WILDAIR Ferrocerium Ferro Rod Fire Starter with Flint Striker Storage Capsule Fire Paracord Magnesium Bushcraft Flint and Steel Fire Starter Emergency Survival Kits

I gotta say that I was a bit skeptical at first but, bought it for a small “backup” and the idea that the handle opened up for some storage made the possibilities even better.So I ordered and it arrived quickly and packaged well. It comes as advertised with pouch, Paracord for the lanyard, striker, and the rod with storage handle.The important review for me is the rod. This seems to be a medium to soft density ferro rod that produces an ample amount of hot sparks! The storage handle is large enough for a few cotton swabs or some char cloth or matches even as a backup. It holds enough to have on hand for emergencies if dry tinder isn’t available. The one thing I was worried about right off was that the rod threads into the handle. I feared it would come loose during use and get lost. This has not been an issue as of yet. I notice no loosening at all. With that said all it will take is a drop of glue or thread locker to correct if that does occur.The Paracord is their Fire Paracord and it delivers as promised and expected.For my purpose I didn’t find much use for the pouch as storage for this rod and striker as it seemed difficult to quickly get rod and striker in and out of. I did however find a use for it holding a stick of fatwood.All and all if you are looking for a great economical ferro rod then look no further. As of this day (Day 3 of owning) I have used it for 5 different fires all of which were quickly successful. Great product. I’ve already recommended it to a student for their setup.

I am a firesteel user and collector and have dozens of them running the gamut from cheap chinesium to $100 American made tools, all from various manufacturers. This WILDAIR Ferro rod is a great bargain firesteel that I liked so much I bought two. I paid $15.99 a piece for them and bought them both with the orange aluminum handle.The anodizing is flawless, the machining is all very well done, the threads are crisp and even, there are no sharp edges or flashing left behind, the compartment inside the handle is sealed with an O-ring and is waterproof, and the rod screws easily into the handle.This firesteel does fall a tad short in one aspect; as easily as the ferrocerium rod screws into the handle it will also come loose from the handle. The threads are of a standard pattern, not fine, so they are more durable but don't tighten down as much. The quickest, easiest fix is to wrap the threaded portion of the rod in a layer or two of Teflon plumber's tape and then screw it firmly into the handle. Just make sure you're wrapping the tape in the correct direction so that it stays put while being threaded into the handle. If you have one of those grippy pads in your coupon drawer that is used to open stubborn jar lids, then use that to assist in screwing the rod in tightly.The ferrocerium itself is of a softer variety and will throw a molten shower of fat, heavy sparks. It will rain globs of lava. That is great for beginners, for use with marginal tinder sources, and if you're working in a wet or humid environment. This ferrocerium really burns. The caveat to that is the rod won't last as long as a harder variety, so replacement rods being available for purchase would be great.Please bring back replacement ferro rods for these and also bring them back in orange!

I’ve used this through a full year and some. My initial thought was, meh, ok, but, you know it’s been pretty good. It all comes down to experience and technique. The striker is not great, really. You’re going to do a lot better with a proper knife spine. Don’t forget to scrap off the paint down to the shiny metal. It’s long enough to get the end down into your starter twig bundle and still have room to strike without scattering everything all over the place. Having the proper ingredients is key. A little help wouldn’t be out of place, either. That’s where the capsule comes in. There’s room for a fair bit of whatever your favorite fire starter is in there. The capsule.. it needs some Loctite or plumbers tape to keep it on the rod. Easy fix. This thing comes with a pouch to store it in with a small carabiner. That’s handy. Look, is it an Auermetall rod? Heck if I know: it’s decent is what I’m saying. The price is very good for what you’re getting. Some of the rods out there are so small that it’s a challenge just to hang on to them when your coordination is compromised. This one doesn’t have that problem and between that and practice it’ll do more than okay.EDIT: I never bothered to look before, but having done so now; I think the paracord this comes with is fire cord!! Now that’s interesting.. One more reason to like this rod.

A little on the large side for my purposes (a backup firestarter for the backpack). I returned it. That said, it seemed to be a high quality product with an ample rod.

This is exactly like the name brand version at a 6th of the cost... this thing throws great sparks and storage is great and replacements for ferro rod from big name companies fit this as well and the tinder area is waterproof so thumbs up from me

Small storage in red handle for magnesium shavings for fire starting works well to throw sparks.

Inspired by watching an entire season of Alone in one sitting I eagerly bought this. Admittedly I did not know what a Ferro Rod actually was but I had to have one! I learned a valuable lesson in the hour I spent trying unsuccessfully to start a fire: I would probably die of hypothermia or starvation within days. But first I’d get crippling diarrhea from not being able to boil my drinking water. Having said this I believe in capable hands this would be a life saver. It shoots powerful sparks that seem very eager to start a fire. I’m kind of embarrassed to admit that I will not be surviving any kind of zombie apocalypse or backyard BBQ for that matter.

Just get this delivered today, took it out of the pouch it came in and it’s already been used quite a bit… striker is dirty, rod is scratched up a bunch and lanyard is frayed.