Better than matches or a lighter! | Emergency Fire Starter

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	• Emergency Fire Starter SE SE average customer review:based on 23 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Good starter

Buy in bulk if you are thinking long term. I bought 3 and wish: 1) they either made larger versions or 2) I could afford more.
Mg makes for fast fires.

Better than matches or a lighter!

My boyfriend and I took this little gem on a backpacking trip with a few friends. It was windy and had rained recently so it was virtually impossible to find dry tinder/leaves. My friends all insisted that this fire starter would never work, so after an hour of watching them use ALL of their matches and burn themselves repeatedly with lighters, they finally conceded to let us use our striker. Within minutes we had a blazing fire and effectively sold the rest of our group on the idea.

Now, for the nitty gritty. As you can see in the picture, the striker is chained to the magnesium bar with the striker's counterpart running down the side. It's much easier to use if you remove them from the chain. There's a bit of a learning curve to using this most effectively, so make sure you try it out before going camping. I suggest using the serrated edge as the striker, as it produces larger sparks. You really only need a little magnesium -- it's highly reactive when in a smaller/powdered form and readily set fire to the damp leaves/toilet paper mixture we used as a starter. Unlike another reviewer, I would NOT recommend shaving the bar before hiking due to the reactivity. Magnesium is stable in solid form so there's nothing to worry about as it sits in your pack; no leaking lighter fluid, no damp or broken matches.

If I wasn't sure that I have hundreds of uses left in this fire starter, I'd certainly purchase another, as the product is amazing and the price is also better than any I found in store locally.

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works...

does its job... try it out once when you get it so you know how to use it in the backcountry

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Great, but provided hacksaw blade could be better.

The magnesium bar itself is great, just take a piece of steel and scrape the side opposite of the striker. If your confused like I was, watch this: [...]. Don't be put off by the fact that he is a kid; he knows what he is talking about, at least as far as this goes.

My only problem with this product is the included Hacksaw blade. You want to use a a straight edge to scrape off the magnesium, however in doing so with the included blade, it is very easy to cut yourself on the serrated edge; at the very least it is extremely uncomfortable. I personally would have preferred a simple piece of metal with a hole in it. I took an old dull kitchen knife, cut off the blade and drilled a hole in it, works great. You could also just carry an old kitchen knife with you.

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starts my camp fires reliably

takes some trial and error but once i figured it out it stays in my camping backpack

New emergency fire starter. This magnesium fire starter is easy to use: (1) Gently shave a small quantity of magnesium with metal striker into a small pile of grass, paper or leaves to start a campfire (2) Strike the magnesium rod with striker (3) The sparks will start the fire with the shaved magnesium

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