I brought some of the new Starters to the L.A.S.E.R. group launch on October 18. One pair (two igniters joined by the paper tab) was handled out to club members.
The L.A.S.E.R. group doesn't have a large club launcher, but uses individual Estes Electron Beam 6 volt controllers. We didn't have much luck with the new starters. It could have been weak batteries. One of the controllers gave us problems throughout the day.
I decided to do a home test using my Electron Beam controller with new batteries and three different kinds of Estes igniters - the older black, the current clear tip and the upcoming dark gray tip.
Below are three of six tests. The first three were tried before these were recorded. I had similar results on the earlier tests.
This is an animated GIF of the older black tip igniters.
The black tip on this igniter wasn't very large.
This is one of the currently available clear tip starters.
The clear tip took a little longer to glow.
A small flame and not as large as the older black tip igniters.
The new dark gray tipped "G2" igniter.
While not as "sparky" as the original black tip igniter, the flame ball looks to be a little larger.
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