The Best Fire Starter?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- Cooking over (or under, or beside) a good fire or bed of coals from your fire is the most ancient way of cooking, and one of the most enjoyable and rewarding ways. In the this video I show you what I think is the best way of getting your fire going. cookingdifferen...
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I just did an experiment with one cotton ball completely saturated with P Jelly and the other completely saturated in 91% rubbing alcohol.
P Jelly burned for 270 seconds (4 min 30 sec)
Alcohol burned for only 160 seconds (2 minutes 40 seconds).
Slimm Jimm lol what I thought at first too, it’s petroleum jelly
Yup. As long as the cotton is completely saturated by PJ. Melted PJ into cotton is best
This P Jelly demo wasn't anything like the ones I use. I've timed mine and they also burn 4:30 - 5:30 min.
This demo didn't make the cotton balls/P Jelly well.
Most cotton balls are actually rolls of cotton. Just unroll it, wipe P Jelly on, then roll it back up. I put them in old film canisters or wide mouth pill bottles. More P Jelly = more burn time. It's long-chain hydrocarbons like wax, but more flexible.
It's super fast to make these and no melting wax is required- way less mess/easy cleanup.
If you squeeze excess Jelly off before packing them, then when you use them, cotton balls can be pulled apart slightly to separate cotton fibers-- which will catch a spark from any ferro-cerium striker rod you have... often first time. That's important if you've ever tried to use matches or lighter with wet & (near hypothermia) numb hands.... no dexterity.
Wax & sawdust-- great for good weather camping, if you can tolerate the mess of making them.
The jelly needs to saturate the ball more and it will last much longer.
Nice video. Yet you fail to consider that liquid alcohol of any kind is susceptible to evaporation. Petroleum jelly not so much.
This id what I was thinking. For long term storing and wet weather, I think petroleum is best. But the others are great for hot flame when you got it on hand.
It is hard to really say which performed the best without knowing the amounts or volumes of the three substances that were used (i.e. how much of the active ingredient you added to the cotton ball). And the test would need to be accurately timed. Petroleum jelly works by a completely different mechanism than the alcohol products. It's advantage is that it doesn't degrade or evaporate over time; and Vaseline impregnated cotton balls store well, making them a good choice for backpacking, camping, bushcraft etc.
Playing with fire is always worth watching.
You didn't use the p jelly right you need to equally spread the jelly on it and it'll last for about 8-10 minutes so technically the p jelly would've won but ya.
I've tried the jelly a few times and only got a few minutes out of it. I've tried wax and got 11 mins.
PJ is much better for sure if done correctly. Melt the PJ and let cotton ball soak. Works well even in wet environments
This is a very helpful tip , i hate using Charcoal Lighter . I've always used lint and Dryer Sheets . But this will definitely help without the Smell .
Alcohols will evaporate and leave just the water. Denatured contains petroleum distillate so may as well just carry gasoline in a baggie. Didn't use the right amount of Vaseline.
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Edit: you will want to look up cat of nine tails. I believe you mean "cattails". One is a sex toy and one is a common pond plant.
4 years late, but those things are great and very useful. The others make good tinder
On the video the rubbing alcohol looks like it's burning hotter, it also burned out quicker which sort of confirms that.
Jelly wins because of versatility. And that cotton ball was clearly not saturated in petroleum jelly.
Thsnks so much for making this helpful video, I appreciate it.
I made a torch with a small cloth smothered in pet.jelly and wrapped it with hemp twine with more pet.jelly and poured a lil. 80% alc. And I worked great for this 4th of July. Better than a lighter ...
Try dipping cotton balls in paraffin wax they will last for about 15 minutes.
Dip half of the cotton ball into the wax and then wick the other half of the cotton ball with vaseline
Thanks for the information great comparison
Petroleum jelly and a cotton ball is my all time favorite for suuuure
Cat-o-nine tails is a whip. Cat Tails is a water loving plant.
