Hey Mike, after all these years - you are still my favorite KZfaq channel.

WOW. I am a single woman in my early 30s. I don't know much about survival but your channel is a great start. Lots of ideas on how to have a mini survival EDC kit. Thanks for the great content!

This is really fun! Thank you. A small ranger band might be a nice addition. Use the tinder-quick to light it and it will burn for a long time. I always have a small blade, and a small piece of the band impaled on a twig works well to light a fire when it's damp.

Some of your videos I cant comment on my brother. Thank you for posting.

I know you don't make as much new content as you used to MeZillch. But do know that your videos, old and new, are absolutely awesome. Yours aren't just good ideas about specific things. You demonstrate an ethos of resourceful inventiveness; of seeing utility and multiple uses in items most of us think of as disposable or single function. I came back to this particular video because I found a dead Bic lighter while walking along a country road. I thought: "MeZillch had a way to make this into an emergency fire starting kit. I should find that old YT video and try it out." Just wanted you to know that your videos continue to inspire. They have real staying power and are appreciated even years after they were initially viewed.

Or you can get a zippo, fill it with extra flints and not do any work. Plus, it's much more durable, with easy parts replacement. Much more room for tinder. Or a regular bic. Use it with fuel. If it runs out, cut the bottom off, stuff it with vaseline, tip it with some cotton, then duct tape it shut. Now you have flame, tinder, firestarter, and cordage. And can carry it easily on a keychain.

It was a pain but I actually managed to do this without removing the wheel

Used barrels swivel from fishing reduces stress . And for your cans Velcro straps

Wonderful. Thanks

They make tiny strikers with flint in them using the same method with cotton balls and petroleum jelly.. It was actually in the survival kits of pilots during Vietnam..

I have to tell you this is simply amazing. Thank you for breaking down how to and the info on making as well as the using of this tool. Subbed and heading to more of your videos now! 👍🏼

A nano all weather waterproof firestarting kit. Awesome!

I personally keep my key ring minimalist with just 3-4 keys, and hooked to a small pepper spray so I have a quick and effective defense tool when I'm most vulnerable (while opening/locking main house door). Where I live (PH), due to the constantly high humidity it's just way better to bring a lighter or two all the time instead of any kind of fire starter that doesn't have readily combustible fuel in/on it. Because of this I always have a mini BIC in the car and in all my bags and pouches - big and small alike. I prefer this kind of redundancy to relying on one survival kit that could get misplaced, stolen, lost or left behind in the event of the kind of emergency that causes people to run in a panic (terrorist attack, domestic or international unannounced breakout of war, instant natural disasters that require evacuation such as a flash flood, flash fire, earthquake, etc.) I've been a survival instructor for 5 years sometime ago, and I've lit fires and taught students the same using many different techniques, and I really have say it here that using any sort of firestarter without readily combustible fuel is a big waste of time and energy, and these two are super precious things if and when a true survival situation arises. Even ferrocerium rods and magnesium firestarters fail to work when ambient humidity hits 90% or more. Heck, when it's that humid, it truly is a skill in itself to find dry enough tinder and kindling material, in the woods or in an evacuation center. A gas lighter has an adequate amount of fuel to dry combustible but damp material. Maybe the appeal of your contraption lies in its novelty, especially for most people who haven't tried tropical bushcraft in their lives, but in my experience, in the absence of a gas lighter or stove, you'd do well to have one of these - a piston firestarter (can ignite a small, reasonably dry piece of clothing without the use of a consumable part such as a flint; compact and can be EDC'd in a bag but practically useless dead weight most of the time), a rope lighter if you actually bring and use rope in the jungle (as we did before; still uses flint, and not advisable for EDC as it's useless too for regular daily tasks), or - and this I recommend as EDC - a small 5x plastic fresnel lens. The last one is even useful for many tasks beside starting fires, it's cheap, and it doesn't even have to be in your survival kit - you can have one in every bag as well as in your wallet.

I like how its all DIY and multitools for what he used

This is awesome! Gonna give it a try tomorrow morning. Thanks!

