Vargo Ultimate Fire Starter.

[TeeDee]

Anyone got one? I quite like the idea that it can be used as a blowing bellows if well made.

Vargo Ultimate Fire Starter

The Ultimate Fire Starter provides everything you need to start a roaring fire.<br>Unscrew the ferrocerium rod from the bellows and use the integrated scraper to ignite any tinder. Extend the bellows and gently blow to nurture that spark into a flame. Or

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[Erbswurst]

Should I become too old to knee down next to the fire in order to blow directly into it, I guess, I will simply stay at home.

 

[Herman30]

Why put your head so close and inhale ash and smoke when you can do this:

 

[TLM]

Why put your head so close and inhale ash and smoke when you can do this:

And inhale smoke through the tube? BTDT

 

[TeeDee]

And inhale smoke through the tube? BTDT

You've not mastered how to breathe in a fashion that would preclude that.

 

[TLM]

You've not mastered how to breathe in a fashion that would preclude that.

Matter of definition, a sneeze.

 

[TeeDee]

Matter of definition, a sneeze.

 

[TLM]

That is just the old autonomic nervous system control thing. How to avoid adrenalin burnout.

(Properly done it kind of works but it is not a 100% thing.)

 

[Tony]

I like the idea, not sure i'd buy one but I can see how it would be used and I can see how it's nice and compact, although longer than I'd first assumed.

FEATURES

• Sturdy stainless steel construction
• Extendable bellows
• Integrated ferrocerium rod
• Attached ferrocerium striker
• Convenient carrying clip

SPECIFICATIONS

• Weight: 1.8 ounces (53 grams)
• Length extended: 18.2 inches (464 mm)
• Length collapsed: 5.9 inches (152 mm)

 

[TeeDee]

I like the idea, not sure i'd buy one but I can see how it would be used and I can see how it's nice and compact, although longer than I'd first assumed.

FEATURES

• Sturdy stainless steel construction
• Extendable bellows
• Integrated ferrocerium rod
• Attached ferrocerium striker
• Convenient carrying clip

SPECIFICATIONS

• Weight: 1.8 ounces (53 grams)
• Length extended: 18.2 inches (464 mm)
• Length collapsed: 5.9 inches (152 mm)

I've purchased one so will give it a bashing.

Should be good for burning out Kuskas & Bowls also.

Could also use it in reverse if really needed in dire circumstance - to suck fluids.

 

[henchy3rd]

Why put your head so close and inhale ash and smoke when you can do this:

Ah yes, but if you accidentally suck with a bellows it ain’t nice.
However I do use them on a regular basis.

 

[TeeDee]

 

[Oliver G]

Ah yes, but if you accidentally suck with a bellows it ain’t nice.
However I do use them on a regular basis.

Has anyone ever put a check valve on these bellows? That would eliminate the risk, of sucking up hot air, might be handy when teaching kids, the push fit ones would disassemble nicely too.

RS PRO Non Return Valve, 12mm Tube Inlet, 12mm Tube Outlet, 0 to 9.9 kgf/cm², 0 to 990kPa | RS

uk.rs-online.com

 

[billycoen]

For bellows i use a Poundland selfie stick.

 

[CLEM]

Genius little piece of kit and as a Schrafter/Pyromaniac, ain’t all Schrafters Pyromaniacs I love fire kit

 

[Erbswurst]

I am really astonished that the camping industry currently comes up with more and more gear for bushcraft that nobody needed in the last centuries.

Insulation air mat with batteries driven blower, folding twig stove, fish mouth spreader, ultra light trekking quilt, antenna to blow into the fire. I really ask myself what comes next.

I am impressed how genius all this is.
I never would have thought, that it's possible to make money with such stuff, that seems to me like a boy scout joke for larger camps.

 

[TeeDee]

I am really astonished that the camping industry currently comes up with more and more gear for bushcraft that nobody needed in the last centuries.

Insulation air mat with batteries driven blower, folding twig stove, fish mouth spreader, ultra light trekking quilt, antenna to blow into the fire. I really ask myself what comes next.

I am impressed how genius all this is.
I never would have thought, that it's possible to make money with such stuff, that seems to me like a boy scout joke for larger camps.

Do you own a Ferrocerium Rod??

 

[Erbswurst]

Yes. But I got it as survival item just recently. Different to carrying an antenna around, I understand the reason for a ferrocerium rod.

 

[TeeDee]

Yes. But I got it as survival item just recently. Different to carrying an antenna around, I understand the reason for a ferrocerium rod.

Survival item?

You mean you'd die without it???

 

[Erbswurst]

After capsizing there is such a risk, yes.
Depends on the weather of course.

The same risk you have if you cross streams. If you fall into and all gets whet and it's cold, time is a critical factor.
But situations where that could happen to me are very rare.