Making my own fire starters used to be a hassle - so messy and time-consuming. Now, I use Black Beard Fire Starters. Very affordable and they are made in America!

I like to stuff jumbo straws with cotton, pour in a half/half mixture of lighter fluid and melted paraffin wax, dump the excess and pack it down tight and melt both ends shut. Waterproof, no mess, and store well a long time. Just cut open when needed, tease the end fibers loose, and they light first strike from ferro rod every time and burn several minutes.

Thank you for this review. I have made and used many with the Vaseline recipe. They are very difficult to light with a feral rod but easy with a match so that’s what I’ve used. I’m gonna spend this afternoon making some using the lamp oil recipe. It the two minutes it gives up and burn time it more than makes up for an ease of lighting. Depending on how motivated I am in a few hours I might give them a second light coating of straight paraffin. The idea being maybe a little more burn time, and maybe a little less likely to stick together in warm weather.

Regardless of content, the length of time these three units burned related pretty directly to the starting weight. Also, regardless of content, even the very oily ones, all the units can be sealed and have the same exterior with a quick dip in pure paraffin as the last step in creating them.

How did you make that?, nice video 👍

I pack saw dust and chips into egg crates and cover with hot wax. I'd like to see those comparisons... Corse dust, from a planer or such.

well the Vaseline one if you know your going to have to use stuff that's slightly damp cause of the burn time could get it going