Esbit Fuel tabs. Light easy and burn long and hot. Soaking cotton balls and making some sawdust paraffin concoction is too much work and messy. During hunting season in the remote areas of the Rockies, where making a fire might mean avoiding hypothermia, I have a zippo on me and Bic lighter, Fuel tabs, waterproof matches and small candle in my pack. If it's whitetail season in the midwest tree stand, or dirt biking, or casual hiking, it's a Zippo or Bic lighter and nothing else.
