Best winter/wet fire starter

[idaho guy]

A propane torch and little diesel works very well.

Agreed I’m all about diesel or just gas but if I get in a situation I’m on foot not real practical. Diesel and propane torch is how all my slash piles get burned 👍

[idaho guy]

I am also going to play around with cotton balls a p jelly. I like to try stuff in terrible weather but not when I have to start a fire just kinda a test run. This is an old one but I haven’t really used. Thanks again for all the responses good stuff 

They way I’ve always done it is put the petroleum jelly in a small pan on the stove or microwave it in a little bowl so it’s liquified, soak up as much as you can with the cotton balls then stuff em em in the canisters.

 

Good tip I wasn’t aware of thanks

[madcow41]

I am also going to play around with cotton balls a p jelly. I like to try stuff in terrible weather but not when I have to start a fire just kinda a test run. This is an old one but I haven’t really used. Thanks again for all the responses good stuff 

They way I’ve always done it is put the petroleum jelly in a small pan on the stove or microwave it in a little bowl so it’s liquified, soak up as much as you can with the cotton balls then stuff em em in the canisters.

I just mash them up in a plastic bag. Works pretty well. I only need to get my fine fuel going and go from there.

Honestly a poncho and stereo work well to warm up, the build a little rain shelter and make your fire under the shelter.

[Karl Blanchard]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned trioxane. Used a ton of things but one little spark will light that stuff every time. Best I've used for sure.

[Bob33]

Honestly a poncho and stereo work well to warm up, the build a little rain shelter and make your fire under the shelter.

Isn't it a little bulky fitting that in your pack?

[Dan-o]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned trioxane. Used a ton of things but one little spark will light that stuff every time. Best I've used for sure.

 

Plus they burn in the rain.

[jstone]

I might have to buy some of that.

[Stein]

I usually have one or two of the Weber bbq briquette starters, they are amazingly light and also burn in the rain.  I'm not sure if they are exactly trioxane, but seem to work in a similar manner.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Weber-Lighter-Cubes-24-Pack/3151081?cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-sol-_-google-_-lia-_-119-_-grillfuel-_-3151081-_-0&placeholder=null&ds_rl=1286981&gclid=Cj0KCQiA88X_BRDUARIsACVMYD8tGMOXWQuIRLP1q6q3_DVOteAkuzAw6JH32p2b5p7_AqPqvkSkrTIaAqj3EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

[SteelheadTed]

I carry these with me and two bic lighters.  They are durable when getting knocked around in my pack, they light easily and they don't absorb water.  A cube burns for like 15 minutes.

https://www.amazon.com/Esbit-1300-Degree-Smokeless-Backpacking-Emergency/dp/B07QTD1GHM

[h2ofowlr]

I’m not sure about a big emergency fire, but in every backpack and all my rigs I keep a 1 gallon ziplock with a newspaper, 3 bic lighters and a film canister full of cotton balls soaked in petroleum jelly.

People under 30 might not know what a film canister is. When was the last time you seen one?

I have a few of these.  Used to pack them full of fire starters and run some black electrical tape around the seam.  Sealed and good to go.

[kentrek]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned trioxane. Used a ton of things but one little spark will light that stuff every time. Best I've used for sure.

This & esbit tablets...esbit goes for about 15 minutes..which is nice when trying to burn wet wood

[actionshooter]

I carry these with me and two bic lighters.  They are durable when getting knocked around in my pack, they light easily and they don't absorb water.  A cube burns for like 15 minutes.

https://www.amazon.com/Esbit-1300-Degree-Smokeless-Backpacking-Emergency/dp/B07QTD1GHM

Yes!!.... these work awesome and couldn't remember the name... we used these to start fires every day on a 16 day float in Alaska...
Thanks for the link, I just ordered another 2 dozen 

[mountainman]

Road flare when really wet out. Dryer lint/petrol jelly, and suprised no one mentioned steel wool?

[Magnum_Willys]

Firepaste has never let me down.    Heavy for a one time fire though.
Always good to have a foil pack of trioxane in the bag.

[madcow41]

Honestly a poncho and stereo work well to warm up, the build a little rain shelter and make your fire under the shelter.

Isn't it a little bulky fitting that in your pack?

I meant sterno... autocorrect.