Originally Posted By: Am_Fear_Liath_Mor
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The Zippo Emergency Fire Starter Kit is a similar concept and a bargain, relatively speaking.


At $20 the Zippo Emergency Fire Starter Kit is no bargain. Just get a old cleaned out boot polish tin and fill with cotton balls and drizzle with white gas and then close up. You get wrap some old butyl inner tube around the lid to double seal the tin. It also provides additional tinder. The cost is virtually nothing and will easily out perform this product.

A single cotton ball removed from the tin will take a single spark even from an old fashioned traditional flint and steel and you will get a 2 foot high flame for about 1 minute.


OK... I own about 15 firesteels because they're my favorite fire starters, but there are other threads for discussing those. Back to this thread...

These are similar products:
http://www.zippocasemuseum.com//index.as...=productdetails
http://www.tripleaughtdesign.com/Equipment/Tools/Survival-Spark

The Zippo is essentially the Survival Spark plus waterproof housing and compartment for tinder. Also, there are deals out there for less than $20. For someone who wants a metal flint sparker, this Zippo looks pretty good.
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