Fire starters

[RandySki]

Let's see how creative some of you are when it comes to fire starters. I like to roll 4-5 cotton balls in petroleum oil and put them into a paper cup. Light the paper cup and ta-duh! Fire starter. I've also used a bunch of Fritos corn chips and you get to see all of the oil flow out as they burn. Gross

[Lamebeaver]

I use the cotton balls and Vaseline, sans cup.

It works, and I can bring enough for a week in a small snack bag. Hard to improve.

I tried using drier lint once. Try working Vaseline into dryer lint. You'll only do it once.

[Grandpa]

Making a fire in the rain

Simple Firestarting

[bsmit212]

I will normally carry a few commercial starters, mom loved to give them as stocking stuffers at christmas so they were always different and still have some. I will use them every now and then if it is damp/wet out. However, my personal favoriate is pine straw or leafs and a lighter, you never run out of that.

[Johnny]

Some people like to roll up old newspapers and soak them in melted wax. A nice firestarter that will give you at least 10 minutes of burning time while you make your own fire.

[ejdixon]

Drier lint with Vaseline always works for me.

[Theo]

Fatwood. Never have had a failure with it.

[Pathfinder1]

Hi...


What's wrong with primacord...??

[CozInCowtown]

Napalm.
Works wet or dry.

[Grandpa]

The pocket rocket heats the wood up fast too.

On a serious note, don't try that with a full cannister. It allows the free liquid to get to the fire pan and flares pretty hard.