Emergency Fire Starting Magnesium 8 Bags 99% Pure Camping Hiking Bushcraft

Great seller, good product. The bags we received had little to no 'fines' but I'm sure that's dependent on what you happen to receive. As long as you understand that Magnesium isn't always easy to get started, this product is outstanding as a boost for starting fires in damp/cold or high altitude conditions. Use Outdoors Only! Once started, you're not going to put it out. Produces toxic smoke and a Very Hot fire! Magnesium takes a hot heat source for several seconds to ignite. Your typical spark type fire starter will probably not light this magnesium unless you have some very fine magnesium material. A Bic lighter will light this with several/many seconds application of heat but a spark from your usual fire starter or ferrocerium rod will not get it burning. This product is best used as a boost to proper fire starting techniques in difficult conditions. It's also a terrific jump step between a small tinder fire and a blazing fire when used carefully. (i.e. saves time) If you can start a fire using proper techniques but need a very hot boost due to conditions like damp materials, cold or high altitude (low oxygen) to get a real fire going, this product is terrific. Not saying you cannot achieve the same result with careful fire tending and a lot of time and careful work to get the fire going. Just saying that this product speeds the process by a factor of 10x. I've used this product in damp & cold conditions like Winter in the Louisiana Bayou and high altitude conditions in the Rocky Mountains over 10,000' elevation. If you start a fire using proper techniques and add this product, it will allow you jump from a very small tinder fire to a blazing medium sized fire is seconds. Once started, it burns extremely hot, drying damp materials and providing a very hot core for a brief time. This allows you to build a 'real' fire in even the most difficult conditions. Once I was able to start a decent fire in a reasonable rain storm (with careful work) and continuous feeding of twigs and this product. Side note: this product is 100%+ waterproof. Building fires at high altitude can be challenging if you aren't practiced at it - talking 10,000' +. Over 14,000' elevation, starting a good fire can be a real challenge unless you know what you're doing. Using magnesium fines/powder this product gets you from a miniscule tinder glowing fire ember to an actual fire easily once practiced. Admittedly, this product isn't necessary for everyone but it does speed the process of starting a larger fire from a small tinder fire immensely. It's small, light, easy to carry and not at all flammable/messy like Vaseline cotton balls, wet fire tinder, etc. It is not necessarily a total replacement for these either, but it is an outstanding jump step to get these fire producing items to a real blaze in no time at all.

Okay, this is definitely Magnesium. I just came back from a bathroom sink full of water (safety first!) and lit an almost 1/2 inch long strip of this held in Vise-Grips in under 5 measured seconds with a Scripto butane cigarette lighter. Flame On! Bright lights! And thus Magnesium. I'm typing with spots before my eyes ( do not watch burning magnesium). Note: Magnesium burns at approximately 4000 degrees Fahrenheit. Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. You are made of water. In contact with burning magnesium you will get emergency room quality charred flesh in a minor fraction of a second. And it will totally be your own fault. For Bushcraft/Survival -Basics - Little things burn quicker better than big things. So the STRIPS of magnesium are not what you want to be striking your fire-starter flint at. It's too large to be messing with. You want powder and tiny small glitter sized bits. Have the strips on top of the powder. The same reason you ignite small tinder ( fluff and paper), then larger tinder ( small twigs), then increasingly lager fuel until you are up to logs. You use the magnesium to light/ignite the tiny tender ( it is your match), then work your way up the fire chart. Be Safe and Practice. Always plan on having to quickly extinguish your fire. Attempting to extinguish magnesium, sand is a good idea, water is not. And I said "Attempting". No worries. Either by chance or design, Each of my 6 bags of magnesium came with fine powder, "glitter", flakes, & very small strips.The perfect mix for pyrotechnia and fire starting. . If you want a huge fire-starting pile of burning metal - Use the entire contents of a bag, dumped out of the bag. This will make a much larger hotter fire than you are expecting. Definitely do not do it indoors or on or around anything you don't want destroyed. Once you light it, you pretty much are committed and have to wait it out the great conflagration. It's way too late by then to be attempting to make a smart choice. Fire Good/Fire Bad - not much middle ground. If you are new at this, use much, much less but remember you want a decent size pile ( about 2 American nickles worth ) of powder and glitter. Also, magnesium is a soft brittle metal. You CAN make it all smaller, but for that I point you towards Google and YouTube. Learn to Learn. Back to the purchase - A DEAL!!! I got exactly what was pictured and described. Six 2 x 3 inch plump bags of high quality magnesium. Awesome. Six bags for $10 equals $1.67 a bag. Again - A DEAL! And seriously, an entire bag is going to make a lot more fire and heat than you probably want. If you buy this, you get six bags. Start small a pile no larger than the tip of your pinkie finger, and then you can work your way up to too much. If you use it all learning and playing, buy some more. And Thanks to Kaeser Wilderness Supply aka STEVE KAESER PHOTOGRAPHIC LIGHTING & ACC. for offering this for sale. I'll probably be back and send business your way.

