InstaFire

Has anyone tried this product?  A friend of mine found it at Costco's.  I believe they were selling a box of 24 bags for $37.  I took half of the box and my friend took the other half.

Tonight, as I was trying out my poor man's wood stove, I thought I'd try InstaFire as a fire starter.  The bag suggests to pour out about 1/4 to 1/2 of the bag to use as fire starter.  However, if you have your kindling ready, you just need a spoonful of InstaFire to get things going.  That is what I did tonight--one spoonful.

I lit up the InstaFire spoonful with my Bear Grylls' ferrocerium rod.  After four strikes, the sparks landed on a small lump of InstaFire.  The lump began to burn immediately.  I dumped the lump of InstaFire into my wood stove with my kindling already piled up inside.  The kindling started to light up within seconds.

I sealed the opened bag of InstaFire in a Ziplock bag and will leave it in my wood stove.  I think I can use InstaFire as a fire starter for at least six camping trips.