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  • Folding Pocket Chainsaw & Fire Starter Kit Review

    Folding Pocket Chainsaw & Fire Starter Kit Review

    Gear Review: Camping Gear Folding Pocket Chainsaw & Fire Starter Kit By SUMPRI
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    #sumpri #pocket #Chain #Saw #Fire #starter

    I have wanted a pocket chainsaw since I was a boy, It would be simple enough to buy one,  but it seems I never got a round tuit, that is until Sumpri offered me a chance to review their folding pocket chainsaw and fire starter kit.

    I had great plans to take this chainsaw out and throw a line over a high tree limb and use the saw with some paracord – unfortunately, when I got out to the land it started raining, and I got my truck stuck in the mud.

    While a pocket chainsaw is great for a lot of things, I couldn’t use it to get unstuck (well I guess I could have cut limbs to make a timber winch or to throw under the tires).  I decided to wait on the video and focus on what was important now – which was recovering my truck from the mud.

    The saw was well made, and it was sharp.  I found that it pulled easily (better with long strokes) and cut smoothly.  The firestarter is a typical ferocerium rod – it creates hot sparks and is of normal quality.  I do wish the case was a little stronger, but it was above average for these types of gear.

  • How to Use Potassium Permanganate Fire Starter

    How to Use Potassium Permanganate Fire Starter

     

    How to Use Potassium Permanganate Fire Starter
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    Using Potassium Permanganate Fire Starter is a common topic for prepper and survival website.  It is commonly found in lists of things you should always keep in your first aid kits.

    Potassium Permanganate or KMnO4 is a strong oxidizer and when mixed with certain materials it will spontaneously ignite.  It will also kill bacteria and organisms in water.

    Most commonly it is mixed with glycerine to burn.  I mostly use it to light my thermite.

    I don’t think it is as effective as a prepper tool because the reaction is dependent on the ambient temperature.  If it is too cold it won’t work.  This video was in my cool basement and you saw the delayed reaction.

    I also think that space taken up by a one time chemical would be better suited to a lighter, a pack of matches, flint and steel, a feocioum rod, or a fire piston.  Any of these take up less space and give more fires per size.

    However, if you just think this is cool and you want to carry it for the mall ninja effect, I say go for it.  I am not hating on you, just carry a backup tool just in case.

  • How to Make a Charcoal Starter From a Can

    How to Make a Charcoal Starter From a Can

     

    52 Unique Techniques for Stocking Food for Prepper
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    I used to just dump copious amounts of lighter fluid on my charcoal and keep spraying it on until everything caught fire.  Unfortunately, that was both dangerous and wasteful.

    Since it is getting into grilling season I was looking at buying a chimney charcoal starter.  However, a charcoal starter is just a metal cylinder with a charcoal grate mounted inside. I figured I could easily make one out of a #10 can.

    All I did was get out my can opener to open the bottom of the can, and then used a church key bottle opener to punch out a few air holes around the bottom of the can.

    To use, I simply wadded up some paper and placed unlit charcoal into the top of the cylinder. When the newspaper is lit, it burns and lights the charcoal above. The “chimney effect” causes the charcoal to light from the bottom all the way up to the top.

    If you want the paper to burn longer you can coat it in vegetable oil before you light it.
    I did this on a whim, and was surprised how well it worked. I may rivet a handle on it in the future, but probably not, as a pair of vice grips works well enough.