Anyone used these before ? - they are supposed to be weatherproof and they look like the NATO lifeboat matches.

As a test, because I carry about 6 in my pocket FAK (as backup) I wondered how they would hold up. I struck the 1st one and the flame sort of burnt outward from the matchhead like a fuse and when it reached the wooden match after the head POOF! It went out!

I must be unlucky I told myself and struck the second match. Worse still! NO FLAME! Just the same fuselike reaction from the match head and similarly it went out when it reached the uncoated wooden part. I went thru all 6 and only the last one burnt like expected with a hot flame , consuming the entire match.....

Dammed if I'm ever going to buy storm matches again. I'm going back to the coghlan's wind/waterproof matches.....

Anyone with similar experiences ?