Title: lets cut the BS!
Product review: 1. Item doesn't look too flimsy, time will show if it will fall apart, the strap however is quite short and limits the movement.2. Item does throw sparks however igniting something with it will requires a lot of training, repetition and luck. To put it into perspective I turned on my stove top gas burner skipping the ignition so only natural gas was hissing, with the protective paint already off it took 7 strokes to ignite the NGEDIT: get the magnesium starter instead - its pretty much the same rod (just smaller) with a block of magnesium attached to it, its half the price (8 bucks) and it works with leaves and such, The reason why the Firesteel is rated for 12000 strikes is because you're going to need every one of them to start a fire outside with natural tinder.
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