Have to agree with Chris and Survivalgene. To not pack several types of fire-starting devices is just nuts. My kit includes disposable butane lighter, lifeboat matches, magnesium sparker, sparking wheel/flint, re-light candles, vaseline-soaked Q-tips, Wet-Fire tinder, and I am now advocating also carrying strike-anywhere matches coated with waterproofing such as nail polish or wax. Be sure to coat the match stem as well as the head. You don't necessarily want the match to stop burning once the head compound burns out and if the stem is waterlogged...