I tested lighting cotton balls with a striker, and didn't have any problem achieving ignition. Not arguing, just a data point.
I tested lighting cotton balls with a striker, and didn't have any problem achieving ignition. Not arguing, just a data point.
OK its a toss up - If I have a match a cotton ball is excellent and providing a transition with few twigs . If you don't have a match but a dead lighter a patch will provide a catch and transition to your bird nest. The patches won't add to the UL weight... its good to have both.
Hey SW why do you post about things that you clearly don't care about? I thought I understood brit sarcasm, but you have a wit about you that I just don't understand. One of the best in your world is Ray Mears - wow what a showman, informative, & genuine... I love his series and you tubes. Just because you think you know it - doesn't mean you can avoid the practice. Shame you won't find this thread for a while...
Ray's Way....
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
best fire starter a bic lighter
Hand sanitizer -- which is something that many backpackers carry anyway -- is a great firestarter. That makes it a multi-use item, which in my book is better than carrying a separate firestarter.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.
I slip a plastic fresnel lens in my backpack and have practiced starting fires with it. It weighs nothing, takes no space and is unbreakable.
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Plus, I can read maps or adjust my camera with it!!
I usually always carry chapstick since is has a million and one uses and my first aid kit has a few pieces of guaze and a cotton. In a pinch its nothing to use my chapstick and cotton to make Vaseline cotton balls. Im all about carrying multi use items
Thanks Wise Old Owl. Posts like this are why I keep coming back.