Many moons ago, when the Earth was young and you didn’t have to pump your own gas, people indulged in a strange and damaging habit. These “smokers” would light tiny paper cylinders full of dried leaves on fire at one end and place the other end in their mouths, to inhale the noxious smoke. While this bizarre ritual practice has been all but eradicated, at one time it was so commonplace that automobile manufacturers built small fire-starting implements directly into every car. These vestigial organs stand unused and cold today, a concrete echo of this bygone habit.

Like a yuppie developer converting an old shoe factory into chic loft apartments, the Jensen 300 Watt 2 Outlet Power Inverter turns these dormant spaces into something useful again. Just replace the lighter nub with the Jensen’s extension prong, and your car is now fitted with two 110v AC electrical outlets, suitable for most household devices. With 300w of continuous power and 600w of peak power, this inverter can turn your van down by the river into a fully sparked-up mini-mansion. Where once we lit cigarettes, now we light toasters. Where once we inhaled tobacco smoke, now we ingest House and Bones and any other gory, necrophiliac programming we choose. We’re not saying it’ll be good for you, necessarily, but at least it won’t give you cancer.

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