The X15 flamethrower is a personal, consumer flamethrower that exists purely because of course it does. Who hasn't wanted to stand with a tank on their back, arms akimbo while spewing great gusts of fire into the sky? Now you can, for $1,600.

When I asked XMatter, the folks behind the X15, why they decided to sell consumer flamethrowers, co-founder Quinn Whitehead immediately responded, "Why not? This is America, land of the free," before laughing and digging into his real pitch.

"It's really an interesting product; there's nothing else like it." When they started out, there was no other consumer flamethrower on the market, meaning that anyone looking to get into the throwing-flame game would need to drop around $10,000 on a military flamethrower.

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The X15, according to Whitehead, shoots about 50 feet and holds 3.3 gallons of fuel. XMatter also offers a napalm mix. "That stuff really works well." All users need to do is add a few drops per gallon. "It turns it into almost like a syrupy substance. Really cool."

As for why anyone would want a flamethrower, Whitehead pointed to agricultural uses, pyrotechnics, and, of course, "a lot of people just use it for a whole lot of fun."

"We get a lot of people that do, like, machine gun rentals, and own guns, and they'll also offer like a flamethrower package." One of their customers also rents tanks. "People will come up there, rent tanks, run over cars, shoot flamethrowers. That sort of thing."

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But is it legal? "We haven't run into any trouble whatsoever." They're not federally regulated, according to Whitehead. "They're not even considered a firearm."

"In California, you're required to have a flamethrowing permit, and then in Maryland it's just against the fire code." So they just don't ship to those two states. "The other 48, it's open game."

You can purchase a X15 from XMatter's website right now, on sale for just $1,600. Way better than your average Super Soaker full of gasoline.

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