One of the drawbacks to WetFire Tinder is the fact that it loses its effectiveness if exposed to air. If the foil wrapper that it comes in develops a pinhole the tinder will, over time, be rendered useless. That is one of the characteristics that separates Tinder Quik, Coghlan’s Emergency Tinder, or plain old PJ cotton balls from the WetFire. The WetFire works quite well if it has remained sealed and tends to burn hotter than the other tinders.

The other Survival Inc./Ultimate Survival Technologies products (BlastMatch, Strikeforce etc.) have always performed well for me. The folks that I have spoken with at Survival Inc. have largely been responsive and customer oriented. I’m sure that the new management is as well.