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What's your best fire starting device for starting a fire immediately in a bad situation? Cold, wet, bad circumstances. Lighter, matches, ferro rod, etc?

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A highway flare.

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If you're at home a propane torch does a great job. It's too heavy and bulky for when you're on the run, though.


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Ferro rod and a plastic bag full of dryer lint and torn toilet paper.

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UCO Storm Matches are almost scary in the way they burn and stay lit, even in dunked in water or snow after lighting. They come loose or in a waterproof canister. If I needed a fire fast, I'd use one of them with some hot-burning tinder.

BTW, I just saw a nifty firestarter kit from Zippo on Amazon that uses the same flint wheel as their lighters, along with some tinder chunks that can fit on a stick so you can poke them into your fire pile. Looks like it will work one-handed too.


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Road flare.

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Small road flare.
Not superlight, not traditional.
I have almost no need for a fire.
If I'm screwing around with that mess,
I will need it, now.

Flares light, no matter what.
And they burn very hot, for a good while.

If you can't make it happen with a 15 minute flare,
you needed 5 gallon gas or diesel.


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Great learning experience:

Start a small campfire in a rain soaked environment...


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Especially during late seson elk on the Oregon or Washington coast.....

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Paraffin wax and saw dust in a small paper cup. Easy and light enough to carry, last a good amount of time and lights in all conditions.

Edit: use those small cups for ketchup from places like Arby's. There are some slightly bigger too but I can't remember where I got those last time I made some.

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1 Flare
2 trioxane
3 cotton balls with Vaseline.
Learn to know what and how to get to burnable wood in a wet environment. Practice your fire making skills in $hit conditions.

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Originally Posted by troutfisher13111
What's your best fire starting device for starting a fire immediately in a bad situation? Cold, wet, bad circumstances. Lighter, matches, ferro rod, etc?


Yes, I carry a few options because in the NW rubbing sticks together isn't a good prospect. Once the weather turns I usually have a lighter in my pocket, another sealed one in my pack, my sheath has ferro rod on it, I keep a Dones Bar, vasaline soaked cotton balls, and storm matches.


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Fatwood...fire friendly friend.


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In the bush, I carry a small bag of magnesium ribbon and UCO matches. The magnesium is available on Amazon.

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my fall/winter fire kit is substantially larger (and heavier) than I carry when things are warmer- full size Bic, larger ferro rod, Livefire tin (these are really nice- easy to ignite, even w/ just a spark and burn close to 20 minutes if needed), couple of Trioxane cubes and the "if I absolutely can't get a fire going" Orion mini flare- they just about double my fire kit in weight at 3.6 oz, but even working only with wet materials, I can get a fire going

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Originally Posted by mtwarden
my fall/winter fire kit is substantially larger (and heavier) than I carry when things are warmer- full size Bic, larger ferro rod, Livefire tin (these are really nice- easy to ignite, even w/ just a spark and burn close to 20 minutes if needed), couple of Trioxane cubes and the "if I absolutely can't get a fire going" Orion mini flare- they just about double my fire kit in weight at 3.6 oz, but even working only with wet materials, I can get a fire going

Orio mini flare

Thanks -- I haven't heard of the Livefire tin before.

I've found it on Amazon and I think I'll find out if it can be shipped to Sweden (I'm sure the Orion mini-flares can't be shipped by air, but the Livefire might!)

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I have many types of fire starters, but when I absolutely, positively have to start a fire in emergency and the worst conditions, I use a small road flare.

Orion Mini-flares

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They gotta have road flares in Sweden.

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Originally Posted by KC
They gotta have road flares in Sweden.

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Yep we do -- I've got three full-sized flares in my car.

However, I've not found any flares small enough that I'd consider them for backpacking -- still looking though! smile

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I've got a climbing buddy that breaks out a Duraflame firestarter log at the most opportune times during wet or stormy weather.


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