Awesome test. I've never seen the results of using them like this. Now I do use the Vaseline mostly, and never thought of using the others. I think because won't they evaporate basically with long term use? Thank you for the video!
Thank you, great experiment for all the fellow Q'ers. I would be curious to see how olive oil competes
Very good.
I use methyl hydrate. Produces a nice hot blue flame.
Or if your stuck in the woods gas line anti freeze works well.
Cat 'O Ninetails . . . is that a Pokemon, or something?
Nice experiment. I've also seen a mothball inside of a cottonball used. Would be nice to see a side-by-side with that included.
The P Jelly starter would have lasted a LOT longer had you prepared it properly. Meaning, you have to thoroughly massage the PJelly into the cottonball.
Nunya Biznis I do this but ot creates so much black smoke and soot. I want something that burms cleaner. It hurts my eyes
I'm going to try putting the alcohol balls in my Esbit stove to heat my morning coffee.
Yep.
We use dryer lint, it works fantastic. Just put some dryer lint in a card board tube from paper towels or toilet paper
Dryer lint can also be easily ignited with just a spark from a flint.
Enjoyed the video keep up the good work be blessed
Take the cotton with vaseline and coat the entire ball , massage it into the fiber , it protects the cotton and burns less intense but longer...
Nice video testing 💡idea. I have two questions, 1. Would the results vary if equal quantity of fuel was used for each type? and 2. Don't all liquid alcohol of similar purity burn at same temperature? Thanks for your time.
hello, awesome vid.. i have a question though. i would like to seal my cotton rounds with wax and i would like to soak it in an accelerant before hand.. what would you recommend? will the alcohol vaporise and end up redundant? please advise .. thank you @Cooking Different
Take a small piece of newspaper, put petroleum jelly all over it, then put some melted wax and some vegetable oil. After that roll it up and light it. This takes a while to start going but makes a decent sized flame and will burn for a while.
I’m hoping someone sees this and knows the answer. Can you saturate with the denatured and seal that with the jelly to seriously prolong the half-life of the alcohol in the ball while sitting in a bug out bag?
Try methanol(methyl alcohol, or Heet gas antifreeze in yellow bottle) instead of isopropyl or denatured alcohol. Is cheaper.
Soak the cotton ball in the alcohol. Then put the petroleum jelly on it
you probably should not coil your wire in the back ground
91 leaves black on ur pans denatured burns clean
Sinse when is a cat of nine tails found in nature? I think you got confused with a cattail. The first one is a type of whip, the second is a plant.
Since when is it "sinse"? I think you're confused.. and you edited once already huh.
My vaseline soaked ones burned way longer. But I saturated them.
Do you think you could soak cotton balls in alcohol and then coat with petroleum jelly?
Petroleum jelly is slightly soluble to alcohol. Alcohol can also leach through or eat plastic depending on the type you use, petroleum jelly usually will not seep through plastic.
Hand sanitizer and few balls will burn for longer than 15min it’s really surprising
Do one. Vs pine sape.
They are called cat tails not cat of 9 tails
This dude has never used a cattail for a fire wtf
plastic bag + paper. not elegant but effective. put some twigs below it, to catch burning drips of plastic.
Fire inside. Says oops and spills does nothing to clean it. Leaves fuels by the fire. Husband material right here.
What alcohol is the in the middle?
The middle was isopropyl alcohol
Nice
So, im thinking a rock ring and a bunch of cottun balls lit on fire inside the ring with a cooking pot or whathaveyou on top. Wouldn't the fire last long enough to cook something quick without the use of other items such as leaves or twigs ?
nice
cooking differently
Cat O nine tails??????
Kinky.
Why not use thermite? When I burned my ex's beloved car down I mixed it in my backyard. Never be an unkind jerk to a chemist. Loved watching his sad face around town. He loved that car more than me and now he doesn't have neither. A kg of it should allow you to light a few camp fires. Just don't use too much of it at the same time. It's potent stuff. Have fun cooking. Fish over a camp fire is always yummy.
Thanks! This is exactly the info I was looking for!