Wouldn't be constant I'm sure. Just a little heating element you can turn on and off.
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Pip-boys are powered by fission batteries, why would you want it off when you have all the energy you need?
So you don't burn yourself
But where's the fun in that? You got to have those heating coils exposed and ready at any time so you can light up a cigarette as soon as the cravings hit!
Save the cores for power armour
Right... folks in Boston forgot how to make long-lasting batteries.
Everyone would have the same burn scar sort of like how older Belters in the Expanse universe have burn scars from shorting wires inside old vac suits.
I'm about to get pedantic.
Those scars were not the result of faulty wiring. Early belter space suits were built cheaply, often without proper insulation, especially around the mating area of the helmet. The suits would heat up in the sunlight, but without an atmosphere (and thus convection), wouldn't be able to cool down, and would burn the unprotected skin. Heat management is also why contemporary EVA suits are white.
One of the knobs on the thing in FO4 definitely looks like the kind you used to see in cars all the time.
Also somewhat related: I actually have a cigarette lighter+ashtray combo 5 inch drive bay for a PC I got from ThinkGeek way back in the day. I even used to have it installed in the case (but not plugged in to the PSU and didn't use the ashtray for real). I never trusted that much heat being purposely generated by my machine, nor did I want to shove a cup full of ash into it lol
I think the most convenient option would be a little cigarette sized hole with a little door switch that activates the element when you put a cigarette in and maybe even holds it open for a second so the ember doesn't get snuffed out, if you had a cigar model it could maybe even be used for starting real fires
Car lighters were designed that way to also light cigars, a tiny hole would make it single purpose
Don't put your dick in it
Oh, now you tell me
Couldn’t they just have a place to store smokes that come out lit? No need to carry a pack when it’s attached to your hand and ready to go at a moment’s notice.
Now we're talking! It's like a Duel Disk, but for cigs
Something like that existed, but it came in either tabletop or vending machine sizes
https://gajitz.com/unnecessary-convenience-30s-pre-lit-cigarette-dispenser/
Smoking feels like such an archaic practice these days. I have a cigarette lighter and ashtray in my car that has never been used. The idea of doing that seems completely whacky in a way that seemed completely normal thirty years ago. People complain about vape culture but it's a huge improvement over smoking, holy shit.