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- #356,911 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
- #282 in Fire Starters
Product Description
2 sticks of Fatwood is all you need to start any fire.
Why us?
All-Natural Wood
No kerosene, sawdust, or other additives to be found. Just 100% natural pine stumpwood to provide a safe, consistent burn free of chemicals and toxins.
Sustainably Sourced
BetterWood’s commitment to sustainable forestry means no live or endangered trees are ever used in Fatwood production. Fatwood pine is sourced using ONLY non-rainforested logging remnants from Central America.
Perfect Foundation for Any Fire
Reliable, clean, and easy to use: Fatwood is the best way to start any fire indoors and outdoors, whether in your living room fireplace, campground fire-ring, patio chimenea, wood-burning stove, or charcoal grill.
Waterproof
Damp conditions can't put a damper on Fatwood. The stumpwood's natural pine resin is so concentrated that it repels water, making sure each stick fires up with minimal flame, no matter the weather.
BetterWood has pledged to provide 3 seedlings to be planted in a ESNACIFOR-managed forest for every tree used to manufacture their products. Join us in protecting America’s treasures for future generations.
Norma Scott
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2024
I have used fatwood as fire starter fireplace and campfires for years, in wind and damp, with little larger kindling and no paper. But this ins't lighting with single match held until match burns. Need use wood chips or similar to catch first. This is unexpected. Once burning due to wood around it, does burn while to maintain fire till gets going. But it just isnt acting like fatwood should. Wont re-purchase.
Mike16
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2023
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.
Jack Navarrette
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2023
works well
Hamstar
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2022
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!
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on December 18, 2020
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.
Lisa H
Reviewed in Canada on December 26, 2019
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.
Brian Wright
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2018
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!
Anna Young
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2017
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!
Richard lancaster
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2017
good
ビックリ
Reviewed in Japan on March 15, 2017
写真の物が欲しいのに違うものが届いた。これから返却依頼をします。
Rocannon MacGregor
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2017
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.
Sand Buzzard
Reviewed in Canada on December 29, 2016
This stuff is good. Every outdoors person new a bag of this. Fun stuff.
beedyreader
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2014
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!
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