Gum Wrapper Fire Starter

This Easy Ignition Technique is Surprisingly Effective

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Here’s one of the most creative fire-starting techniques we’ve seen recently—the gum wrapper technique. It only requires two everyday items: a AA battery and a foil-backed gum wrapper. Within 30 seconds, you have an instant-on lighter that can be used three times!

This is one of those techniques that left us wondering, “why didn’t we think of that?!” Do you know of any ingenious and uncommon ignition methods like the gum wrapper fire starter? If so, tell us about them in the comments.


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Patrick McCarthy
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Patrick McCarthy is the Editor of RECOIL OFFGRID. He currently resides in Arizona, and enjoys hiking, camping, shooting, and snapping photos along the way. You can follow his latest projects on Instagram at @pmccarthy10.

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