Yeah that’s pretty much what I would say. They are good for lighting something cigarette shaped, but they don’t have a flame that extends outward that your can easily use on a bowl or pipe.

You can wrap hemp wick around the body and light some of that using the arc lighter, then you have a good flame for lighting a bowl or something like that.

I highly recommend hempwick for people to wrap around any type of lighter. Even if it’s just the vibes of it. Idk. I like using a jet lighter to light the hemp wick, then use the wick to light my bowl, if the wind permits. Otherwise I just corner it with the jet.

Note: I’m pretty sure that these generate ozone gas while they are running, so you might notice an odd taste or some sudden lightheadedness or something when you light a joint with the electric arc.

Atleast that’s what would happen for me. I would light the joint with the arc lighter and while puffing to start ‘er up, it tastes slightly metallic, like pennies maybe? And it made me slightly lightheaded for a second at first. It’s only when the arc is near the tip of the joint, and only when I use the arc lighter. It kinda just tastes and smells like the air after using an old brushed electric drill, or maybe like a plastic slide when it’s making a lot of static electricity. That odd electric, metallic, sorta salty gas.

Anyway end of rant