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125 of 127 found the following review helpful:
 Good ...smaller that expected Jul 23, 2010
By Kage
"I am my own Hero"
They burn, but were much smaller than expected.. After shipping costs your better off making your own using cotton and hand sanatizer. They did however throw in a couple extra tinders... I got 1 10 pack and 8 loose pieces just floating aroung the envelope.
UPDATE - I found even better tinder than the two options above and its FREE.... Just head to your dryer lint tray, All that lint is so fine that it lights up almost to easy. Its very very light to carry, and a softball size of lint can really be compressed to almost nothing at all ... Try it!
44 of 45 found the following review helpful:
 Good stuff Feb 06, 2008
By T. Hassler
This is a really nice product. These things light easily and stay lit a good long while (2-3 min). They also seem less messy than homemade cotton wool + Vaseline fire starters. I've heard some folks have used magnesium shavings inside the homemade style and then dipped all but a "wick" in paraffin to keep the mess down and add more fuel to the mix. I haven't tried that yet, but the Equipped to Survive organization has some more details on their site.
They are reasonably priced, but the shipping is the killer. So if you can't pick these up at the local sporting goods store, get it only with several other items or in bulk to cut down on the shipping cost per unit ratio.
36 of 36 found the following review helpful:
Great help for tough fires. May 07, 2009
By Saint Richard
This is the same product that comes packed with the Aviation Survival Spark-lite Kit. Though impregnated with flammable oils and waxes the compressed cotton fabric of these fire-starters packs dry.
A lot of people on their reviews of the Spark-Lite kit talk about home brewed substitutes like cotton balls with petroleum jelly mushed into them but the mess is hardly worth it.
I will go with these, thanks. They store neatly and indefinitely almost anywhere, light easily by a spark or flame (Frizz up one end just a bit first) and burn long enough to get a fire going.
I keep my Spark-Lite kits amply supplied but also have some of these scattered in various places. For example, I keep a few of them tucked under the "ranger bands" (cut from bike tubes) that are attached to my knife sheaths.
You shouldn't need these every time you light a fire. Under normal weather conditions with dry wood and good natural tinder you should be able to get a fire going without any special help at all. But for tough fires, these are a great help.
15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
Emergency Essential.... Apr 18, 2010
By Ambergris
"John Thomas"
These Tinder Quik sticks work very well in starting fires under the worst of conditions. They burn very easily with just a spark, and even work with either wet wood, or even when they themselves are damp. These sticks are nothing but a more refined idea inspired by an old camp fire trick I learned years ago. If you are ever in need of light, fire, heat, or all three, remember this simple idea that can be a life saver. Take an empty coffee can, a roll of toilet paper that will either fit inside it or can be made too, and a standard 16 oz bottle of rubbing alcohol. Squeeze and knead the paper to loosen up the cardboard center, until you can pull it out. Then squeeze again and collapse the role tightly. Slip the toilet paper inside the can and slowly pour the alcohol over the paper till it is totally swollen and absorbed by it. Then light or spark it. (In a ventilated area, it still emits CO2 like any fire). The paper/alcohol mix will burn a nice bright hot flame from 18 to 24 hours or so depending on how steady you keep it going. You can snuff it with cloth and relight it again anytime before the alcohol dries up. (Be careful the can is extremely hot). The fuel is running low when the paper edges start to turn brown. When it runs out completely you can add another bottle of alcohol and still get an additional 12 hours or so before it's used up. These tinder quiks are essentially an alcohol based cotton fiber that runs along the very same chemical principle. A very effective and solid product that works well.
These sticks may be rather deceiving when first handling them for they are rather small. But a mere shaving off of one stick is enough to start a small flame that will burn for 3 minutes or more. Tear into pieces and sprinkle them among some twigs or kindling and they will give you a good head start in brewing some strong flavorful camp coffee in minutes. Use them sparingly when you only have too and they will last a long time. Highly recommended for your wilderness excursions...
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Waste of Money Aug 26, 2011
By L-C
"Larry C."
Including shipping, these are over $10 for 10, or about a dollar a piece. For a fraction of this amount, you can go and get a bag of cotton balls and a jar of vaseline, coat each cotton ball with a dab of vaseline, and using an old empty pill bottle, sans label, you can have your very own backpack 'fire kindling' kit...for about $0.02 each. In the end, that's really all these are, anyhow...cotton plugs with an igniter on them. Beeswax will also work with the cotton balls...just don't be ripped off with a 'pre-made' gimmick.
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