I guess I am just backwards, but if I am cold and wet,give me a match. Even the Mountian men used a match when they could get them, flint and steel, just last longer than a match when you are Way up in the boon docks and the store is open next spring. Don't get me wrong, I still have and use my FireSticks, but when push comes to shove give me a match. Strik anywhere matches are almost a thing of the past here in So. Calif. But I use mostly REI Storm Matches or the lifeboat type of match. I also carry lighters in all my kits, but like the fire steels are just back ups.