Better Wood ProductsFatwood Firestarter Burlap Bag, 10-Pounds

This fatwood is what I was looking for and should have bought first. Definitely has the darker resin look compared to the other brand I bought first.

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!

I've been using fatwood for years to start a fire and this product is good stuff. Here's some useful tips to using this so you get the best use from it.1) You don't need a lot as long as you're using basic fire building rules (start small with tinder, then kindling wood, then bigger wood... etc). One or two is usually enough. You can make tinder out of this or use it as the kindling. I prefer using something else as tinder (a paper towel, shredded cedar bark, bit of newspaper, etc.).2) Try and increase the surface of the stick. Break it up, shave pieces off it, something like that, so that the flame has lots of area to catch on. This is more if you're using it as tinder instead of kindling but it helps either way.3) Don't hold it while it burns. It's full of sap, some may bubble out, and you do not want hot sap on you.That's it! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

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!

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!

The resin in the fatwood melts, leaks through the wood stove door, burns the seals and then glues the door and stove together when it cools.

This stuff works wonderfully. Only complaint is the initial smell and black smoke when first lit. I would guess it is probably not good to breath. Otherwise no complaints and would buy again.

I teach a survival skills course and use fatwood as a recommendation for all survival kits. I couldn't get my regular brand and tries this. Just don't buy this as there are much better products out there. But maybe I just got a bad batch.

The fatwood comes in a burlap bag. And every four pieces of fatwood in the bag are separately bagged in individual, hard to open, plastic bags. Not ecological, not sensible, absolutely a pain.

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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.

These are perfect for lighting my wood stove every morning. I have ordered more but would like to be able to order larger packages or in bulk.