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I only want to spend like $2. i have a bbq lighter but it died and I tried a regular grill lighter but the end melted and fell off. Any suggestions?

Thanks i'll try some of those. i spent enough on the cannon i dont want to sped to much more
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camera flash is free if you got an old camera and wire, it also is better

but really theirs only a few ignition methods theirs not much we can do but point the obvious which were not supose to do and $2 is awful low
http://www.spudfiles.com/spud_wiki/inde ... ion_source
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if you're looking for cheap, yeah, use the camera flash feature. But I never liked the amount of time it took to warm up and all that. I would say spend the 8 on a replacement bbq igniter.
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lantern lighter or stun gun
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If you payed to build a nice cannon, why are you skimping on the ignition? Seems a waste.
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frankrede wrote:lantern lighter or stun gun
lantern lighter would be a good buy. Only about 3-4 bucks

stun guns are about 25 though
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wait what do you mean melted and fell off
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risto wrote:
frankrede wrote:lantern lighter or stun gun
lantern lighter would be a good buy. Only about 3-4 bucks

stun guns are about 25 though
I see them for as low as 16$ but shipping brings it to about 23
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if you are looking for a 2 dollar ignitor go with hte lantern lighter...although lantern lighters tend to eat flint like crazy and you have to change them sometimes because they get all crappy
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lol how did the end of it melt off ?

if i were you i woldent put a junky ignightor on a nice cannon, ide save more money untill you can afford a diecent ignitor, ide just use a BBQ one aggain because not everyone can get a stun gun.
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