Whether you are a hard-core prepper or a happy camper, you are going to need a means of starting a fire. Whether you are planning a camping trip, getting organized for coping with a natural disaster, or making your bugout kit for last-minute evacuating, an essential element in your kit is therefore going to be a survival firestarter. Why? You need it for preparing food, boiling water for washing (or for delivering babies) and for disposing of rubbish.
Fire starters are readily available commercially at prices to suit every budget. Even the expensive ones are within most preppers' reach. A popular type of fire starter comes in the form of a bracelet that is made up of several feet of parachute cord, which can be used to drag stuff behind you, tie stuff together or use as a clothesline.
Other manufacturers package a fire starter as part of a sewing kit or tucked inside a length of paracord that is wrapped around a carabiner. Other items inside kits of this type include needles, sterile wipes, needles, wire and other tiny essentials. Do not kid yourself, however, that you will ever be able to wind the parachute cord the same way that it is packaged.
However, the easiest and cheapest fire starter you will ever find is one you can make with household dryer lint. That's right. Remember, the very reason you clean the lint trap in your clothes dryer is to minimize the risk of it catching a spark and setting your clothes, and ultimately your house, on fire. All you have to do is strike a flint over a tiny bundle of lint and it will ignite, burning easily and cleanly. Obviously, you will need other materials to maintain the flame.
Preparation is simple. Wash towels and put them in the clothes dryer. Clean out the lint trap, which you have to do anyway in order not to have your clothes catch on fire. Get your kids to help. They will learn two skills at the same time, prepping and doing laundry.
Another big advantage to using a lint fire starter is you avoid having to carry or use flammable liquids. This is much safer, especially where children are involved. All it takes is a very small bundle of flint to get your fire started.
Of course, if you are building up supplies for the long term, you will need lots and lots. Make it a fun project by trying to produce dryer lint in different colors. Have a contest to see who can make the deepest red or the most interesting combination of colors. Shape the lint into Christmas decorations. Who knew that dryer lint could be so much fun? You could even get the family together to make a do-it-yourself lint-making kit, package it and sell it online as an extra of earning spare cash to pay for the rest of your prepping supplies.
And there you have it, fun, free survival prep. Not only will you have all the fire you need to cook, keep warm and boil water for washing, you will be sparing the environment the build-up of dryer lint. Happy camping!
Fire starters are readily available commercially at prices to suit every budget. Even the expensive ones are within most preppers' reach. A popular type of fire starter comes in the form of a bracelet that is made up of several feet of parachute cord, which can be used to drag stuff behind you, tie stuff together or use as a clothesline.
Other manufacturers package a fire starter as part of a sewing kit or tucked inside a length of paracord that is wrapped around a carabiner. Other items inside kits of this type include needles, sterile wipes, needles, wire and other tiny essentials. Do not kid yourself, however, that you will ever be able to wind the parachute cord the same way that it is packaged.
However, the easiest and cheapest fire starter you will ever find is one you can make with household dryer lint. That's right. Remember, the very reason you clean the lint trap in your clothes dryer is to minimize the risk of it catching a spark and setting your clothes, and ultimately your house, on fire. All you have to do is strike a flint over a tiny bundle of lint and it will ignite, burning easily and cleanly. Obviously, you will need other materials to maintain the flame.
Preparation is simple. Wash towels and put them in the clothes dryer. Clean out the lint trap, which you have to do anyway in order not to have your clothes catch on fire. Get your kids to help. They will learn two skills at the same time, prepping and doing laundry.
Another big advantage to using a lint fire starter is you avoid having to carry or use flammable liquids. This is much safer, especially where children are involved. All it takes is a very small bundle of flint to get your fire started.
Of course, if you are building up supplies for the long term, you will need lots and lots. Make it a fun project by trying to produce dryer lint in different colors. Have a contest to see who can make the deepest red or the most interesting combination of colors. Shape the lint into Christmas decorations. Who knew that dryer lint could be so much fun? You could even get the family together to make a do-it-yourself lint-making kit, package it and sell it online as an extra of earning spare cash to pay for the rest of your prepping supplies.
And there you have it, fun, free survival prep. Not only will you have all the fire you need to cook, keep warm and boil water for washing, you will be sparing the environment the build-up of dryer lint. Happy camping!
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