In my limited experience with these lighters, they do best with some kind of tinder or fire starter. They don't get hot enough to get twigs burning. The best homemade tinder I've found is vasoline coated cotton balls. I carry a bunch in a ziplock bag all the time. Many guys who make them use too much vasoline. You have to keep the centers of the balls dry. Vasoline itself won't burn. You need to tear one apart to light the dry cotton in the middle. Once it's going, the vasoline on the outside will vaporize and burn for a long time. A plasma lighter will light the dry cotton almost immediately so you don't have to stand there holding it waiting for it to start burning.
