Firestarter Comparison

A comparison of various firestarters as well as pros and cons of each. Featuring the Exotac Firestarter, Light My Fire Swedish Firesteel, Coughlan's Magnesium Firestarter, Solo Technologies Aurora Firestarter, UST Sparkie, and UST Blastmatch.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Firestarters
• Exotac
• Aurora firestarter
• Light my fire
• Swedish firesteel
• Magnesium firestarter
• Ultimate survival technologies
• Sparkie
• Blastmatch

[usnavysealsguy]

what knife is that

[martinhm47]

@usnavysealsguy - leatherman skeletool cx

[xXsharppshooterXx]

What was your favorite?

[martinhm47]

@xXsharppshooterXx ; 1.Exotac 2. LMF Swedish FS, Blastmatch

[toronto70chinese]

What you are doing to strike the spark is WRONG. You should keep the flint and steel together, very close to the tinder, and PULL AWAY the flint instead of push forward the steel/scraper/knife. Your way of doing this will knock down your carefully made tinder bundle.

[ib516]

For the Sparkie and the Blasmatch, the ferro rod inside is designed to be rotated for even wear. I see yours (the Sparkie especially) has a large flat spot on it from not rotating it. Also, with the magnesium bar, if you hold your sharp edge still and draw the magnesium bar back toward you, you wouldn't be chasing the cotton ball around.

[iulian28ti]

wow, impressive video !

thanks for it !

[caltrask51]

I think the company is called "Solo-scientific" that makes the Aurora. It works great for me.

[natofyelsew]

i like how you can refill the Exotac

[natofyelsew]

like how you can refill the exotac

[MrOpsexton]

swedish is best

[etekballer14]

ur not suppose to open the blast match by flipping up the striker its going to break