What Is The Point Of Ferro Rods?

g5000

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Ferro rods are used to start a fire using sparks caused by friction between the rod and a piece of metal.

If you watch enough survivalist or camping videos, they inevitably hype ferro rods.

Um...have these people never heard of a LIGHTER?

You gotcher Zippos, your Bics, and your butane torches. The kind of torches used by tweakers.

What in the living hell would you ever need a ferro rod for?

Someone should make a comedy video of a guy trying to start a fire with a ferro rod while he strokes and strokes and strokes. Then turn the camera a few degrees to a guy who already has a blazing fire going and is holding up a lighter for the camera.
 
They do have high tech lighters that do the job in all weather conditions but the problem with regular lighters is freezing in cold weather . Keeping matches dry in a container is what I use. A dry bag of dryer lint or other easily lit product is a must in wet weather. Fritos corn ships crumbled up will get a fire started in cold wet weather.
 
They do have high tech lighters that do the job in all weather conditions but the problem with regular lighters is freezing in cold weather . Keeping matches dry in a container is what I use. A dry bag of dryer lint or other easily lit product is a must in wet weather. Fritos corn ships crumbled up will get a fire started in cold wet weather.
I do have some oversized matches in a plastic container.

I've never heard of a Zippo lighter not working in cold weather. That would be bad for the brand. :)

I have several Zippos and several quarts of fluid. I also have various other kinds of lighters.

There are a lot of items I keep around in the event of a disaster or power outage.
 
Works after getting submerged, and doesn't break, or accidentally run out of fuel because it shifted in your pack, or pocket...
 
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