If you're like me, you've had the old magnesium blocks with the embedded ferro-rod that might not last. If you're like me, you've only made a fire with one once or twice and tossed the extras that your father-in-law "gifted" to you that corroded in your pack and never used. It's not our fault. It's just a pain to shave it, we don't want to beat up our hands, and certainly don't want to abuse our knives on 'em. These bags are awesome, individually packaged, and a perfect cheat for a scouting demonstration OR to stick in a tinder box for camping. Just what the magnesium block ordered! Recommended!

This is awkward for me. I really like this item, it has a lot of good attributes, and the listing info is 100% honest, but there are two major problems. Good stuff first: - It lights when wet - It'll catch wet wood on fire - It's extremely light to carry - Since it's not easily combustible, and is so light, it's a great item to store safely or carry in a pack. The "not easily combustible" part confused me. I couldn't figure out how it could be so safe, but then still be easy to start fires with. No expert here, but by observation, I *think* it's related to high heat needing to be in direct contact to combust. Total guess. One thing the listing doesn't say, however, that has turned out to be a big negative for me, is that it burns VERY sooty and being so light, it flies all over the place when burned out. Granted, listing info clearly states not for indoor use. I just feel like they should have said why, because there are outdoor uses where flying hot embers could be a problem. My first test was inside a cement block "box", 3 blocks high all around with me peeking over the edge. As soon as they caught fire they started flitting around in just the air that was in the box. Meaning I hadn't stirred them yet, as the pkg info says. I waited a bit to stir, and there's the next thing I think the listing info should have mentioned. I used a titanium-coated poker to stir and the magnesium apparently didn't like that at all. Big pops and sparks, which caused a lot more sooty pieces to fly about. Listing info clearly says stir with a stick, but this being my first experience with magnesium, and me not particularly intelligent, I didn't catch the implied "don't use anything but a wooden stick to stir". So. As far as the listing goes, it gave good, correct info. I just feel it should have given this other info as well, in the form of warnings or at least slip in a result if you don't follow instructions. One reason is because I wanted this for stone ovens I make when we camp. It's just way too sooty and would get all over the food unless I give it extra time to burn off and settle, and that would only be partially effective anyway. I'll be keeping it to use for damp situations in camping or other emergency situations, but it's not going to be useful for the main reason I wanted it. Don't forget to use the Smile.Amazon.com address - It's an Amazon program where many everyday things you buy will generate a small donation from Amazon to the charity of your choice. Info here: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/chpf/about/ref=smi_se_rspo_laas_aas

I searched for Mg with a coarse grind. Powdered Mg easily lights with a spark, but too difficult to control during wet and windy conditions. Powdered flares up quickly and does not always light your fire. It does not work at all in pouring rain. This Mg comes in 6 small bags. I placed a bag in wet tinder, cut it open and sparked with a ferro rod several times. The burn lasts longer than powdered Mg. These handy bags work for me for my backpack. You can place these in any bugout bag. I ordered on a Friday evening and the bags arrived in four working days. I appreciate someone who is committed in business and wants their customers happy. These are a must for camping out when it is wet outside. I did not test during pouring rain, but I used wet bark and tinder after a rain and it worked great. Good luck.

My significant other loves using these to start fires at Grandma’s house! He said just a little pinch will get a fire going! They are a great quality fire starter and now grandma wants some for her emergency preparedness kit!

Total weight with plastic bags: 51g (1.79 oz) Product is predominantly composed of machining chips of 4 - 10mm length. However a portion is composed of mg that can only be described as mg dust. This is product looks to be the offal from a magnesium machining operation. If you are familiar with machining, think of the machining chips left on the machine after drilling holes then sweep metal that into a bag.

Sparks up and very useful for campfires or backyard pits.