SL3-OD Military Edition Fire Starter and Tinder Quik

Work great with the included tinder and more tinder is available on Amazon. Does not produce as hot of a spark as a ferro rod but if you have a good tinder with you these do work great.

Excellent product, compact easy to use

Great backup for fire starting

This fire starter works great. Wish it had the allen wrench and spare flint like other same models in which new flint can be inserted. It is supposed to be US military issue, but there is nothing to this effect stated on the container. The striker can indeed be operated with one hand in the event the user has a hand injury to one hand. It throws nice sparks and easily ignites the supplied Tinder Quik tabs and other materials such as treated cotton balls, fabric or natural materials. Don't know how many strikes the flint will produce and guessing a couple hundred. I wanted a military issue item for memorabilia and not certain about this item. The postal shipping system is a bit slow.

First, this item came almost a week earlier than estimated, packed nicely and securely, along with a 15% coupon towards my next purchase! Great little fire starter kit for your pocket, tiny survival kit or as a addition to your larger fire starting kit in your backpack! Handles great, fits my small hands perfectly and everytime I used it, big sparks erupted! I even like the tiny case in which the spark lite and the 8 pieces of tinder quik came in. The only problem was of my own doing, I ordered by mistake the green military version, when I really wanted the bright orange in case I dropped it by mistake...because this is TINY!! Handy, portable, what more would you need? Very happy with this item, definately planning on buying more for other members of my family, and also to place in each of my cars. Someone with larger hands might have some difficulty holding it...but it suits my needs to a tee!

Works as expected - very reliable!

So, I bought this because I was working on a project where I wanted to make the smallest most compact survival kit. Long story short, I ordered one of these to try out. Out.Stand.Ing. The striker is so tiny and light, and shoots out a shower of sparks every time. The tinderquick boggles my mind. I read it could be lit wet, just shake it out and fray the edges. I figured that was a best case scenario. I left a couple in a glass of water overnight, with the striker. The striker took a few pulls to spark, but everything lit. It did fail when I soaked them in water and then froze them. (Don't judge, I do mountaineering and was curious to see if it would still work in those conditions.). But I already have several, but I am ordering more so I can toss one in every pack and jacket I own. I agree with another reviewer, that the case is flimsy. But here is what I do (from my compact survival kit experiment): -Take an old bicycle inner tube. (if you don't bike, buy a bike and ride until you have a ruined inner tube). -Cut a six inch section. -Take some vulcanizing cement (for repairing rubber) and seal one end. -Stuff the tinderquick and striker in there. -Seal the other end. Trim as needed. The great thing is- this set up is waterproof, tiny, lightweight, and you can use the tinderquick to light the rubber. Toxic as all get out, but if you are trying to burn wet wood, this gives you a bit more heat and time. Oh, and a 8 pack of tinder quick on Amazon is (as of this writing) about half the cost of this kit. Just order this. These are like chainsaws, you can't have too many.

Works well