I was watching as much Ray Mears on YouTube last night and noticed that in one video he used a strip of rubber cut from a rubber innertube as tinder to start his fire. Looked like it was from a bicycle and was about 1/2" x 2" in size.

I'd never have thought of that...and I've thrown away or recycled many over the years.

I'd link the vid but I can't hit YouTube from work. If anybody is familiar with it feel free to post it.