Timeline for Shelf life of disposable gas lighters
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| Jul 31, 2020 at 7:52 | vote | accept | Alexander | ||
| Jul 28, 2020 at 21:00 | comment | added | csk | @phipsgabler Thanks for the info. | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 20:15 | comment | added | phipsgabler | I noticed there might be cross-national differences in tampon design :) Currently, I have a pack of these. All the others are the same, except for the occasional "silk touch" outer layer. | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 20:11 | comment | added | phipsgabler | I just twist and roll them a bit, until you can unroll the cotton tissue they're made from. From one tampon, I can use at least two or three fluffed-up pieces of cotton. (Some newer variants are wrapped in an kind of rubber layer, which you have to cut first to tear it off). | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 20:10 | comment | added | phipsgabler | @csk I like them because they're compactly and somewhat water-resistantly stored and recycled by me. First, applicators are completely uncommon where I live (as far as I know), so there's none. Other than that, I take whatever I can get from girls that don't use them anymore, and don't care about the kind (I don't menstruate myself). | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 16:44 | comment | added | csk | @phipsgabler More details about your favorite tinder, please. Plastic or cardboard applicator? If cardboard, where do you find them (plastic is much more common). What size (light/medium/heavy/super)? How many does it take to make a tinder bundle, and how do you prep them? Just remove from the applicator and unfold, or do you cut/shred them? | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 16:41 | answer | added | csk | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 14:15 | comment | added | phipsgabler | Not an unreasonable preference. The problem I have with butane lighters is that they are prown to be blown out by wind, even when you know what you're doing, and get hot if you're igniting and holding the flame several in a row. For flint steels, I always use them in combination with tinder I bring (fatwood, or my favourite: tampons). OTOH, one fluid-based refillabel ligher could suit your need without the disadvantages of butane lighers, except if you forget to refill it. | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 14:02 | comment | added | Alexander | +1 for "less wasteful". However, Bic lighters are very reliable, inexpensive and light, so I can take five of them for backup. I simply can't imagine trying to prime a wood-burning stove (or even a multifuel one) with a flint steel on a windy mountain in snow... :) | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 13:52 | comment | added | phipsgabler | There are much more versatile and less wasteful ways to start fires in travels, with practically infinite durability. Just saying; I can't answer the actual question, unfortunately, altough the same for matches would be equally interesting. | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 13:17 | history | asked | Alexander | CC BY-SA 4.0 |