Some notes on the Ranger 5000 Survival Fire Starter device. The idea for this came about on a recent river wilderness trip. Myself and a buddy were hanging out a river bank in winter and the idea came up to try to start a fire with the magnesium block type fire starters. What we found out was that it was possible to start a fire with these, if you had the time (lots of it ) the patience, good use of both arms and legs, and good light and you didnt have one of the China blocks which are not magnesium and dont work at all. If any of these elements were missing, forget it, it just wasn't happening. That experience got us thinking about other types of "survival" fire starters that ended with trying the new "Blast Match". The conclusion that I came to was that they were all pretty much a bad joke, ( I wonder how much money Bear Gorrillas has made off of his) especially when compared to the ranger 5000. So what I recomend for emergency fire starting is the Ranger 5000 product. Hide it from the crack heads so that it will have some gas left in it when you need it and you will be fine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orxvnl_D51k
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