Firestarters Overview

It’s a nice summer evening. You are sitting in your lounge chair when you smell something good cooking next door. Your neighbor sees you sitting there and invites you over his house for an outdoor barbecue. You accept and go. When you go there you find he can’t start the fire in his barbecue grill. Can you help? Or consider this scenario. You are at a campfire and you need to start a fire so you and your friends can keep warm. How will you start the fire? If you’ve been in any of these situations you would need what is known as a firestarter. Firestarters are good to start fires no matter what materials you use to get the fire going. In this article, you will learn about different types of firestarters, what to look for when purchasing one, and tips on how to start fires. Here are a few that are available in the market:  

 

·        Super Cedar Firestarters: These firestarters are environmentally safe and easy to use. They are good for fireplaces, wood stoves, natural or pressed logs, outdoor barbecues, and even can be used as survival kits. The Super Cedar firestarters are made of cedar sawdust and highly refined wax. It leaves no residues or toxic chemicals behind. These firestarters come in packages of 30, 72, or 100. They range in price from $23 to $55.

·        Fatwood Firestarter: The Fatwood firestarter is a quick, natural, and cost effective way to start fires. Each firestarter is hand-split from the stumps of pine trees, which are made of quick-burning pitch. It’s one hundred percent organic. This way you are guaranteed that no harsh chemicals or toxic additives are used. You can use these firestarters wherever you need a fire started. Price is not available.  

·        Holy Smokes Firestarters: With these firestarters you can get a fire going in an instant. These firestarters are made of recycled church candles and wood fiber. A set of two costs about $16.  

·        WSI Hot Spark Flints Keypouch: This is a new way of starting fires. It is compact. This type produces a spark so large and hot it practically a fire every time it is used. It has been found to be two times hotter than a match. It comes with a steel striker and its own leather storage pouch. You can even put it on your keychain if you want. Not bad for $14.

·        Magnesium Firestarter: This is the most reliable firestarter on the market. You can find this in any emergency and survival kits. The secret is the magnesium. It gets so hot that it will ignite the most stubborn material. And it only sales for $6 bucks.

·        Strike Force: The Strike Force firestarter comes with an alloy flint bar and hardened steel striker. It will send a shower of sparks to ignite most any material. It’ll even ignite material that is wet. And it is only about the size of a candy bar. Not bad for $11.

·        Nato Issue Wind/Waterproof Lifeboat Matches: This firestarter comes in a watertight plastic container of 25 matches. Burn time for each match is about 13 seconds. The container has a safety strike lid. This small container of matches sells for $4.

 

If you ever have a cookout, barbecue or are invited to one, you would do well to have a firestarter handy to get that fire burning and keep it burning. A firestarter can do all that and more. Why struggle trying to start a fire and perhaps get burned.