Black Beard Firestarter

[ChambersFamily]

I did a search and didn’t see anything on this, so I thought it was worth a mention...

I can tell you exactly how many times I’ve bought something off a Instagram ad... zero. They are fun to watch, usually a different product in the videos then what they are actually selling you... but this one kept catching my eye. And the comments were pretty good. So ehh why not? They show this black rope starting wet, in show all kinds of conditions. And this fall and winter I was fed up with trying to start fires in not ideal conditions. So I was sold.

A few days later it came in the mail. Looks exactly as it did in the ads. I expected it to be sticky for some reason, like tar soaked? Nope. Just feels like cotton. I cut off a small small amount pull out the flint, give it about 2-3 strikes poof. Wow. Nice!

I still have yet to do field testing, but from playing with it at home, I think it will be a handy item to keep in my ready bag!

 

[Viking1204]

Too funny @ChambersFamily, I saw that same ad and wondered if it was worth it. I like building fires and probably have too many Firestarter tools already!

 

[Jeep backroads]

I will have to try this. When conditions are really tuff a flair will always start with one strike and it gives you 20 minutes to get wet wood going.

 

[Downs]

I will have to try this. When conditions are really tuff a flair will always start with one strike and it gives you 20 minutes to get wet wood going.

I've used them quite a bit in wet areas to get fires going. Quite effective. Make sure it burns completely off before you cook or anything on it though. We use them at work a lot to mark wrecks. Don't want to be ingesting that stuff hah.

I use these from Wal Mart. Less than 3 dollars a pack of 12 and I've gotten away with using 1 per fire instead of the 2 the packaged mentions.