable.

[@ians7184]

Bought one jiffy pop and a $1.50 large pack of dawgs. Business teams strikes twice.

[@VELI-Productions]

The Ice Cream Truck pulling up 😆

[@4RILDIGITAL]

Can’t wait to snag one and make all my marshmallow roasting dreams come true.

[@scottbitz5222]

Linus, make a real marshmallow and you'll never want to eat a packaged marshmallow again! (except for convenience and mess!

[@AMNEZ1A]

Linus really nails that nerdy look 👌 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="550">9:10</a>

[@jeffreydanilko6657]

Watching Linus fill the Mini-Saber reminded me when I had 2 fairly high end, which cost more than the Mini-Saber refillable butane lighters. I bought the way to expensive refills the manufacturer recommended, but once the initial fill they came with was gone neither, one work correctly again. Getting them to light too several tries, they wouldn't stay lit for more a couple seconds and would spit still liquid butane. I hope for customers these don't do the same thing.

[@SirVellen]

I had same problem. Bought some cheap random gas from dollar store and it worked fine

[@dagreek7]

There is also a 'lock' switch on the top portion, which means you don't actually have to hold down the button to keep the flame on! Although if it is stuck on, you probably don't want to drop it...

[@brantwedel]

welp, that's it ... Linus is cancelled for assassinating Grogu 🤣

[@Madpegasusmax]

that dark forces costume is Very flammable ....

[@Grassul]

Kids: Hey Dad, can you light the candle? Linus: WOOOOOOO

[@Anonymous-sb9rr]

No liquid oxygen? I'm disappointed.

[@L0CKW0OD]

things you will only find in Canada ONE maple flavored marshmallow bag

[@oftruesblues]

Daily driver ? What are ya doing Linus dabbing up a storm

[@K3NnY_G]

"Novelty" is a vast understatement. Absolutely don't see the point, other than there being none. I have a normal lighter in the same form factor and it's all I'd ever need for shrinking heatshrink.

[@JonRowlison]

Linus... not taking the paper cover off of the Jiffy Pop... Gen X REMEMBERS how to use these things. :)

[@atypical_duck]

"Oh yeah look at that it is on fire"- Linus playing with a lighter.

[@daemontus]

I saw both the light-side and dark-side thumbnails. I clicked the dark-side.

[@helloukw]

Still a better Star Wars show than the recent one. Nice torch.

[@ZachAttacksTech]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="369">6:09</a> "we bought one Jiffy Pop" 😂😂😂

[@Magiwarriorx]

Is it safe to cook food with the color-changing inserts? Like, are you not blasting metal oxides into the food? EDIT: they literally say on the Mini-Saber 2 FAQ page to not use the inserts while cooking food for that exact reason. Why wasn't this clearly mentioned in the video?

[@UnbanMeNowdotcom]

Really enjoyed your in-depth review of the new mini saber and your authenticity when critiquing the product.

[@beardalmighty]

The original was a p.o.s candle lighter rebranded as a "saber". This one is a medicore mini butane torch, reshelled and being called a Saber. The people who are buying and/or backing the R&D on these and the "Lightsaber" project are being hard conned.

[@biaroca]

Linus’ groan while burning baby yoda spooked my dog fr.

[@PrinceAlsham28]

I hesitated clicking because the title was a little bit click baity. Love yall

[@AM2PMReviews]

The ultimate cigar lighter

[@oracle3366]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="150">2:30</a> casually reenacting Luke staring down the barrel of his saber in 4

[@kendokaaa]

So apparently now butane lighters are lightsabers and propane torches are flame throwers

[@Ondrix]

Mini-Saber? It's a torch lighter. All he did was take existing tech, make it unnecessarily big, and creat a shell of his own design. I mean, it's cool and all... but don't try and pretend it's something it's not (not Linus, but Hacksmith).

[@samisonline99]

@ <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="64">1:04</a> piffteen minutes! 😛stop drooling linus

[@alphacode5]

the daylight kinda took the whole point of the video away

[@ImOnMy116]

“you see what Maul came back from” absolutely killed me!

[@robertlinke2666]

yeah, that cloak is synthetic materials, next to an open flame.. don't do that, that's really bad. synthetic clothes are really good at catching fire, and are really good at sticking to you once they do.

[@Astrobytes_]

“These things are tiny” No Linus I think there a good size 😢

[@hilala.omeych4627]

Good video in my opinion, interesting concept and good title, regarding the thumbnail… I feel like youtube kept me from watching it. The first time it got recommended to me I saw the thumbnail on which Linus is wearing the Jedi like robe, it got me interested even though im not a super fan of Star Wars, due to time constraints I couldn’t watch it there but then later on it got recommended again with the variant on which Linus is not wearing the robe and it kinda turned me off from wanting to watch the video, it felt like the spice of the image got taken away and it felt like it didn’t give any vibes besides “ok look at this, bye.” It didn’t help either that the multiple other times it got recommended again I never saw the robe and its spice. Now the biggest reason for me to watch this video is to go into the comments and give this useless rant about how I wanted to watch this so much ended up a “It’s 2 am and I can’t find anything to watch” decision. Thanks for wasting your time reading this.