g'day guys how we going well in this video I'm going to show you how to use a
ferrocerium rod fire lighter to get your campfires going especially during winter
when everything is a little bit damp and I've also got a couple of options that
were going to use for fire lighter so let's get into the video
all right ferrocerium rod now we're going to shorten that right up it's a
bit of a mouthful so it's going to call a Ferro rod but these are fantastic for
especially if you're doing a lot of hiking you know they're lightweight I don't
weigh anything don't take a lot of room so fantastic to throw in your backpack
if you go out in the middle of winter and want to get your fire going four wheel drivers
campers there for anyone so you know paper matches that's this sort of thing this
time of year just the damp air can generally stop those things working
where as these these will generally get your fire going if you know how to use
one properly get your fire going every single time so we've got a couple
of options here we're going to use for foil orders to get these going because
you can't just you know get to get some wood out there and just start throwing a
spark at it because it's not going to light in any day the week you got to
have a couple of options to get these things to light your fire so we'll get
into a few of these options and we'll show you how to get this fire going okay
so when you buy one of these buy your Ferro rod new from the shop it'll come
the rod itself will come with these black protective coating all over the
rod so you've got to make sure that you scrape all that off before you going to
get yourself a decent spark down on because if you don't get a buy it from the
shop go and use it for the first time gonna be sparking away and nothing's
going to come off you think you know what's wrong this one it doesn't work
well that's why because you've got to get that black coating off get down to
the raw material that's underneath and then then you know start getting a good
spark coming off it like so so I've got a couple of options here in this little
box here just keep this in the back of my four wheel driver that are used for fire light
especially over this winter time when everything's you know bit damp and woods
bit wet and all it is it's just you know normal fire lighters that everyday fire lighters
that we all carry around and there's some cotton wall balls just as another
option to show you how to use one of these to get your camp fire going now
you could just spark that up by itself and yeah that little burn no worries but
it's going to burn pretty quickly so might not give you enough time you know get
you camp fire going so this is where the Vaseline comes into play
so let's get your Vaseline give it a good dollop of Vaseline there on the
bottom of it like that put that out there where you going to
light it now with the to use one of these I like to keep the striker in which is
the striker plate there keep that in the left hand and I like to keep that firm
keep it on the ground there or on the top there like so and I don't move that
one and then the rod itself the Ferro rod itself I like to pull that away from
what it is that I'm trying to strike here because if you go the other way and
you push the striker at whatever the source is you try a lot you could end up
knocking it with your hand and then you knock a little over and then you're
going to start again so I keep that nice and firm then keep on the ground bet a
45-degree angled nice firm grip on the on the rod itself and the rod handle and
just pull that back like so and there we go bang straight away and that's
lighting up and you know with the the Vaseline on it it's going to burn for a
fair while and then give you enough time there to grab you your kindling in and
get you get your fire going and then the other option is leave that one going the
other option don't worry it's not going to burn the log down everything is so wet out
here but it's not going to burn that down at all and then the other option
with this is the fire lighter now to throw a spark straight at that it's it's
nine times out of ten its not going to work so you got to break it down just a
little bit to make it happen so I'll just get some shavings there just shave
it away just be the striker plate from you your lighter just get a small pile
going here like so keep him handy because he'll come into it bit later on down the
track and then same deal keep that one there nice and firm on the ground that
one doesn't move and then the striker and then the rod here just pull that away get a
good spark going and bang there we go then that's when these come into play now you
could put one of those on top of there or even a bigger one put that on there
or even on top of that one and it's gonna you know give it a lot more time once
these things start burning a lot more time to get your camp fire going and and
so you say nice and toasty warm and then you see you know if it's windy
they don't blow away either because with the Vaseline on the bottom the cotton wool
ball helps it to stick on the ground there
and so sticks on ground also makes it burn for a bit
longer than just a normal cotton wool ball by himself so there's my
couple of options there for fire lighters for getting a camp fire going this time
of year when everything's all damp and wet these work an absolute treat what
have you guys got you know what are you guys use for fire lighters and I don't
mean drums of petrol and drums of diesel don't even mention those cuz I'm not
interested in those but if you got a couple of options similar to these or
different to what I'll use here I'd be very interested to hear how you guys do
what you guys use over those winter times and all your woods would be damp
to get your camp fire going so there you go guys
I'll put these out now and stick down here put them out like so but meantime
Im pretty keen to hear what you guys have got the way what you use fire lighters
so until then I'll see you out in the bush someday
you