flintronic Survival Fire Steel, Flint Striker Steel Fire Starter Kit, Magnesium Ferrocium Rod Firesteel with Scale Scraper & Whistle, Outdoor Emergency Survival Tool for Travelling Camping Hiking

This was for a Christmas present, but has been used a few times since then, and have had no negative feedback, which equates to a thumbs up.Good product and price, was my opinion.

Really great, worked first time.

I'd never even heard of these until my cousin showed me the survival kit he takes when out on exercise with the army. I nearly always have a lighter with me and know of a few ways to start fires without one but from the moment he demonstrated his I could see how useful it would be. I then proceeded to completely forget about them until recently, I was actually looking for a knife but this was one of the amazon suggestions and for the price I had to buy it.I will say it's not as good as my cousins, you have to get the right angle with the striker to throw good sparks but when you get the technique down it works a treat. It fell out of the wooden handle almost immediately, but I'd rather that than it fall out right when I needed to use it plus it gave me the opportunity to seal the wood to ensure it won't rot over time. What's a little superglue at this price? The whistle is nice and loud so that was a great addition. I was confused over the telescopic stick thing and wondered why someone would be trying to conduct an orchestra while starting a fire, however my cousin later explained it's known as a "pocket bellows" for blowing air at the base of the fire.I am only giving 4 stars not because the fire steel came out of the handle, but because it was shipped in the handle (as weird as that may seem). While at home I had the superglue needed to solve that issue but only found out because I'm a man-child and HAD to throw sparks to test it, whereas if I were less childish I might have just put it in my camping bag and only found out it wasn't held very securely when I needed to use it which could have been a bit of a problem.Friendly suggestion to seller: Either glue the handle on, ship the kits with the fire steel and handle separately, or include a note to suggest the buyer might want to glue it themselves, then you'll have a 5-Star product. Even if there are better fire steels on the market, with the comfortable wooden handle and the other bits all at the low price of about £6 I'd highly recommend it.

It works! Plain and simple!You don't need to apply much pressure along the rod to generate sparks. And the sparks themselves stay lit for a significant time allowing a flame to take hold.The addition of blow pipe is a nice touch as you can direct air to the heart of the flame in a controlled manner, and the whistle although not metal, works.All of this can be surely packed away in the handy draw string bag that they provide.Overall a great product for the money.

Bought as a backup for my camping gear. Not used yet but I am happy with the quality and sure it’s up to the job when needed

Handy little set works well

Works a treat killer whistle

Whilst not costing much you get what you want each piece works well.