It isn't always legal to have a lighter, yet you can have a keychain when you go through checkpoints. This is an ingenious & practical means of survival opportunity at anytime. Many thanks to the designer who cared enough to show this on You Tube for as many as want to learn.

4:45 that tape roll is dope

Tus videos son increiblemente ispiradores. Disfruto ver todos tu inventos. Muchas gracias por compartir y dedicar de tu tiempo para crear estos vídeos tan curiosos.

in survival scenario, I worry if it's too small and easy to drop when someone loses touch in their fingers - still for bushcraft trips, its perfect

Cool. I love your channel unlike most survival channels I watch yours is dedicated to altoids tins and DIY which I find brilliant as your kits are awesome and your DIY works and saves a heck of a lot of space. Cheers

In India the lighters already have a removable spark creator and it's very handy

Hello!I look whit pleasure many of your videos.I love your patience and inventivity. Cheers from Romania :) P.S. In the emergency kits I like to carry also some cash

AH-MAZIN! 😀👍 I shared in a group I follow based on survival! And now I'm subbed! 😊 👍 Thanks for the share! Keep up the great work

I've been subbed to your channel for about 2 yrs now and just recently caught one of your videos again. And due to your well thought out and well presented information, I've been hooked on watching quite a few videos in a row. Thank you for your time and effort putting all of these together. Also, one quick thing I noticed. You have no ads on your channel.(I hate ads) but I also believe your time is worth something. At least make some money from your KZfaq videos and get paid for advertisements. All the best. Cheers from down under. Melbourne, Australia 🍻🇦🇺

Cool vid yo!

I still belive that having brand new cheap disposable lighter is the best survival tool ever made... you just have it with you in your kit and do not try to be smarter...

A really good idea I just had, that twisted wire sticking out just leave it to stick tinder on it so it catches every spark

cool idea for repurposing old lighters. nice vid. handy sparker.

Low key great asmer

Fire is an important factor for survival

Nice video thanks for sharing. Bic the most common lighter you might come Across in my region

I like your video

This is awesome! I've been trying to figure out a method of fire starting I can leave in my car altoids tin that would be better than a matchbook!

This is really good content. Subscribed.

You Truly Serve the Public. Thanks !!

I think for full size lighter better will be a pair of regular lighter and this kit in one body. Maybe lighter with flashlight is useful for this idea. Flashlight goes to waste and it's space is filled with tinder.

Any chance that cut down lighter fits into the Sharpie marker top? Just like the handle for hacksaw blade, make for easier use. Now why did I throw away all those empty lighters and sharpies?

*Awesome channel.* _(I've said this 3 times in 17 years.)_

4:50 dude, did you had write out how many inches left on your duct tape?? LOL. You're a very special and unique person.

I you get a chance, try a round Clipper lighter. This brand allows you to pull out the wheel and ferro rod as a working assembly to use as a sparker and it is very slender. Also these Clippers are refillable. Nice video Thx.

Very nice idea! Question: There are these lighters with an electric starter. Do you think they are useful for making something small and practical for edc, urban or survival? (And I don't mean the smallest possible electric shocker😉) Best regards DisDar

Great video dude

I subbed. 👍🏽 great content!

Geniale,complimenti.

I’d say if you’re going off into the woods and you don’t “remember” to take a little tiny lighter along with you, you probably forgot something else too.

That is one of a smart idea! Really like the way you do the vid using survival kit and tools, that's very nice and brilliant of you. There's one thing though that I was shocked and very disappointed; what about the plastic filling??? Tss, tss, tss...

Wow

Good idea, thanks for the vid, I would like to have seen some sort of cap, or waterproof cover being put over the exposed end of the tinder, especially if it's going to hanging tinder side up from your belt and if it's not to be worn why the ring?.

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Nice. Mine are even smaller.

My son is trying to follow your videos thank you for posting he’s asking where do you put the feroserium rod? Sorry idk how to spell that correctly

Oo.. Question ! Why u need a small lighter to start, if finally u cut it off.

Clipper lighters are cheap and have a self contained sparkler when taken apart

I got a nice collection of empty bic lighters

does that really cool hacksaw trick you do work with wood?

