Heximine Fire-starter Attract Griz?

[treillw]

Looking at some Heximine firestarters to light my Ti hot tent stove.

Just heard that they smell like crazy and smell like shrimp. Might not be the best thing to have in the tent in griz country.

Dunno if griz eat at the seafood buffet often, but might not want to find out.

Thoughts?

 

[Opah]

Salmon my friend, fishy smells you could be the new sushi bar in the woods.

 

[Elk97]

Doesn't sound like a good idea. They'll sniff around anything that might be food. Heck, they even smell my sons game cameras, got some good shots of griz noses!

 

[treillw]

Any alternatives that don't smell like the sushi bar?

 

[Bubblehide]

Coghnals is the brand I use. They do not smell like any type of food to me.

 

[ODB]

Any alternatives that don't smell like the sushi bar?

I have yet to try it, but am intrigued by Blackbeard fire starter.

 

[treillw]

I got some winter blend pyro putty and I wasn't too terribly impressed with it.

 

[treillw]

Coghnals is the brand I use. They do not smell like any type of food to me.

Which product of theirs are you using? They have a couple.

 

[Bubblehide]

I have used this one: https://5col.com/products/coghlans-hexamine-solid-fuel-tablets
I have also used the larger rectangular blocks, which was way more than is needed. I bought them in bulk at a much better price than the link.

 

[rayporter]

coghlans tabs

my favorite is army surplus trioxane by far- it stinks when burning but they all do,
i break a small piece off a bar to light a stove and it only takes a spark to light.
a whole bar with make coffee.

esbit
fire paste [ in a tube-like tooth paste]
there jellied alcohol packs, too

esbit and the coghlans tabs are hardest to light. and the esbit is most likely to have the odor. i usually get my coghlans tabs at wally world.

Coghlan's Fire Paste

Start fires in any weather. Use in fireplaces, barbecues and for priming stoves in cold weather. Ideal for hikers, campers, hunters and fishermen.

www.bing.com

 

[Marmots]

Vaseline-soaked cotton balls

 

[Dos Perros]

Trioxane tablets, military issue.

 

[22lr]

I have yet to try it, but am intrigued by Blackbeard fire starter.

I use it, its pretty good stuff! Super easy to light, just take care to have more material ready as it doesn't burn for too long. It does a decent job burning when wet as well.

 

[treillw]

Trioxane tablets, military issue.

I've been looking at these. They seem pretty darn expensive.

 

[bpietila]

+1 on the Vaseline soaked cotton balls. Cheap, easy, light readily, and burn hot. One downside is that they take up more space

 

[rayporter]

trioxane is hotter and lights easy but it is surplus and not made anymore. i have a good supply and buy it when i see it.

i have not been anywhere that might have it for a while. the last i got was some surplus on line store that had it cheap so i got a couple dozen boxes and they were stupid enough to ship it. their problem, not mine if they got busted.

 

[treillw]

I'm having a heck of a time finding the Coghlans tablets anywhere or even online.

Nobody in town has any heximine tablets.

Everybody stocking up for covid like with the TP??

 

[Dos Perros]

I've been looking at these. They seem pretty darn expensive.

Could get a little torch. Snow Peak makes one.

 

[fmyth]

If you are not backpacking in you might consider a simple bottle of isopropyl alcohol. 70% will do the job 90% will do it better.

 

[Kevin_t]

I use Instafire , Vaseline cotton balls or fatwood . It just depends . Fatwood is hard to beat


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