Greetings, all...
I bought a spark-lite and the associated cotton tinder last week. I went through two of the little cotton rolls before I figured out I had to fluff the cotton on the end. Left with half the supply of tinder, I began to wonder what else would work. Cotton balls worked. Alcohol in a pepsi-can stove lit up easily with the spark-lite. Steel wool, maybe. Nothing else. Not even dryer lint.

Now, I'm a two matches or less kinda guy and have no experience with sparks and tinder. I usually start fires with stuff much too big for a spark.

So the question is: What sort of tinder (natural or manmade) have you used sucessfully with a spark-lite? I guess I am wondering whether I am up the creek with a spark-lite if I have run out of cotton weenies during an emergency.

BTW, my wife, an avid sewing person, thinks that cotton roll tinder that came with the spark-lite is nothing more than cut up (insert name I can't remember here) that can be had for $0.29 a foot at the local fabric store.

Thanks in advance for any experiences you might share.