Survival Kit Item – Candles
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Any good survival kit should include some emergency candles. Candles are the perfect survival tool and have been used throughout time to do everything from lighting a room to providing extra heat.
Let’s look at why Candles are an important item to have in your kit:
- They are great for providing you with hours of light, and are more dependable than any flashlight on the market.
- Candles in a small room or tent can help provide extra heat. They can help you stay warm in a winter emergency.
- Cooking – Believe it or not a good candle can actually provide you with enough heat to cook or boil a small amount of water.
- Lighting Fires - It’s a lot easier and safer to use a candle to light your fires than it is to hold a lighter or match.
Emergency Candles:
- NuWick 120 Hour Canned Candle for Emergency Cooking, Heating
- UCO Candlelier Candle Lantern Deluxe Kit
- 30 Hour Emergency Candle (Set of 10)
- Biedermann & Sons 144 fifteen-hour Votive Candles, White
- Compact Emergency – Power Failure Candle – Tested 50-Hour Burn Time
- Coghlans 9248 Emrgncy Survival Candle 36 Hr
After years of teaching survivial as a Boy Scout leader and going on “survival” camp outs. One little trick I’ve learned is to pack a small box of those “trick” birthday candles. The wick is infused with magnesium. Get it started and you can walk around in a wind storm and it will come right back.
I keep small candles and a metal coffee can in my vehicles in the winter. If I get stranded I will light the candle and put it into the can … the can will warm up and keep the inside of my vehicle warm. I also have a thick hot pad to place the can on so it doesn’t burn my flooring.
I also have a small grate, just a little larger than the can. I can put snow into a heavy cup (always keep one of these too) and melt the snow to make tea, instant coffee, soup or hot chocolate.
I keep dried fruit mix in the kit so when I get hungry I will have something substantial to eat that isn’t just wasted calories.
Just my two cents worth …..