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I carry a Gerber Strike Force and a fire piston they both work in the cold and when wet. Lighters are ok until they get wet or temps get really low. Fire is to important in an outdoor living or survival situation to only have one source for making it.
Lighters and matches are to unreliable and unforgiving.

Pat

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Bic lighters and cottonball/Vaseline combo for the win.

I would like to get a good wind/water-proof lighter too. This in part is due simply to the fact that all of the disposable lighters seem to have gotten far far worse over the last five years or so. They work increasingly poorly over the first week, and then, still at least 3/4 full, they barely produce any flame at all and will blow out in a 2 mph wind. Has anyone else noticed that? Any ideas? I'm willing to pay.

I always carry a Windproof Lighter in my pocket, but i would not buy a expensive windroof lighter

If you noticed, most everyone suggested Bic disposable lighters by name, rather than just "disposable." There's a difference......

I always have a Bic in my fire kit, but lately I've just started using my fire steel to light the Pocket Rocket, Alki stove, vaseline CBs, Triox etc.... And....it fires every time and I can do it easily with gloves on.

For a never fail windproof lighter, for many years I have carried my old, standard Zippo lighter. Lights every time, is windproof, and can also be stood up while burning without my having to hold any lever down, etc.

Now I am well aware that some will say, "Ahhhh, Hell, a Zippo ain't any good 'cause they run out of fluid."

Yeah, that's true, if you don't bother to pay attention to it. But as I don't smoke -- gave it up in 1976 -- anytime I'm going out in the boonies, I just hit the cotton a few drops of fluid and top it off. But I also always carry in my day pack, two of the 1/8 oz. bottles that once held Tabasco Sauce. Cleaned out and filled with lighter fluid, those two bottles will make 100% certain I am not going to run out of fluid for my Zippo.

Yes, I carry a Bic, in addition, plus a large ferrro rod, tinder, etc., and some waterproof strike anywhere matches. But when all else fails, that old Zippo ain't gonna let me down.

(Plus, I won it in a poker game one Sunday afternoon, when I was stationed at Fort Gordon, Georgia, a long, long time ago. Kinda has sentimental value to me. )

L.W.

Got one of these the other day; not any more reliable than a lighter, but a fun gadget none the less. Drop in a cheap lighter and torch away.

HAHA..I just ordered one of those along with their new regulated stoves yesterday. Look forward to trying it out. Plus I figure the little torch can't hurt when I want to cheat a build a fire in a hurry.

That's sorta what I figured. I'm intrigued by the OD-1R, and from what I hear the jury's still out on a significant boost in cold weather performance. I have heard lots of people say that it is a nicely built stove any way you cut it.

I just picked up one of the Soto stoves. The lighter looks kind of bulky and seemed heavy for what it is. I'll probably end up trying one though