Bic Flamedisk firestarter

[Clod Stomper]

I had a coupon, so I picked up one of these at Kroger.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0062QJLSI/

It's marketed as a replacement for charcoal in your grill. It burns for 35 to 45 minutes. Hot enough to grill burgers over. If I fashion a lid to extinguish it, it may be reusable. Don't know yet, haven't tried it.

As an emergency firestarter, it should get really wet wood going in a few minutes. Or if one were to want to have a fire without smoke, this might be a good option. I'm going to put one in my BOB.

Definitely don't buy them from Amazon. Kroger's regular price is about half that. And I used a $2 off coupon.

Will

[Spots]

The local dollar general has them also for about $3.50 each. I bought 4 or 5 awhile back. They don't do well if you extinguish then relight but they are great for a pot of coffee and some hot food on the trail with no mess to clean up.

Sent from the backwoods of Nowhere

[10-Ring]

That would be great as a fire starter.  I found a way that I will do it for now on when I am car camping.  Last time I was camping I built a small fire with charcoal to cook some brats on.  After I was done eating I started placing small sticks on top of the charcoal.  This was Memorial Day weekend and it had been raining all week.  I had a really nice fire that night that would have been very difficult to start using conventional methods. 

[Guest ab28]

Looks like it would be too heavy for backpacking. Be good for other uses though.

[Rightdefender]

If you want it for a fire starter, why not break it up into several peices?