Best winter/wet fire starter

[Karl Blanchard]

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.

yeah but a stereo would be more fun. Who needs fire when you could have a one man dance party to stay warm 

[jstone]

Imagine what people would think when they walked by and saw one man dancing!
Crazy!!

[Okanagan]

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.

For Vaseline on cotton balls, I put a gob of Vaseline in a Ziploc, add handfuls of cotton balls and knead. Just leave them in the bag and take the whole bag for less mess. 

I prefer to melt a mix of Vaseline and paraffin and pour that into a Ziploc bag of cotton balls.  The result starts and sustains flame easily and is way less messy than greasy Vaseline alone.

[konradcountry]

100 proof bourbon, a book, 2 cigars and 2 lighters.

Will be fine.

[ghosthunter]

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.

For Vaseline on cotton balls, I put a gob of Vaseline in a Ziploc, add handfuls of cotton balls and knead. Just leave them in the bag and take the whole bag for less mess. 

I prefer to melt a mix of Vaseline and paraffin and pour that into a Ziploc bag of cotton balls.  The result starts and sustains flame easily and is way less messy than greasy Vaseline alone.

I recently used Vaseline on cotton rounds, and liked it better than cotton balls.

[DOUBLELUNG]

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.

I carry mil surplus trioxane packets for emergencies.  For decades before that, about an inch of compressed dryer link in the bottom of a ziplock sandwich bag, then pour in melted paraffin.  If I ever run out of triox and can't find more, I'll go back to the lint and paraffin - but you cant beat triox.

[Skyvalhunter]

2nd the trioxane, I bout a case of it on EBay. Great for warming a cup of water, etc. in those Nesbit stoves.

[fowl smacker]

All this fire talk got me curious when I was at Sportsmans today and I picked up a can of Pyro Putty.  Got it home and couldn't wait to go see how it worked.  Gathered some damp tinder and sticks from my woods, put a glob of putty on a stick (really cool feature that you can form it onto objects), lit it up and had a fire going in no time with less than ideal materials to work with.  I've always done great with cotton/Vaseline, but I think this has earned a spot in my pack.

[mazama]

I have a part case of trioxane with 30 boxes what is it worth.

[Alchase]

Fritos work great in a pinch!

[Sliverslinger]

I’ve used it all. Vaseline and cotton balls work well, but over time it dries out and loses its effectiveness.  I’ve tried these and will never look back. Tiny, take no room, weigh nothing, light with a lighter while still in the pack or open and hit it with a spark. Burns for quite a while. You can buy a container and it will last forever.

https://quicksurvive.world/products/50-piece-canister

[idaho guy]

I’ve used it all. Vaseline and cotton balls work well, but over time it dries out and loses its effectiveness.  I’ve tried these and will never look back. Tiny, take no room, weigh nothing, light with a lighter while still in the pack or open and hit it with a spark. Burns for quite a while. You can buy a container and it will last forever.

https://quicksurvive.world/products/50-piece-canister

Thanks I am going to check that out 👍