Don't waste your money, if you don't use them soon...
I bought a pack of these last year during camping season and they worked great. I had six left over and stored them in my warm & dry basement with my hiking gear till this years season. Last weekend, less than a year later, I took them hiking with me as my primary method of starting my campfire but they would not light. I tried them all and they would not even burn. Eventhough they are light in weight, which is awesome, they were worthless. Don't plan on storing them for next season because you will be wasting your money...
These will always light your fire.
I have made my own tinder from boxes and paraffin, dryer lint and cotton balls with some variety of combustible substance soaked into them then stored in an air tight container. Sure, all of them were a lot cheaper but none of them were as sure to make a fire for me as this stuff is and that is what counts. One cube will start a lot of fires, all it takes are some shavings off of one, which you can do easily with a sharp knife. Then a single spark makes these things go, even soaking wet. If all the wood and tinder is also soaked and hard to get going, use a whole cube, which stays burning a long time, and this will dry the wood a bit for you and make it all go.
Honestly, nothing makes you feel better when you are lost and lonely than a good, hot fire. Nothing I have found to date can assure me of making one like these little cubes. They are also compact and easy to keep a couple of in your kit, this means a lot of fire in a small space. These are well worth the money...
Don't risk your life on it!
If you plan on using WetFire to start an occasional campfire, it's probably adequate. But, if you have it as part of your Survival / Prepper / Emergency plans, have a backup. I pulled out some that I've had for over a year, and I couldn't get it to light. I literally held it in the flame of a lighter and it would not burn. I understand this product expires, but do you really want to count on having received a fresh batch? I wrote to the manufacturer about this, and they sent me 2 as a replacement. The replacements were not even solid, they were a light powder that blew away when I opened it. I have cotton wadding from 20 years ago that still works great, I have gel fire-starter from 10 years ago that is fine, and I have wood shavings from when I was a Boy Scout 40 years ago that light great. High tech is fun, I just don't want to be in the one situation where I really need a fire and have WetFire let me down.
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