Fire means warmth and cooks your food! In other words, it’s incredibly important and a fire piston is amazing! When the collapse takes place you'll be glad you know how to make a fire piston. Watch this step by step video!
Bugging out may not be an overly pleasant thought for some but preparedness is key! When you are prepared you are confident and when that happens and chaos ensues – people will look to you for guidance!
When you know how to make a fire, in this case by using a fire piston, you have taken an important step! You are on the way to maintaining your well-being and – surviving!
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So many better ways to make a fire. If you use pistons you learn real fast,that those rubber rings don’t last long.
But I still think it’s cool.
I can understand. I think primitive fire is cool. However it would be my last resort
Andrew Kuhn, I saw this and thought of you.
Saw this on an episode of dual survival
How about a bic lighter?
Name some better options for us
Where are you suppose to find carbonized cotton when$#%&!@*hits the fan. Of I have a few lighters it would last me longer then a pack of carbonized cotton.. Great idea but not practical.
Rick Gibson
Number one option is a lighter. Number two would be storm proof matches. Number three is a ferrocerium rod. Number four is Flint and steel. All better than a fire piston. As for longevity the Flint and steel will last the longest,followed by the ferrocerium rod
Kust add a pencil sharpener with rod.
The super thin shavings form a pencil size twig catch and burn fast
A lighter costs $1 and you can carry several. This is the modern era where you can have instant flame in your fist
Carbonized cotton is Char-Cloth. Take a swatch Denim and burn it until its charred then snuff it out. Charred -Cotton.
Good eye. Learn something new everyday.
You just make it with an Altoids tin and rags. Its pretty good tinder for other fire starting methods too.
Doug Kelly
Brad Coffell
This will actually work out nicely for me as a back up fire starting method. I have access to tons and tons of those O-rings from work, which seems like the hardest part of the whole set up to come across.
if you have a blow torch……
No they rarely work rite n u still need carry charcloth or equivalent
Charcloth is easy to make.
NEVER put Vaseline on o-rings. It deteriorates them.
Buy a lighter
No tanks. I would rather use the space and weight for simpler, less maintenance items like a couple extra ferro rods, lighters, charcloth tin, etc.
made one of these last year ,worked great,…
Lint from the dryer mixed with Vaseline a good source of spark ,a lighter matches shall we go on …
The fire piston is not a first choice for me here in the Pacific NW .. The dampness makes fire-starting difficult and a fire piston would be even more so .. Your best bet here other than a lighter would be a nice thick ferro rod ..