I tried it allready. At best you open the tea candle and the wick has drowned in the repeatedly melted wax. At worst the stuff finds an egress and your kit still looks like a High School fund raising chocolate bar left in your car's glove compartment <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> A tea candle is A. a bit of firemaking tinder B. a small light source C. usefull for sewing repairs and dressing dryflies fabricated in the field for fishing. A Photon type microlight is a better light source. Vaseline soaked cotton balls will cover the other uses. Larger Pink Lady, Nuwick or Radients sold in Quebec are good additions for larger kits, but for PSKs no. You find these as components in many commercial units. ( whisper) They're a cheap item that gets listed for a light source and firemaking along with the rest of the 1001 FREE additional items <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> If they're tallow based you also get survival food as a prelude to the 4 red,green,yellow and orange candies for desert <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> At this point I look at the razor blade 'survival knife' and contemplate a messy suicide <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />