Wood Products 9908 Fatwood Burlap Bag, 8 Pounds

I got these for personal use and also for a survival class that I teach. The Fatwood Firestarter is outstanding. I had my students making feather sticks and small tinder with them and starting them with ferro-rods. They worked perfectly. I suggest that folks that have an Earthquake Bag or a Bug Out Bag have several sticks in their fire kit. They are light weight, catch fire quickly and burn for a long enough time to get your kindling going. They make starting campfire easy. For fires in your fireplace or wood burning stove you can simply light a couple of sticks with your lighter and stick them under your wood. Two sticks should get any kind of wood burning quickly. I keep 4 to 6 sticks of Fatwood in car bag, my bug out bag, and I never go into the back country without them. And for the price for ten pounds and free shipping you will have a supply that will last you a long time.

We use a small cast iron wood stove as our main heat source through the year. Fatwood sticks make it so much easier on us from night to night, to get a fire lit. This is especially true when working with larger pieces of wood when we've run out of kindling, or when we're down to slightly damp or not fully cured wood to burn. Often we can get by using just one stick instead of two, but regardless, it's a huge time-saver. Not to mention, it returns some of the joy of firestarting because it's so easy - which otherwise, can quickly get old after years of needing to start nightly fires in the winter.And a side note - my grandmother calls this "lighted" (*I might be spelling it wrong). Growing up in the country, they'd go find old cedar or pine stumps to bust up, using the pieces just like we do. It's nice to know we're continuing the tradition in our own way... They got their Fatwood free but with a fair bit of work, and we got ours through the mail for a small fee. Whichever way you get it, get it! You won't regret it!

Better Wood Products Fatwood Firestarter:This firestarter is so good that if I were to stare at it with intense look, it would catch fire. I don't know where they found these but I hope that they continue to find them. Whenever I need to start my fire at a campground, I grab some of these and stare at them and POOF--there goes the fire!

works well

Same quality as what I've been buying from Plow & Hearth but much less expensive. I was afraid it smell bad or wouldn't burn well, but it's excellent. I store the sack in a cabinet in the garage and keep just a few sticks by the fireplace. It's nice to have a good supply and be able to trust it to work like it should. It's the little pleasures in life that keep you happy.I'll buy this again.

Perfect !!. break one in half and place under your lump charcoal under the charcoal chimney and get a hot base quick. It does smoke an excessive amount at first, but this just shows how much resin is within this little fire starters. No paper needed. Once the sliver of wood is burned the original resin smoke is gone and you have hot coals. I also use 2 pieces to start my backyard fire pit. Just place 2 pieces under a small pile of easy starting twigs or branches and just pile on the wood. I soaked one in water and used a single match to get it to light. So, yes they are waterproof and easy to light. However, I did have one that took 3 matches to light one time....no big deal... good product will buy again!

Great fire starter! Works really well and smells good too! Reasonable pricing, fast shipping and comes in a great burlap bag to keep it all contained. A little goes a long way. Totally worth the investment in comparison to other “firestarters”.

This is easily the best fire starter I have used. Not only does it come in a very satisfying storage sack, but it lights instantly, burns hot and bright for far longer than one would expect from so small a stick and smells wonderful. You really do only need one or two of these to get a decent sized chunk of hardwood burning.I'll always keep our fire supplies stocked with this starter, now, and plan to bring it with me any time I go camping as well.

Difficult to use and even though the directions are carefully followed, still only works less than 50% of the time. Most often the pieces do not keep burning and have to be relit.Product came quickly so will rate the seller higher than the product.

This stuff is good. Every outdoors person new a bag of this. Fun stuff.

Worked exactly as described....even in high wind!We'll definitely order these again!