OK..this cold weather test is outside and not in my car.
we went out to the nature reserve that we monitor to make out the January report.we went in on snowshoes and found that we were just about the only one to use the park since we check last month.the temp was 24F,damp and over cast.



what i wanted to do was see if this pocket torch would light a pile of tinder without any starter material like a candle stub or dryer lint.this was a Xmas gift and i have fired it up just about every nite to see how long the disposable lighter that serves as a fuel supply would last and how many "clicks" it took to work--two or three does it--indoors..out side and carried in an outside jacket pocket it would not work,like all Gaz gizmos at below freezing.i put it in my shirt pocket and after a candy bar snack tried it again--



this time i got a blue flame in just a couple try's and got the nozzle down into the tinder pile.i used dry pine twigs because this would be the most common tinder up in canoe country..



and of course it worked.holding the flame right into the twigs they caught and burned.i could have used the dry pine needles that were around but i wanted to give it a try with as little starting material as possible and let the torch do the work.
after the wood burned for a bit and i could see the fire would have been large enough to make a real fire i put it out.