Start your fire with confidence every time with the Lightning Strike Fire Starter. This all-in-one kit eliminates guesswork about what type of tinder or fire-starting device you need for emergencies.
How to Build a Fire Kit
How often you’ve practiced making a fire in your fireplace or backyard doesn’t matter. If you don’t keep a small, portable fire kit with you when the chips are down—it’s useless. Including a handy Lightning Strike Fire Starter in your kit can solve this issue.
After years in the outdoor business, I’ve encountered my fair share of ridiculous “survival gadgets.” The worst? Those cheap overseas plastic whistles that try to do ten things but fail miserably at all of them. In the realm of survival gear, never skimp on quality—especially when it comes to knives and fire starters. Trust me, they’re not the place to cut corners!
Build a small fire kit using a Ziplock bag or waterproof container. It’s ideal to have two or more ways of making a fire. A lighter, matches, and a Ferro rod are excellent options. However, ignition is only one step. Keeping ready-to-go tinder in your kit is also crucial. Manufactured or DIY tinder, like cotton/petroleum balls or similar, are excellent options. Don’t forget birch bark and fatwood are ideal natural tinders for ensuring a quick, reliable, hot fire!
However, if you get yourself a Lightning Strike Fire Starter, you can be done with it!
Lightning Strike Fire Starter
With its clever design, this product packs a punch that unleashes a steady shower of sparks right where you need them. The design features a striker securely attached with a shock cord, and a waterproof chamber in the handle ensures a solid grip while you ignite your fire. The Lightning Strike Fire Starter showcases its aluminum body and firmly bolts a ferrocerium rod in place—good luck trying to pull that out like you would with ordinary rods!
The tinder storage compartment is a game changer, holding enough tinder to kickstart at least 20 fires, and you can do it all with just one hand—talk about a multitasker! With a CNC-machined, replaceable flint and a size that rivals a mini-mag flashlight, it’s as handy as it gets. The hollow tube is open at one end, letting those sparks fly straight where you want them. I got mine in red—a winner for outdoor survival gear!
Never Be Cold Again
When you’re freezing, a few minutes can feel endless, and lighting a fire quickly is like having superpowers. The reliable use of the Lightning Strike Fire Starter exceeds traditional methods by directing a focused shower of sparks precisely where you need them while securely holding the ferrocerium rod in place to keep you warm!
To use the Lightning Strike Fire Starter, angle it between 30 and 40 degrees towards your tinder, keeping the open end of the tube steady on it. Slide the metal striker into the slot and scrape it towards the tinder to create a spark shower up to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit! Its clever design maximizes each spark, ensuring no wasted energy. In emergencies, it could even serve as a signal flare!
Real-World Fire Starter
I used the Lightning Strike Fire Starter for cooking and warmth. Despite the ferrocerium rod wearing down and flattening, it still produced strong sparks. Unlike matches or lighters, you can easily find and use it after dropping it in a creek.
The supplied Lightning Strike Fire Starter Tinder consists of cotton that is impregnated with a type of petroleum fuel, which allows it to burn for a few minutes. I did indeed test it to make sure that water could not get inside by leaving it in water for about twenty minutes. When I checked inside, it was completely dry.
The Lightning Strike Fire Starter system lights tinder faster than regular spark-based methods. Its bright red color ensures it will stay visible in the woods, jungle, desert, or waterways. It is pretty much foolproof and bombproof. The size makes it hard to misplace, and the waterproof chamber adds to the usefulness of the overall design!
MSRP: $68.00
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