As I said the last time such a question/poll came up, my preferred fire starting method is ---
having a buddy along to start the fire!
Hey, it's an old cowboy philosophy type of thing.
Kind of like seeing three guys in a pickup truck all dressed pretty similar. Just by looking at them, which one is the real cowboy?
It's the one setting in the middle. He is there by design. He don't have to drive, and he doesn't have to open/close the gates!
Never walk when you can ride. Never stand when you can sit. And always get the coffee water upstream from the cattle herd.
Mikey - that grumpy ol' German blacksmith out in the Hinterlands - who's also trailed a few beeves in the past
p.s. But of the listed methods, I prefer Flint and Steel