mastertangler wrote on Nov 24^th, 2010 at 6:46pm:

Gents, You are forgetting this would be worse case scenario stuff we're talking about. Your wet, cold and it's raining etc. and the little cotton balls soaked in vaseline have somehow been removed from your kit or worse failed to ignite your soaked and preciously obtained heretofore dry tinder. I would give her a go if I had run out of options and push came to shove. I suspect you might to. Yea I know it seems outrageous but a big pile of driftwood on a sandbar might be convinced to cooperate. Just check the wind direction and stand back.  8-)

I'd still suggest you give your canister a squirt to test your theory.

Let me put it this way, several years ago, I tested one of my canisters to insure that it still had pressure.  It was several years old and beyond the imprinted expiration date.  Even though the test was aimed down wind, I still had a bit of a cough for about 1/2 hour and my cats, INSIDE my house, were hacking and foaming at the mouth within 5 minutes and they were up-wind 30 yards away.

So, I'd recommend a test so you don't find out that you were "too clever by half" in the field.

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