Keeping fire lighting kit dry ?

[Paullyfuzz]

Im thinking more along the lines of my fire lighting kit that im gonna keep on my person when out canoeing. Now, i dont intend on taking a dunkin, but if i do go in i want to be able to light a fire from my little kit that i have stashed in my BA.
What could i use to keep my fire lighting kit in, that would be water tight ?

Cheers,

Paul

 

[Wayland]

Not very glamorous but a tupperware container works pretty well.

The new types with the extra latches on the lids are pretty secure.

Otherwise, dry bags work for just about anything.

I just keep a box of waterproof matches, wrapped in a ziplock bag,in my PFD.

 

[Wilderbeast]

simple dry bag?? couple of quid off amazon, just put the items in, magnetically sealed and then roll it down and clip, completely waterproof!

 

[andywinkk]

cheep air tight boxes from tesco and a dry bag, i keep my mobile in one and its never got wet yet,

 

[JohnH]

Ziplock bags. Cheap, cheerful and not failed me yet.

Supplementary to that, amend what is in your firelighting kit. All I carry are cotton wool balls covered in vaseline or coated in wax plus a flint/steel striker. The vaseline/wax keeps it waterproof and when I need to use them I break them open to reveal dry cotton wool in the middle. The vas/wax helps it to burn for far longer too.

 

[durulz]

Yup, I use a ziplock bag as well. And then put it in an old ex-issue de-contamination kit pot. And then put that in one of the side pouches of a Snugpak Response Pack (marvellous things - only recently discovered them).
Like JohnH, all my fire lighting kit comprises is some cotton wool and firesteel. Oh, and a box of Swan Vestas.

 

[Enzo]

For me it is cotton wool and birch bark inside a piece of bike tubing folded back on it's self to seal it.

 

[Nat]

I use the old DeconTam boxes which are watertight and a cheap 35p plastic tub from Asda. Both do the job but the asda tub is bigger and you can fit a bit more in it. They're also pocket sized so you can carry them easily.

 

[rik_uk3]

Ziplock bags with cotton wool/vaseline and a K & M match safe for backup, if these fail I use half a pint of paraffin

 

[tsitenha]

Use a ferro rod with a striker, have a knife to shavings and your good to wet or dry.
For a kit container, see pool or beach wares section of local stores, they have small water tight plastics boxes that should house all you needs and extras.

 

[Rothley Bill]

35mm film canisters work for me, I put them into the washing machine to prove the point to myself, bone dry but I added a length of cycle inner tube over the lid joint just to make sure. these will then fit into a BA pocket without really noticing them. Other wise I would use a simple dry bag.

 

[gregorach]

I picked up a habit from Grooveski - using one of the extra small Exped drybags as a belt pouch for baccy and the like. Works for me, and I guess it works for him. But you still want something permanently in your BA, and a film canister full of vaselined cotton wool and a ferro rod is about the the best combo I know of.

 

[Mistwalker]

Well..., these have worked pretty good so far...they are the cheap ones

Pelican makes some good quality containers that the kayakers around here use a lot for their cell phones and such, a bit pricier but if it saves your life I'd think it worth it eh?
http://www.rockcreek.com/products/listing/item3937.asp

 

[nigeltm]

This may be a dumb question, but what is your firelighting kit?

I tend to carry;

a turboflame lighter
watertight case of water resistant matches
LMF Army firesteel and a couple of cheap tampons (unopened of course!)

All in all these are quite waterproof in their own right. For everything else (in rucksack or belt pouch, if used) I use various sized Exped drybags. Other than my mobile and wallet pretty much everything I carry on my person is waterproof by its very nature.

 

[elevenses]

Rather than zip lock bags I use the pour and store bags, the plastic is allot stronger and when you open the bag you can make it stand up like a bowl. Great for emergency water carrier as well and have increments on the side only a couple of quid for a box.

i think i got my last lot from either asda or tesco

here is a link to the web site (nothing to do with me)

http://www.polylina.co.uk/pour&store.html