fire piston

[H0useofz]

anyone use one or keep them in your bug out bag? thinking of getting out

[Ike990]

I thought about one also but decided against it because of the use of the o ring. Without it its useless. I wanted something i could just keep in my pack and be 100% sure that it would spark for me when i needed it too. Just my 2 cents.

[moonshot]

A small pile of fatwood shavings, a cotton ball rubbed with vasoline, and a firesteel. Get creative and it won't take any more room than a piston, and it should work over a much wider range of conditions.

[warpigM-4]

I carry a Magnesium Fire Starter Bar Picked it up for about 5 bucks works well takes up the space of a Bic lighter

[Ike990]

The cotton ball and vasoline work so well. I've had them in my pack and they even spark up in the rain easily.

[Ga Shooter]

Swedish Fire Steel and a few cheap tampons in a snack sized Ziploc.

[Moose-Knuckle]

Cotton balls and tampons?!?!?

You guys are highfalutin, I just use the contents in my dryer's lent trap.

[Ga Shooter]

Cotton balls and tampons?!?!?

You guys are highfalutin, I just use the contents in my dryer's lent trap.

I have used that before but one time with a stiff breeze it kept blowing apart so I switched to a product that brings pure happiness to the world.

[moonshot]

Lint only works well when it's cotton fibers. Dry anything else and the lint won't light, or burn, nearly as well.

[Moose-Knuckle]

Lint only works well when it's cotton fibers. Dry anything else and the lint won't light, or burn, nearly as well.

Yeap, after I do a load of towels (100% cotton) I get a nice yield.