lighting stoves matches or other means?

[Randomnerd]

Yes, ferrocium rod is foolproof, so long as you have some carbon steel to strike it with.

Turboflame used to make a good refillable lighter. The copies are all rot.

The looney preppers And EDC nutcases probs carry an Everstryke survival match or twelve.

 

[classic33]

Yes, ferrocium rod is foolproof, so long as you have some carbon steel to strike it with.

Turboflame used to make a good refillable lighter. The copies are all rot.

The looney preppers And EDC nutcases probs carry an Everstryke survival match or twelve.

I've a film tub of waxed matches, just in case the stormproof lighter fails for some reason.

Along with those, if not lighting a stove, there's a powdered "fire lighter" that can be used

 

[HelenD123]

I've used one of those cheap lighters extensively. I could be the spark lighting the gas as much as the flame itself.

 

[iluvmybike]

Some of those can be shocking to use in damp/wet weather.

Never ever had a problem summer or winter, wet or dry...

 

[Ridgeway]

I use a flexible, long-necked lighter like this.

View attachment 570373
Usually about £1.99 in Lidl/Aldi.

This is what i use each morning to light the stove, very easy and no burnt fingers

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Two sticks of wood, one hard wood, one softwood. Cut a notch in the softwood and then turn hardwood in notch. You’ll soon have an ember to light your fire.

 

[ianbarton]

What about a Swedish firesteel, works when absolutely sodden, and in an emergency will get a fire going, never needs refueling and the spark shower is mightily impressive, I've lit fires, Trangias and gas BBQ's with one.
Buy Swedish FireSteel BIO army 2in1 - Official Store (lightmyfire.com)

I love these. However, one caveat: if you leave it in a damp bag for any length of time a chemical reaction happens that reduces your firesteel to ash. Happened to me on a camping trip when I had put the firesteel away in a damp bag, luckily there was just enough steel left to be able to generate a spark.

 

[mercalia]

whilst looking into this and seeing what Ebay had to offer ( eg 10 of the cheap lighters for just £2.99) I came across this strange item
a reusable match
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Water-Ma...e-Oil-Gas-Camping-Survival-Tool/154181910277?

 

[DRM]

Two sticks of wood, one hard wood, one softwood. Cut a notch in the softwood and then turn hardwood in notch. You’ll soon have an ember to light your fire.

Don’t forget a top piece of wood to act as a bearing & a bow to get some speed up, or the other favourite for damp wood, shave with a very sharp knife to make a feather stick

 

[andrew_s]

whilst looking into this and seeing what Ebay had to offer ( eg 10 of the cheap lighters for just £2.99) I came across this strange item
a reusable match
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Water-Ma...e-Oil-Gas-Camping-Survival-Tool/154181910277?

Not really recommended.
They use petrol (like a zippo), but the reservoir is small enough that they dry out quite easily

 

[snorri]

My little tiny stove has a built in self-ignite

Cor, you are posh.



i joke

 

[Gravity Aided]

Typically use something of this sort, USB rechargeable electric arc lighter.

 

[mercalia]

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Typically use something of this sort, USB rechargeable electric arc lighter.

but will that light a wood fire one of those £10 or so things from Ebay like I have that are very useful to have? ( I also have a Colemans petrol stove)

 

[Gravity Aided]

but will that light a wood fire one of those £10 or so things from Ebay like I have that are very useful to have? ( I also have a Colemans petrol stove) View attachment 571257

I tend to carry a bit of dryer lint in my little wood stove for when I use that, which is not as often as I used to. My employer gave me a Jet Boil clone gas stove for a service award a year or two ago, and it has a piezo igniter.

 

[Mike Ayling]

When I used to camp I used long matches, about 2 and a half times longer than your standard match and quite a bit thicker so my fingers did not have to get quite so close th the Trangia or Choofer.

Mike