I’ve had mine maybe 5 years and it is a lot uglier than it used to be (the edge close to the coals tends to bend but in my exprience that has had zero impact on its effictiveness) but it still works great. The only down side to it is that you have to plug it in. The BGE distributors used to use them when the did traveling demos of the EGG- I don’t know if they still do but that’s when I got mine (from a local store but you can also get them on amazon). I use the looftlighter for high heat lights and I use small pieces of fire starter for low and slow.
People on this forum used to really talk up the looftlighter that’s why I’m surprised no one mentioned it. Some people complained about how the metal bent- that never bothered me and I think if you use it as directed it likely wouldn’t happen (ie point it at the lump without actually touching the lump). It’s also really fun to use
