88 of 96 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
good idea, poor materials, September 14, 2009
This review is from: Ultimate Survival Technologies BlastMatch Fire Starter (Sports)
I use ferrocerium rod based fire starting heavily. I start my charcoal grill without paper or starter fluid with these rods. They work well - if you know how to use them. They will not start a charcoal briquette directly for instance.
This product has a great idea behind it - to start a fire using gross motor skills, one handed. This means that if you are hurt, cold and tired you can still use it. Great idea.
The problem is, the plastic case is weak and in cold, brittle. I have had two of these in less than a year. The first died after being dropped on a rock while I was on a light day hike. I took it out to show it to a buddy, and with my butter fingers, dropped it. The case cracked and the spring went awry and the whole works came out. Busted. Now the ferro rod inside still works, but only two handed now, one hand to hold and the other to scrape.
Get it if you want it but I'm hoping for a more Murphy proof. I figure that a survival tool should handle a dolt dropping it more than once.
Erg
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
dependible ..rain...wind ..snow ..starts the fire quick, January 11, 2009
this blastmatch with cotton balls oiled with vaseline are unstoppable!!!
raining no problem for the three items to start you camp fire.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The first time I used it, January 7, 2010
This review is from: Ultimate Survival Technologies BlastMatch Fire Starter (Sports)
The first time I used it, i got a fire going. it works great but its a little bigger than I thought it would be and it doesn't feel that well made.
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