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Re: Emergency Fire Accelerants
Reply #30 - Dec 6th, 2010 at 4:01pm
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I'd look for a small LED light (button batteries perhaps) that fit in the kit. Light on demand would actually be a good addition I think. A candle for a fire sure but not for light.  


I have both brands listed, you get 2 lights in each packet.
Both clip on. One for ditch kit. The other could be kept in shirt pocket/pack pocket. Light is shielded from accidentally being turned on until needed, by a little plastic piece in the battery compartment.

For a night fishing light, you could dab a little red magic marker on lens.
Well worth the price. I wouldn't buy replacement batteries, cheaper to just get another set of lights..

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Reply #31 - Dec 6th, 2010 at 10:24pm
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I started using wetfire a few years ago, it is very small & don't smell or leave a mess. It is also reusable if you choose to do so. They light instantly, but also extinguish fast & are immediately cool. I have used them while ice fishing right on the ice to warm hands... put it out & back in a small ziplock. They are reasonably priced also.

Here is a youtube video.
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Reply #32 - Dec 6th, 2010 at 11:23pm
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I always have a plastic bag of Birch Bark handy before starting out and add to it as I go thru the first set of portages. That plus a flint stick and some Coghlan's Fire Paste and I can get a fire started quickly in most situations. The fire paste is available from most camping stores like REI. For the emergency kit the paste could be squeezed into a small plastic container.
  
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Re: Emergency Fire Accelerants
Reply #33 - Dec 7th, 2010 at 4:05pm
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drbill wrote on Dec 6th, 2010 at 11:23pm:
For the emergency kit the paste could be squeezed into a small plastic container.

Or a spent shell casing!
  
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Reply #34 - Dec 7th, 2010 at 5:04pm
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Woods_Walker wrote on Dec 6th, 2010 at 10:24pm:
I started using wetfire a few years ago, it is very small & don't smell or leave a mess. It is also reusable if you choose to do so. They light instantly, but also extinguish fast & are immediately cool. I have used them while ice fishing right on the ice to warm hands... put it out & back in a small ziplock. They are reasonably priced also.

Here is a youtube video.
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Wow WW
That's what's going into my ditch kit
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Reply #35 - Dec 11th, 2010 at 8:55pm
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Wetfire tinder came today. I ran it under some water and took a fire striker to it. I couldn't get it to light until I crumbled a small chunk of it into powder and it took off first strike.

This stuff is nothing short of amazing. It burnt very hot with a decent sized flame for a 1" cube. I was outside and it was somewhat windy (10 to 15mph) and it didn't go out. I was also surprised at how long the little cube burnt. I didn't time it but I would say it was close to 5 minutes. Certainly long enough to dry even wet tinder.

It is very light and would be perfect in a ditch kit. insta flame! Smiley

Thank you Woods_Walker for sharing this.
  
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