How to start a fire without a lighter
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Survival Skills
Knowing how to start a fire is probably one of the most basic survival skills known to man, but getting a fire going during an emergency situation can sometimes be a little tricky.
If you a prepared then you should always have a good survival lighter, it is by far the most reliable way to start a fire in any situation. In my opinion everyone of the fire starting methods and tools listed below are nothing compared to a good lighter. When it’s 20 degrees out, your soaking wet, and you are in desperate need of a fire….. do you really want to mess around with anything other than a lighter?
Survival is about preparedness, and I would never recommend any of the following fire starting tips over having a lighter in your kit. But knowledge is the key to survival so…..
7 ways to start a fire if the world ever runs out of lighters.
- Waterproof Matches
- Magnesium Firestarter
- Blast Match Fire Starter ( part of the Ultimate Survival Kit)
- Fine steel wool and a 9 volt battery (kinda wacky but it actually works * again make sure you have lighters!)
- Fire Drill
- Fire Plough
- Hand Drill Method
Want a backup to your lighter? PACK ANOTHER LIGHTER!
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J on Tue, 6th Oct 2009 10:00 pm
Duct tape will serve in a pinch for fire starter. A 2 to 4 inch strip, formed into a semi-tight loop or lightly balled up, will burn. Enough to start a comfy fire. Lighters matches. Even the zinc fire starters with a tiny amount of zinc scrapped onto it will set it ablaze.
hermitjim on Thu, 8th Oct 2009 1:20 pm
Very good information…and lighters are so cheap compaired to other means it’s a shame NOT to have them!
Mike/ on Tue, 13th Oct 2009 4:33 pm
Lighters and more lighters! It might be macho to do the old ahnd-powered fire drill method, a lighter gets it done n a fe seconds and without any blisters. Just buy enough of them and scatter them throughout your preps. Have more for barter if you like. You can get them cheap enough at the dollar stores so there is no excuse.