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Tinder-Quik 10 pack (1 packet) |  | Brand: Four Seasons Survival
Category: Sports
Buy New: $2.49
as of 7/31/2010 11:21 EDT details
Seller: Four Seasons Survival
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 813
Media: Misc.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 3.1 x 0.4
MPN: TQ
Model: TQ
ASIN: B00029EWYY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Easy to use | | • | Extremely light weight | | • | In use by military forces around the world | | • | Can be used with a variety of fire starters |
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Product Description
Tinder-Quik fire tabs complement your Spark-Lite purchase and make sure you've got plenty of fire-starting ability. Each Tinder-Quik is specially treated to high standards to ensure the cotton is waterproof and provides more than adequate burn times for starting fires.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 9
 Good stuff February 6, 2008
T. Hassler
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
This is a really nice product. These things light easily and stay lit a good long while (2-3 min). They also seem less messy than homemade cotton wool + Vaseline fire starters. I've heard some folks have used magnesium shavings inside the homemade style and then dipped all but a "wick" in paraffin to keep the mess down and add more fuel to the mix. I haven't tried that yet, but the Equipped to Survive organization has some more details on their site.
They are reasonably priced, but the shipping is the killer. So if you can't pick these up at the local sporting goods store, get it only with several other items or in bulk to cut down on the shipping cost per unit ratio.
Great help for tough fires. May 7, 2009
Saint Richard (Upstate NY)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
This is the same product that comes packed with the Aviation Survival Spark-lite Kit. Though impregnated with flammable oils and waxes the compressed cotton fabric of these fire-starters packs dry.
A lot of people on their reviews of the Spark-Lite kit talk about home brewed substitutes like cotton balls with petroleum jelly mushed into them but the mess is hardly worth it.
I will go with these, thanks. They store neatly and indefinitely almost anywhere, light easily by a spark or flame (Frizz up one end just a bit first) and burn long enough to get a fire going.
I keep my Spark-Lite kits amply supplied but also have some of these scattered in various places. For example, I keep a few of them tucked under the "ranger bands" (cut from bike tubes) that are attached to my knife sheaths.
You shouldn't need these every time you light a fire. Under normal weather conditions with dry wood and good natural tinder you should be able to get a fire going without any special help at all. But for tough fires, these are a great help.
Works Great February 26, 2010
Robert L. Warner (Portland, OR USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
They shipped it with some extra tinder-quik, so I tested it out and works great with my Firesteel for quickly making a fire. It burns very hot for at least a minute. If you compare it to paper tinder-quik burns hotter and longer.
Works very well with "Flint" style fire starters April 9, 2010
Wulfstan (San Jose, CA United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you have every tried to start a fire with one of those flint style fire starters, you know it's not as easy as they make it out to be. These are the perfect "match" to one of those, and make fire starting pretty darn easy. They are very lightwieght and can be repacked into some of those tiny little ziplock bags.
As another reviewer mentioned- the shipping is the killer here. Order several packs or order something else along with these, otherwise they come out pretty pricey net.
Still, a half-dozen of these should be packed next to every flint firestarter. And- one of those should be in your daypack, your survival kit and one in your pocket.
Emergency Essential.... April 18, 2010
Ambergris (New England.....USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
These Tinder Quik sticks work very well in starting fires under the worst of conditions. They burn very easily with just a spark, and even work with either wet wood, or even when they themselves are damp. These sticks are nothing but a more refined idea inspired by an old camp fire trick I learned years ago. If you are ever in need of light, fire, heat, or all three, remember this simple idea that can be a life saver. Take an empty coffee can, a roll of toilet paper that will either fit inside it or can be made too, and a standard 16 oz bottle of rubbing alcohol. Squeeze and knead the paper to loosen up the cardboard center, until you can pull it out. Then squeeze again and collapse the role tightly. Slip the toilet paper inside the can and slowly pour the alcohol over the paper till it is totally swollen and absorbed by it. Then light or spark it. (In a ventilated area, it still emits CO2 like any fire). The paper/alcohol mix will burn a nice bright hot flame from 18 to 24 hours or so depending on how steady you keep it going. You can snuff it with cloth and relight it again anytime before the alcohol dries up. (Be careful the can is extremely hot). The fuel is running low when the paper edges start to turn brown. When it runs out completely you can add another bottle of alcohol and still get an additional 12 hours or so before it's used up. These tinder quiks are essentially an alcohol based cotton fiber that runs along the very same chemical principle. A very effective and solid product that works well.
These sticks may be rather deceiving when first handling them for they are rather small. But a mere shaving off of one stick is enough to start a small flame that will burn for 3 minutes or more. Tear into pieces and sprinkle them among some twigs or kindling and they will give you a good head start in brewing some strong flavorful camp coffee in minutes. Use them sparingly when you only have too and they will last a long time. Highly recommended for your wilderness excursions...
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