Überleben | Zünden Original Ferro Rod Fire Starter Survival Tool – Up to 15,000 Strikes, 3/8" Fire Steel with Wood Handle, Multi-Tool Striker & Lanyard – Waterproof Camping Essentials

This starter is the real deal. Quality parts and assembly. It is larger than most competitors which works well if you have hand issues such as arthritis. The spark output is superior to any I have used before. I am looking forward to this being the last one I will need to buy.

Starting a fire with a ferro rod can be tough. I wouldn't recommend trying to start a fire with this ferro rod with no experience or with the attached striker. I'd recommend having a stronger tool (like the back of a saw blade on a multi-tool) to strike this. But this guy is a workhorse. Hit it with a proper tool and you'll have sparks then flames in seconds! The striking tool is a bit meh unless you're an experienced user, but even as a newbie I could get this to strike flaming hot balls of fire within two strikes with my multi-tool. Learn a little bit about kindling and starter, and you'll have a fire in a jiffy. I tried it in the rain and I still started a fire, but it took some practice, which is pretty awesome! Just make sure you have something hard (like back of a sturdy pocket knife or ideally the back of a leatherman) This is a Grade A camping tool (if you know how to use it). I bought more than one...

With fire being the 2nd most important need to maintain life, right behind shelter which is the most important need to maintain life, being able to start a fire is of primary importance. Almost every method typically used to ignite tinder to start and slowly build to a campfire, to warm a person, cook a meal, provide signaling smoke during the day or signaling light in the dark, provide some light and create a deterrent to keep wild animals a safe distance away, has an inherently fatal flaw that must be recognized. Wood or Paper Stick Matches can be lost, get wet or be completely used (leaving an empty storage container), the special striker strips needed to ignite Waterproof Matches can be lost or completely scratched out, fluid or gas-fueled Lighters can blow out in gusty or high winds, run out of lighter or butane fuel, flints and piezo-electric igniters can break, wear down, or wear out, 9-volt Batteries (used to ignite 0000 steel wool) can become completely discharged or corroded over time, and a Bow Drill requires skill, patience, practice, two hands (more than two hands it seems, sometimes!), and a good bit of time, dry weather and not too much wind. The one fire-starting tool that won't fall victim to these previously noted failures (it has a 550-paracord neck lanyard you can slip over your head to avoid losing it!) is the best Ferrocerium Rod and Steel Striker Fire Steel I've ever used. That fire steel is the Uberleben Zunden Bushcraft Fire Steel with Wood Handle and Neck Lanyard, which is sold in three different sizes. with ferrocerium rod diameters of 5/16" (The Traditional), 3/8" (The Pro), and 1/2" (The Fatty). At a length of nearly 5" (including the ferrocerium rod and tapered wooden handle flattened on two opposing sides to make it easy to hold), the Uberleben Zunden Bushcraft Fire Steel and it's 6-in-1 mult-tool (map scale, concave-serrated tinder scraper, straight-edge spine, hex wrench, ruler & bottle opener) steel scraper will provide an impressive shower of sparks that ignited every type of tinder material or fire starter tab I tested with it. The seller/manufacturer says each Uberleben Zunden Fire Steel will provide 12,000 - 20,000 strikes. ( I will take their word for that performance number. I doubt that my old wrists, forearms and shoulders still have 12,000 - 20,000 strikes left in them in this lifetime. I'll leave that testing to you younger, lower mileage guys!) The tapered wooden handle, with a 550-paracord neck lanyard keeping the 6-in-1 steel striker attached to it, permits the user to have a comfortable, stable and secure grip on the fire steel, allowing the user to hold the steel striker steady and control its position, just above the tinder nest / bundle, and quickly pull the fire steel upward to put the highest number of sparks directly onto the tinder nest / bundle, getting the tinder nest / bundle to catch fire and start burning well, ready to accept small kindling materials, which when that begins to burn well and build some heat, allow slightly larger kindling to be slowly added, followed by small firewood after it is burning well, and finally, adding large firewood over a good base of hot, red coals and a good, warming campfire. You now have the 2nd most important need to maintaining life in the wilderness taken care of quite nicely! I own five Uberleben Zunden Bushcraft Fire Steels with Wooden Handles, keeping one on the leather sheath of each of my small, large, and Mongo-size bushcraft / survival knives because one or two of them will ALWAYS be hung on the back and side of my belt before I head out into the wilderness (or just go to my campsite). Each of them are made from top quality materials, assembled with excellent craftsmanship, and provide me with a survival tool I can depend on to preserve my life, and the lives of the people accompanying me. As I mentioned previously, the wooden handle is very comfortable for me to hold, gives me a secure hold on the ferrocerium rod, and, being sanded smoothly, but not finished, its handle permits me to apply a wipe-on wood stain to it in a shade that nicely complements the color of the leather knife sheath and the handle scales of the knife in the sheath. (Nothing says you can't look good while using your bushcraft skills, according to my wife. And we all know a happy wife makes for a happy life!)) It is important to note that the black coating material found on ALL ferrocerium rods MUST be scraped off COMPLETELY to obtain the maximum spark-generating performance of ALL these rods. (Otherwise, you'll have as much luck getting the rod to spark as you would have trying to start a lawnmower engine with an empty, dry, gas tank.)

First ferro rod I've owned so I don't have anything to compare it to, but it is durable and sparks very well.

By far the best striker set i've tried. and i've tried about 20 of them. i teach kids survival skills and they can get sparks with these ferro rods.

The Überleben Hexå ferro rod has been absolutely awesome. I’ve used it dozens of times (much to my wife’s annoyance) just to practice and see how well it holds up and it’s never let me down. Since neither my wife nor I smoke, our lighters always seem to get wet and stop working on camping trips. This solved that problem completely. It’s started fires for us in every condition imaginable, including a heavy, wet snowstorm on Afognak Island during a winter hunt with cold, numb hands. No issues at all just huge, hot sparks every time. After 100+ fires across hunting, fishing, and camping trips, it still performs like new. It’s affordable, reliable, well built, and absolutely worth carrying. It’s earned a permanent spot in our packs. Yes I purchased both the this one and the Pro model they both work amazingly.

Works good. Handle is better than others

Have to strike it a few times at first. Throws a good amount of sparks. Small version, but fits in pocket. Highly recommend as a backup for starting a campfire.

Produit de très bonne qualité, qui correspond à mes attentes et à recommander les yeux fermés!

This Fire Starter is well priced and truly works, producing a robust stream of spark with almost no effort, even on my first try. I have two other starting rods, one works well enough, but the striker is way to small and awkward to hold and operate. The other has two magnesium rods, useful for scrapping very hot burning booster shaving to augment its effectiveness in wet condition. However, the size is awkward, and the spark action much weaker than this great too. I now have a great solution when in the bush!

Impresionante, fácil y sin apenas ejercer fuerza sobre el. Lo recomiendo si queréis un pedernal que cumpla su función en totalidad. Sierra cantidad de chispas en cada pasada. Muy buena ergonomía.

火花はつきますが、私には使いこなせませんでした

schöner, recht massiver Feuerstahl. Macht das was er soll. Funktionier bisher tadellos mit dem Schaber . Gute größe meiner Meinung nach. Wird man eine ganze Zeit Spaß mit haben, Zur Funkentemperatur und wieviele Zündungen er schaft kann ich leider keine Auskunft geben, doch so dick wie er ist wird das mehr wie genug sein.