10192 (192 Pack) 192PK Fireplace Lighter, 1, tan, 192 Count

Ok, I am not the most proficient fire starter. In fact, I usually can’t keep one going even if I manage to get it started. I’ve used paper, kindling, paper towel and toilet paper rollers, pretty much anything that’s safe to burn. I even tried the little 5 oz wax-coated paper kitchen cups since that used to work in the good ol’ days—the wax would melt on the log and keep burning until the fire started. But not anymore—they don’t make ‘em like they used to… Then along came FIRE LITERS! (Now I’ve used other fire starters but they are usually way more expensive and/or I couldn’t get by with just one.) So, I decided to try this box of 192 Fire Liters thinking I would probably need more than one, knowing my luck, but figured it was worth a try. These little buggers are incredible! I used 3 pieces of firewood—2 side-by-side and touching on the bottom and 1 across the top forming a triangle with a center opening. Then I placed one tiny section of Fire Liter in that opening and lit it. It actually got the fire started and it stayed lit! The only thing I noticed was I had to hold my lighter’s flame against the Fire Liter for quite a while to get it to light which could result in going through lighters pretty quickly—the only drawback as lighters can be pretty pricey and offset the great value I got on the 192-count box of Fire Liters. Thinking that my success was probably a fluke and I wouldn’t be so lucky next time, I was a little doubtful that I would have the same success the 2nd time—which was early this morning. Again I placed my logs in the woodstove as before, but this time I put the single Fire Lighter inside one of the aforementioned wax-coated cups. I lit the cup edge which lit right away and watched it burn and ignite the Fire Liter which then started my firewood. Amazing! Having picked up a package of 100-count wax-coated paper cups for $3.19 (about the cost of one good long candle lighter) and this 192-count box of Fire Liters, I can start a fire everytime for only pennies a day. Plus, I don’t have messy kindling laying around, or a bunch of newspapers, packing paper, etc. All I have is my pretty black log holder and my black ash bucket that doubles as storage for my Fire Liters, my paper cups and my lighter. So neat and tidy and my fires light and stay lit everytime! Very pleased with this product.