Are the containers still waterproof after opening?

i got those transparent container with my lifeboatmatches.<br>they are not waterproof after opening, well atleast not competly, i found a drop or 2 inside the container after i kept it underwater for a few minutes... but does that really matters ? lifeboat matches are waterproof. if you want to use little round containers to store other thing than lifeboat matches, you could go to a photo shop and ask for some emty film containers... they are free !! ( usually... )

Mine came in a white container but I haven't tested the waterproofness yet. Even if the container isn't waterproof the matches are. A film canister would work just as good. The problem I have with the matches is that I can't strike them on the striker that is on top of the container.<br><br>Frank

Frank,Read Doug's article on firemaking and the section on matches!!!!! There is a trick to Lifeboats, BUT YOU HAVE TO READ THE ARTICLE ;O)

chris if your talking about the striking trick "Instead of drawing them to you, as you would with a normal match, you should strike them down onto the striker, as if trying to poke it through the top, with just a very little forward motion, not with a pulling motion you would normally use with a match. "<br><br>i use a diffrent trick, just hold the match half on the burning and the other half of the wood with 2 fingers and stike, than slide your fingers away...