Hey all
I'm putting together some fire kits for my website, we already do natural tinder kits and others but I want to put together a simple foolproof survival fire kit and am looking for ideas. Obviously this counts out much of the natural stuff, so no birch bark, assorted fungi tinders etc. I am talking about compact bullet proof fire.
A few that I use already are the USA gov issue tinder tabs which is basically wax impregnated cotton. The baddest bee fire fuses which are a slight refinement of the tinder tabs and of course wet fire which although I don't use due to the cost I do find the cheaper alternatives to be almost as good. Simply looking to create a small compact fire kit that will without doubt give the greatest opportunity of starting fire whilst also giving a few options. This is not bushcraft, this is survival. All be it short term.
Would you say that the wetfire/gelert style fuel tabs + lighter are the best short term close to guaranteed fire? At ten mins (or close to) burn time they give a good success rate, even in the wet. Coghlans fire paste is another that works well and has a fair few fires in the tube.
Ideas welcome please ;-)
I'm putting together some fire kits for my website, we already do natural tinder kits and others but I want to put together a simple foolproof survival fire kit and am looking for ideas. Obviously this counts out much of the natural stuff, so no birch bark, assorted fungi tinders etc. I am talking about compact bullet proof fire.
A few that I use already are the USA gov issue tinder tabs which is basically wax impregnated cotton. The baddest bee fire fuses which are a slight refinement of the tinder tabs and of course wet fire which although I don't use due to the cost I do find the cheaper alternatives to be almost as good. Simply looking to create a small compact fire kit that will without doubt give the greatest opportunity of starting fire whilst also giving a few options. This is not bushcraft, this is survival. All be it short term.
Would you say that the wetfire/gelert style fuel tabs + lighter are the best short term close to guaranteed fire? At ten mins (or close to) burn time they give a good success rate, even in the wet. Coghlans fire paste is another that works well and has a fair few fires in the tube.
Ideas welcome please ;-)