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November 12, 2009, 01:51 AM | #26 |
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ive tried hand sanitizer, several brands. its not verry effective in "inclement" weather, like wind, or damp. the alcohol just cant get hot enough to get moist stuff burning.
i take dryer lint and stuff it real tight in a toilet paper tube, put it in a dish and pour "melted" petroleum jelly into it till its saturated. i then freeze it and cut it into 6 sections. 3 sections fit perfectly into a "snack" sized zip lock bag, and are large enough to get a good fire going in the nastiest weather.
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November 12, 2009, 02:00 AM | #27 |
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I always carry a fully loaded Zippo with extra flints, a couple of the match packs that come with MRE's, a box of Coleman's waterproof matches and an extra pack of smokes in a ziplock baggie.
If I'm headed out for a few days I'll throw in the striker and some pencil flare's. There's always dry tinder around if you know where to look for it.
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But back on topic, Anybody ever start fires with a battery and steel wool? That's a pretty neat trick too.
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Ze, Not since my cub/boy scout days... C battery and steel wool impressed my young mind quite well!
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November 12, 2009, 12:06 PM | #33 |
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Boy there is some good info in this thread, a lot of it I will use when putting my pack together this year.
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November 12, 2009, 12:30 PM | #34 | |
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Here's an old trick for getting a fire going in a hurry: lay your fire as usual, pour some of the white gas you're carrying for your Coleman stove onto the pile, toss on a match. Works every time. (Safety note: the gas goes on before the match... ) The thing about hand sanitizer is that under perfect conditions, it'll light stuff almost as well as a match. It's sort of pointless to carry, as a survival item, something that will work only under dry, windless, conditions, when anyone halfway competent in the outdoors should be able to light a fire with one match. You want something better than a match-- fire sticks, cotton balls w/ PJ, wood shavings soaked in paraffin wax -- that's going to work in windy, wet conditions, when you're too tired to remember all that stuff about shaving a stick to get dry tinder, and too hypothermic to have the manual dexterity to do it anyway.
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November 12, 2009, 06:34 PM | #35 |
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i find the old wax and sawdust cake fire starters work great, easy to light, burn hot/long, and very moisture resistant...those and water proof matches are all i would need...
just prefer to keep it simple... cheers |
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