bat69,

This subject has been pretty well discussed in several previous threads in the ETS Forums. Take advantage fo the search function and type in "potassium" or "potassium permanganate" or "condy" or "fire starter" and be sure to seledct all threads and all dates. You will wind up with a whole bunch of reading and interesting links. I followed several of the links and found a couple that had some real good info. on the pro's and cons for fire and water use.

Regards,
Comanche7