Fire starting...lighters.

[MarlinMark]

I like lighters. I've never been a smoker but have always liked Zippos and others. What's new out there that works well and is reliable. On a side note, I sure miss Ohio Blue Tip matches.

Mark

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[mtnrunner260]

I know its not new or exciting but
Bic mini and trioxane have never let me down.

 

[Desk Jockey]

+1 for bid with some back up bics and some backup to the back up with matches.

I probably have 2-3 bics on me in the woods plus some matches squirreled away. I have done the zippo thing and mini torches and strikers and whatever. They weren’t worth the trouble.

 

[boom]

There is a new player in town. I’m trying to find one.

It’s the Clipper lighter. Cheap like Bic. But refillable and the flint comes out for replacement. Big ass non adjustable flame.

I head our local headshops sell them, but I don’t frequent those types of stores b

 

[rayporter]

bic and trioxane- but in the rain if you hand is wet the spark wheel gets wet and wont work. if you get esbit instead of trioxane you have to keep a flame to the tablet a lot longer to light it.

carry a piezo ignition lighter for the back to the back up for the times you hands are wet.

 

[KHNC]

get some tampons and a magnesium striker. Starts almost instantly and never wears out. Sure i like having a lighter, but if it gets wet its not very good. Or if it runs out of fuel. Just keep tampons in a ziplok and you are good to go in minutes.

 

[widnert]

get some tampons and a magnesium striker. Starts almost instantly and never wears out. Sure i like having a lighter, but if it gets wet its not very good. Or if it runs out of fuel. Just keep tampons in a ziplok and you are good to go in minutes.

Almost this. Cotton balls coated with vasoline. Magnesium striker and these = instant fire.

 

[ChrisAU]

We used the cotton balls with vaseline last week for the first time and wow. You kinda had to strike the lighter within a few feet of one, but if you could coordinate that then you had 10 minutes of fire to dry out wood. We had a soaking overnight drizzle and had a fire going the next morning within a few minutes. Thoroughly amazed.

 

[Kootenay Hunter]

I was bored one day, made my own fire starters: dryer lint packed into a egg carton cup, soaked in parafin wax. Burns with a good flame for 12-15 mins, enough time to get fire going with kindling.

I carry two bic lights and a swedish fire steel, maybe even a magnesium block in my FA kit too...

 

[elkchsr]

I was bored one day, made my own fire starters: dryer lint packed into a egg carton cup, soaked in parafin wax. Burns with a good flame for 12-15 mins, enough time to get fire going with kindling.

I carry two bic lights and a swedish fire steel, maybe even a magnesium block in my FA kit too...

Drier lint works great unless you wash a lot of FR clothing.

 

[jmez]

Dryer lint does work well as long as it is with cotton clothes. Lint from polyester doesn't burn.

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[Nalgene]

lip balm can sub for Vaseline. Lip balm is a good item that can do 2 jobs.

 

[WVTrooper]

In the back pocket of my ACG harness I keep one of those individual RemOil wipes, not for wiping down my rifle in the middle of the hunt although you certainly could, but they burn for quite a few minutes. Takes up no space and no mess either. I do the Vaseline and cottonballs as well, but they're in the pack.

To the OP, I'm with you on the Blue Tips.

 

[boom]

wait..isnt this thread about the lighter? not the fuel?

 

[jorgensen.travis]

I think survival/Prepper wackos have made too much of fire. I just don't see it as that important if you have a backpack full of gear with you. I no longer bring the backup to backups.

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[Beendare]

Regular Bic for me....they work like a champ. .......the minis are too small.

 

[aclawrence]

I love starting fires. I wouldn’t consider myself a wacko though. I just like building fires. It’s more of a bushcraft thing than a prepper thing. I don’t have any suggestions for any cool new lighters. My lighters usually consist of the bic minis like the other guys.


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[boom]

I think survival/Prepper wackos have made too much of fire. I just don't see it as that important if you have a backpack full of gear with you. I no longer bring the backup to backups.

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No kidding. Last time I went on a late season NM hunt, I brought a small road flare in my pack. I’m not dicking with a greasy cotton ball and Ferro rod. I had the emergency fire covered.

 

[rayporter]

ha
I too have carried the road flare-on river floats.

once on a float that had a lot of rain I went through a bag of cotton balls and got no fire till I brought out the trioxane.

never again will I carry the cotton balls.