Coghlan'S Waterproof Flint Striker

We had great fun with kids managing to fire a paper tissue.

Great quality

You have to try hard, yet due to its size you cant get a big spark as you would expect. To ignite you need gasoline or an accelerator

Good and fast result to ignite my fuel, wood and charcoals. Doesn't affect with water or rain.

I got this striker, and it looked extensively used. I had a hard time striking

Good value

Un usable very low quality very bad never ignited very small low spark you can’t even see sometimes. Not recommended at all, waste of money.

Item looks like some one did it at home with a lot of glue. More over it is chipped in the middle of flint. The person who shipped this item definitely saw this defect but decided that it is ok.

The flint technically works, but the rubber holder the flint rod is glued into comes apart. Needs to be reglued with something more substantial, however, as I only wanted the flint, gaffa tape around one end of the rod makes quick work, and is usable.

I bought this for my go bag because it was the cheapest I could find on Amazon... I was really surprised when I received it... it was actually better than I thought it would be and it worked well!... Is it the best quality?... No... but I don't need it to be... I'm preparing for emergency/occasional use... it just needs to make good sparks so I can start a fire without using matches or a lighter... if I was more serious or a frequent user I would have spent the money and gotten the best I could find... so in the context of infrequent/emergency use, it is value for money... one thing for anyone who buys one... make sure to prime the rod by scraping it a few times until you get sparks... there is a coating on the rod and it won't spark until you get down to the metal... better to test it now before you get to the field where you might get frustrated or confused... all in all, a good purchase...

Bon produit, de taille imposante (les firesteel trop petits ne sont pas faciles à manipuler). Permet de faire de belles étincelles une fois qu'on a pris le coup de main. J'ai payé ce produit 6€ ce qui en fait un excellent rapport qualité prix par rapport à d'autres marques plus connues. Un inconvénient (mais qui est récurent sur ces produits) : le manche est trop petit. Alors oui, ça prend moins de place, mais l'intérêt d'un firesteel c'est entre autre de pouvoir être manipulé avec des mains engourdies. Pour les plus bricoleurs ça peut être amélioré, voir par exemple ici : [...] Concernant le fil au lieu d'avoir une longue boucle (qui forcément divise la longueur par deux) j'ai simplement attachés les deux éléments avec deux noeuds plats tous bêtes, donc je ne comprends pas trop la critique à ce sujet. Sur l'intérêt d'un tel produit : ceci n'est pas un simple gadget. Contrairement à un briquet un firesteel ne craint ni l'humidité, ni le froid, et ne nécessite pas de motricité fine (quand on a froid et qu'on a BESOIN de faire un feu, on s'engourdit !). Dans 95% des cas le briquet sera suffisant. Dans les 5% restants le firesteel rempli son rôle pour peu qu'on se soit entrainé à le manipuler et à allumer un feu (un peu de coton et d'huile ou de produit hydroalcoolique et vous devenez le macgyver du feu !). Et quel plaisir de maitriser une telle technique ! :)

Muy buen producto, justo lo que necesitaba!!!!

I've read a few bad reviews of this product, but here's the skinny folks, it's just a piece of magnesium, every company pretty much produces the same quality. This piece is fairly large in my opinion, 9mm diameter x 10 cm of length. The striker plate works best if you ensure the side that says up is facing away from the bar. You'll need to scrape a few time to remove the oxidation that forms on the magnesium strip (it forms faster if wet) then press firmly to scrap off the layer of magnesium (if done weakly it'll fail to spark) It's rated to about 4000 strikes, and that seems likely. It says it works when wet, but let me inform you that it's also harder to scrape properly when lubricated with water (or anything else) One review commented that the bar fell out of the handle fairly quickly, but as large as this bar is, you'd still be able to get a good grip on it. However if it seems like a manufacturing issue, then just return it for a non-defective one. Magnesium flint strikers are not going to light wood, unless that wood is coated in something fairly flammable (feather sticks are an exception) You need tinder; light, highly flammable material such a dryer lint, feather sticks, chemical fuels, birds nests, ect... hold the stick fairly close to the tinder, or directly on top of it and scrap the magnesium into it with a lot of force. The sparks will likely go out almost instantly, to if you're far away, it's not going to work. This flint striker functions exactly as it should, as almost all of them do. I give it five stars because I love the super size, if you lit one fire a night with 2 strikes a try, it should last you at least 5 years. Normal use? probably the last one you'll ever need until you lose it.