Why do you need to remove the spark wheel and then replace it? Is there a problem with just leaving the wheel where it is?

There is a even better smaller sparker, Its called a clipper lighter and you can pull the flint and wheel out of the lighter with the flint and spring all together, Plus with the clipper lighter you can refill the lighter

pulling the flint and spring is takes more time, and there is a chance it's hard to return the flint and spring, yes and I guessed bic is more precise to use than cheaper and low quality lighters, I still can't light a Vaseline cotton ball by this time but I'm still trying to make fire, thank you for the idea

I don’t know how to empty the butane from the lighter

I would have just went with the brand new lighter. It probably weighs less than the kit (tin and contents).

I'm sure that someday I may regret not taking this video seriously but I think I'll take the money I could have made during the time it took to watch this video and buy a few more lighters to stash away. In addition I watched Sooch try to use one of these the other day and he had quite a time holding and sparking it at the same time, looks too small for me too. Thanks..... Oops, sorry just got back to the realization that this is about micro sized gear. So... there comes a point where the items you may choose are just too small for average folks to manipulate successfully, which makes them useless. So everyone needs to judge and adapt these items for them selves and their own dexterity level. For myself, I think the smallest sparker/lighter I could manipulate would be the 1/2 size bic. Maybe wrap it in a foot or so of waxed jute twine, a wide ranger band holding it together and then sealed with a single length wise wrap of duct tape pinched together around the edges to seal it. The duct tape done this way so that 1it can be simply cut or torn open, as when cold or with cold fingers, multiple wraps of tape are tough to get open. That would give you a pretty small water tight package with spark, gas and 3 types of tinder. Not micro size but small enough to have a few stashed around in different places. The best videos are the ones that get my thinking, thanks again.

Or you could just carry a Zippo, pull out a bit of the fluid soaked batting in the base and start a fire

Pinch and insert deep.. I always do

How do you get so many dislikes your.amaziiiing

Can u add the guard instead of the paper clip

The metal casing that is taken off first has nothing to do with how the wheel sits inside of the two pieces that hopd I, t you must have bent it or it must have went in crooked. I haven't finished yet so maybe the paperclip has another part to okay but for that it shouldn't be needed lol.

Why did you zip past the part where you replace the flint...it's the hardest part of the whole process...just wondering why you didn't show that part in detail.

You know it’s funny, because they make lighters that are round and you can remove the striker

I would just take the insert out of a clipper lighter.

whats the best way to get the fuel out?

Very good creativity but why not just keep a small Bic lighter in a slightly larger box?

But such a small thing is not easy to use too, when it is cold or something.

Wouldn't it be a heck of a lot easier to buy a $1.39 small bic and save it for an emergency?

One hand kit. I'd like to see someone take that quick tinder out with one hand. open it and fluff it and light it

i have a small lighter 4cm tall 2 cm wide 1cm thick ,this would work better

Did you ever heard about Clipper lighters?!?

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why not just use a new mini bic lighter

At this point why not just carry a lighter😂😂😂

I dont think you know what the word "bash" means

Why bother, the BIC lighters are small enough as is and you lost two-thirds of the fuel.

Why not buy a tiny lighter that uses fluid and flints you can refill instead of taking space with something that will run out of fuel and the flint will fail. You can find reusable micro lighter thru many sources. Yes your modification may work, but, man, really..whats the point?? For the price of a Bic, you could have one you can refill.

Wtf. "Trying to start a fire using a firesteel and striker using just one hand would be nearly impossible". You just put a rock with sharp edge, a knife or anything with an edge, on the floor and block it with your foot. And you scrap your firesteel on it. Done. In very cold conditions, with big gloves, it's even more easier than your small bic ;)

Way to make a lighter less effective.

damn stoners arr youtube uploadin again!

man stop it is not a yolk

do not use the cheap 1 dollars lighters that don't work as well as the Bic ones

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Or you can use the lighter

Cool! Thumbs up. Fiddly! Thumbs down. ;-)

Or....you could save yourself a lot of time and effort both up front and when you try to make a fire by just getting yourself a real survival kit. That thing would be useless in the slightest wind or rain.

Gay dude 5000p

Waist of time!!!

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