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Ztylus Stinger Plus USB Emergency Escape Tool

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Ztylus Stinger Plus USB Emergency Escape Tool

Nov 7, 2017

This is such an utterly mad idea it's almost a special kind of genius. I want to know what the inventor was smoking when he decided these were two functions crying out to be combined. The spring-loaded glass-breaker plunger is also the base power contact for the USB charger ... what could POSSIBLY go wrong?

slightanx

Nov 8, 2017

UnixRonin> what could POSSIBLY go wrong?
I don't know, what exactly?

Cabezon

113

Nov 8, 2017

UnixRonin23 lbs is a lot of trigger force. I don't think you are going to push it into the outlet hard enough to trigger it

ronCYA

339

Nov 10, 2017

CabezonEven then, it'd be impossible to activate the breaker when the cigarette plug is all the way in... I don't think they've used a breaker before.

ATFink

Dec 7, 2017

UnixRoninThe glass breaker plunger is not the contact surface for the chargers. Did you even look at it? There are metal strips on the exterior portion that contact the current distributing portion of the cigarette lighter. The glass breaking plunger is completely contained inside the device.

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Cyn1c

186

Dec 14, 2017

UnixRoninAre you worried about breaking the glass at the bottom of your cigarette lighting port?
If so, don’t worry! Glass isn’t conductive and isn’t at the base of any cigarette port!
It’s like worrying about your knife cutting through your cutting board. You have to push really hard to do it. A few times. Intentionally.

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UnixRonin

Dec 14, 2017

Cyn1cHeh. No, I am well aware there's no glass in an automotive 12V socket. But aside from the sheer mad-science idea of combining these functions in a single device in the first place, I've often had difficulty getting accessories to make good contact in a 12V socket. I don't know how much force it takes to trigger the glassbreaker action — @Cabezon mentioned 23lb — but I imagine if one *did* manage to trigger this thing in the socket, it wouldn't be good for the socket, and that could be expensive to repair.

ATFink

Jan 1, 2018

UnixRoninI triggered it in my old car's 12V socket one time because I was being an idiot and there were no negative side effects. I can't tell you what would happen if this occurred multiple times though.

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