flintronic Survival Fire Steel, Flint Striker Steel Fire Starter Kit, Magnesium Ferrocium Rod Firesteel with Scale Scraper & Whistle, Outdoor Emergency Survival Tool for Travelling Camping Hiking

It works! Plain and simple!You don't need to apply much pressure along the rod to generate sparks. And the sparks themselves stay lit for a significant time allowing a flame to take hold.The addition of blow pipe is a nice touch as you can direct air to the heart of the flame in a controlled manner, and the whistle although not metal, works.All of this can be surely packed away in the handy draw string bag that they provide.Overall a great product for the money.

Does the job great, I did have to file the steel to a sharp edge to get a better spark but that's just me.The blow tube works really well too to get oxygen into the flame.

I'd never even heard of these until my cousin showed me the survival kit he takes when out on exercise with the army. I nearly always have a lighter with me and know of a few ways to start fires without one but from the moment he demonstrated his I could see how useful it would be. I then proceeded to completely forget about them until recently, I was actually looking for a knife but this was one of the amazon suggestions and for the price I had to buy it.I will say it's not as good as my cousins, you have to get the right angle with the striker to throw good sparks but when you get the technique down it works a treat. It fell out of the wooden handle almost immediately, but I'd rather that than it fall out right when I needed to use it plus it gave me the opportunity to seal the wood to ensure it won't rot over time. What's a little superglue at this price? The whistle is nice and loud so that was a great addition. I was confused over the telescopic stick thing and wondered why someone would be trying to conduct an orchestra while starting a fire, however my cousin later explained it's known as a "pocket bellows" for blowing air at the base of the fire.I am only giving 4 stars not because the fire steel came out of the handle, but because it was shipped in the handle (as weird as that may seem). While at home I had the superglue needed to solve that issue but only found out because I'm a man-child and HAD to throw sparks to test it, whereas if I were less childish I might have just put it in my camping bag and only found out it wasn't held very securely when I needed to use it which could have been a bit of a problem.Friendly suggestion to seller: Either glue the handle on, ship the kits with the fire steel and handle separately, or include a note to suggest the buyer might want to glue it themselves, then you'll have a 5-Star product. Even if there are better fire steels on the market, with the comfortable wooden handle and the other bits all at the low price of about £6 I'd highly recommend it.

Much more fun than matches or a lighter.Used to light a smear of vaseline on cotton wool works a treat. Fire blazing in minutes. Ideal in my, very off grid, woodland, where matches are always damp! Well made and a good price. The blowpipe is a brilliant idea for boosting a flagging flame.Always follow the country code and be safe!

Works perfectly and well worth the money easy to use highly recommend delivery was on time so no complaints at all

Have only used twice so far but I think it's a great tool, especially the extra features integrated into the striker. Good price, appears to be well made. Works as expected.

The extras are pretty cheap and pointless but the rod is a large lump and sparks very well!

Does work but you need to wear/ rub of paint on the steel before it works, I had to give it a good going over with wire wool to make it work easier.