Chucknduck
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So here is my plan for next year. A bic and some dryer lint vacuum sealed for emergency and another bic and cope can full of dryer lint for non emergencies
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Once again too many grownups trying to earn a merit badge.. Nothing beats a road flare for an emergency fire.
Let's see, 3 of the wetfire cubes weigh 2 oz. and take up maybe 2 cubic inches of space. 3 road flares weigh 2 pounds and are 16" long. Which would I want to take on a backpacking trip?
No one has mentioned lighter fluid and bottle rockets yet? Rookies....
The problem with the bic lighter isn't the lighter itself getting wet so vacuum sealing or carrying many lighters doesn't help. The problem is that if you are in the rain a long time your hands get water logged. When you spin the bic lighter striker with a waterlogged thumb water squeezes out and onto the striker. When that happens you can't get a spark.
You only have to have this happen once to realize what a bad idea these lighters are...
15 minute flare, not a 45 minute fusee.. But, you knock yourself out. If I'm looking at things going sideways on a Montana mountain in November, I'm not fooling around when building a fire.
High altitude fire starter ? I'm going with a heater from an MRE because airlines believe it will start a fire and they prohibit them onboard.
There is a great reason why not to let them on planes. Ask any private in the army or marines, they will educate you.