Tinder Card/Paper

I found the Tinder Card excellent for ease of starting a fire. It is light weight, takes up minimum space and has hardly any odour.

Easy to pack and pretty foolproof, especially if you follow the online tip I picked up to split the card to reveal the fibrous interior. Then caught first time.

Fab piece of kit for getting a fire going in adverse conditions

Go a pack of this with a Honey Stove Titanium. Only a couple of quid or so, so why not. Great stuff, lights with a spark, a small square burns for quite a while, long enough to get a fire going in a wood burning stove if you have some kindling to hand. I found it best to split/peel back the card to half way so it exposes the flufy inside and makes a more 3D shape, this gets a hotter flame going and the 3D shape lets you prop small twigs and shavings around it. I seems to be semi water proof, the stearin wax on the outside acts like a water repellent. You get plenty in a pack. I put some in a small zip bag and slip it in various hand locations in my kit. Great to use Birch bark, jute, dandy lion heads and fungi; but this may just save the day as a reliable back up - or just sack the fungi etc and use this in the first place - it is good stuff and I hope it stays on the UK market.

Very handy to carry a couple of squares for use as a taper or tinder. Fluff up the edge to catch sparks from flint & steel.

This works well. I just need to learn how little of it I can use at a time.

great in wet conditions if you want to get a fire lit swiftly. I certainly find in the dry one or two squares are enough to get the kindling going. an effective tinder material (used in fire box, honey stove and open fire)

Light bonfires, barbeques and tiny stoves. Use lighters, matches or fire steels. Use a little or use a lot.
Versatile, reliable.

The tinder card is simple and works well. You don't need much if you have small twigs etc. A strip of 1x5 cm works to light coals, too (Honey/Hive makes a good BBQ). I try to use natural tinder if available, so I just keep a small piece along the stove.

A small piece on top of an Esbit cube makes lighting with a spark much easier.