# Lighter Hacking The MicroJet Lighter Torch Gives Your Butane Lighter a Blue Hue By Michael Hines | Published 2010-08-15 | Unique Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/microjet-lighter-torch References: [uniquedaily](http://www.uniquedaily.com/microjet-lighter-torch/) & [thinkgeek](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/8868/) The MicroJet Lighter Torch is the perfect accessory for the handyman (or woman) in your life that has it all. This lighter quickly and easily a [disposable butane lighter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/snow-peak-home-camp-burner) into a blue flame torch. I think the MicroJet Lighter Torch is one of the coolest tools around. The ability to have an [on-demand torch](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-loopdot) that runs entirely on disposable lighters is something that no handyman (or woman) would turn down. **Implications** - The MicroJet Lighter Torch is an absolutely brilliant concept and should be a required tool for any handyman with his own space to work. The MicroJet Lighter Torch will have you looking at how you light things in a whole new way. What a fantastic torch. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.6/10 - Popularity: 17% | Activity: 23% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 90% men, 10% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Unique](https://www.trendhunter.com/unique) > [Inventions](https://www.trendhunter.com/inventions) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Blue Flame Torches:** The trend of creating blue flame torches by converting disposable lighters creates an innovation opportunity for the manufacturing industry to explore affordable and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional torches. - **Handyman Gadgets:** The trend of developing handyman gadgets like the MicroJet Lighter Torch creates an innovation opportunity for the tech industry to design more practical, sleek and multifunctional hand tools. - **Disposable Lighter Alternatives:** The trend of converting disposable lighters into more useful torches creates an innovation opportunity for the lighter and gas industry to explore more sustainable and efficient ways to produce and distribute disposable lighters. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Manufacturing Industry:** The manufacturing industry can benefit from producing affordable and environmentally friendly blue flame torches that run on converted disposable lighters. - **Tech Industry:** The tech industry can tap into the market for practical, sleek and multifunctional handyman gadgets like the MicroJet Lighter Torch. - **Lighter and Gas Industry:** The lighter and gas industry can explore more sustainable and efficient ways to produce and distribute disposable lighters in response to the trend of converting them into more useful torches. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Animated Show-Inspired Butane Torches](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/butane-torch.md) - [Premium Windproof Lighters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/yellow-flame-butane.md) - [Slick Rechargeable Lighters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rechargeable-lighter.md) - [Ruggedly Compact Titanium Multi-Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/titanium-multitools.md) - [Witty Workshop Lighter Collections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bic-shop-talk-lighter-series.md) - [Minimalistic Slim Lighters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/two-tone-minimal-lighter.md) - [Collapsible Campsite Torches](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tripod-torch.md) - [Inflation-Themed Lighters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moneylighter.md) - [Laser Technology Smoking Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/laser-technology-smoking-device.md)