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| Brand: Light my Fire
Category: Sports
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| Customer Reviews:
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 This little sucker is FUN January 21, 2008
David Cullen (Southeast, USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I know this is supposed to be an important wilderness survival tool. But when you gather your co-workers around and start making sparks, you will realize the FUN factor is the real value of this item. With just a little bit of effort, you can make as many sparks as an angle grinder on a piece of sheet metal. Be careful of the smoke, however, as it generates quite a bit.
Awesome tool March 6, 2009
Aaron D. Harper (Colorado)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Swedish Fire Steel is an awesome product, but like most pieces of survival gear, must be used properly to ensure optimal performance.
The first critical thing is tinder. Dry is obviously better. Small particulates are better than large. Grasses or dry marsh weeds work great.
The next thing is the strike. Place the tinder in the arranged wood, and unless you have used a bit of camp fuel to liven things up, put the end of the firesteel rod almost touching the tinder. Place the included striker flat on the firesteel near the grip (someone thoughtfully labeled one side "UP"). Rotate the striker back a little and move it sharply forward while providing pressure against the firesteel rod.
With a little practice, this small unit provides a surprisingly large hot spark. The reason to select this over a piston or lighter is that the firesteel is not affected by altitude as the others are. Butane lighters become very difficult to start over 10,000 ft, and I have had no luck with pistons above 8,000 ft.
Mike in the WV part of NY August 28, 2007
M. Schwartz (Cohocton, NY USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
If you can't start a fire with this you should do the gene pool a favor and just freeze to death. Read the directions, stroke s l o w and with a good bit of PRESSURE. Be very careful not to let the sparks fall on you or something you don't want burned.
What I would want if I had to survive! July 14, 2007
Jolene (Rockford, IL USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Army model is the one to have if you want a dependable, easy to use firestarter. It works well and I like the longer steel rod compared with the lighter weight Scout model. Much more durable than the cheaper magnesium blocks...and the shavings don't blow away in the wind! Get the best
Awesome! July 29, 2007
Jimmy Ray Purser (pleasant prairie, WI USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Great for camping or if you just like to make sparks and can not afford a bench grinder. Works in the rain and produces a mega hot spark
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