Survival Fire Starter Tool.

[foszoe]

Harbor Freight $1.49

Burns at 5,600° It will light wet wood on fire.

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have several of these

 

[rosejm]

I really like these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09W2GXZMP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Combines a large ferro rod, striker and tinder into a single package. Think of it like a jumbo trench lighter.
4" & 6" sizes.
Currently under $20

 

[DadSmith]

I really like these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09W2GXZMP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Combines a large ferro rod, striker and tinder into a single package. Think of it like a jumbo trench lighter.
4" & 6" sizes.
Currently under $20

This has a slightly different way to light than the old rope lighter.
You can use the rope lighter put it in a zip lock bag and throw it in your pack or cargo pocket etc. The ignition on this is much better I think than the original rope lighter design.

 

[Shadow01]

Vaseline soaked cotton balls and a bic lighter. Mapp gas torch with a piezoelectric electric start works really well.

Wife uses those scency melts all over the house. She uses cotton balls to soak up the wax when she changes scents. I put those cotton balls in a ziplock bag and use them as fuel to start camp fires.

 

[teddy12b]

When I go to the outdoors, I keep a mini bic in my cook kit, then a regular bic in the top pouch of the backpack. I also keep a small ferro rod in that same pouch, and a small ferro rod "firefly" in the swiss army knife in my pocket. I take one stick of fatwood per day and wrap that up in a bandana. I am also a really big fan of the pathfinder / self reliance outfitters "Mini Inferno Fire Starters" saved for use only in a dire emergency like someone fell into water and is going hyperthermic.

With this setup I have easy redundant means to make fire on my body, in my pack. Everything can get dumped in the water and still work just fine. There's an easy way to make fire anywhere anytime, and there's an even easier way to make a fire right this instant if needed for true emergency.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

Lots of cheap guitar picks are made from nitrocellulose and burn very readily. I keep one under the duct tape on my lighters.

 

[DadSmith]

If I can buy a fire starter tool, I can buy a lighter.

What happens if the lighter runs out of fuel, or is broken, or stops working, and you can't buy one. Which is the whole point of this thread.