Lightweight One-Handed Fire Starter for Camping, Hiking, and Survival - UST BlastMatch

Red: It is not orange. The device is a pale yellow and blends in with the fallen leaves. I ordered the orange for a reason.

United States on Nov 16, 2023

Paul M.: Got a fire first time I tried it. Love the hi visibility yellow for preventing loss.

United States on Nov 03, 2023

JamesBlonde001: Summary: This fire starter works one-handed easily and does not take much coordination.

1) Its very easy to use, I was able to draw white hot sparks on the 2nd attempt to use it. You can hand this to a child and they could use it with a a few tries as practice.
2) If you are suffering from hypothermia and shivering or had injured a hand, you could still start a fire with this.
3)You can place the sparks exactly where you need them, simply stand the rod in your tinder and push down once firmly while keeping pressure on the scraper. One push down is all it takes!
4) The rod is large enough that I'd get good use out of it for a very long time. You can spin the rod to even out the wear as you use it.
5) It compresses up into a small device enclosed into its handle that does not leave the rod exposed to be accidently broken off if packed too tightly in a bag or dropped on a hard surface.
6) Comes in a nice bright color so you can see if you accidently drop it on the ground. (NEVER buy survival gear in camouflage as it gets lost easily.)
I lit both wood shavings and paraffin soaked cotton makeup wipes with a single push down of the Blast match. I am a search and...

United States on Jun 16, 2023

Amazon Customer: Using sparks to start your fire, this tool helps reduce human error. A lot of sparks and they last for several seconds. The rod is think and can handle the job.

Canada on Jan 21, 2021

Bert: Not as easy to get good sparks as I was led to believe. The idea is great, in practice it is just ok.
When you receive it, you have to scrape off the black covering (paint?) first, then it will spark.

Canada on Jun 15, 2020

Jordi_K60: La primera impresión es buena pero una vez en la mano deja mucho que desear.
Probablemente no forme parte de mi equipo pues no me inspira confianza.

•Valoraciones:
-Materiales: 3/5.
Materiales de construcción de poca calidad,
el cuerpo de plástico se nota endeble y frágil para este sistema. Remarcar que la tapa del ferrocerio se sostiene sobre dos nervios de plástico bastante delicados.

-Funcionamiento: 2/5
En funcionamiento no es bueno pues al accionarlo pude comprobar como la cuchilla que incorpora el pulsador es endeble.
No genera chispas correctamente, mas bien genera virutas o se resbala sobre el ferrocerio.

El único inconveniente que podría pasar por alto es el ruido del resorte que incorpora en el interior.

•Conclusion:
Si está interesado en este produco le sugiero otros ferrocerios de mayor calidad y prácticamente al mismo precio, sin ir más lejos el hermano de este modelo el "UST StrikeForce" y también el ferrocerio de una famosa marca sueca.

Spain on Apr 24, 2020

-Frank Black-: LE point fort de cette article c'est qu'on peut l'ouvrir et l'actionner d'une seule main; c'est facile d'emploi et sécurisant, c'est pour ça que je l'ai acheté pour ma mère. Personnellement je continuerais de me servir de firesteel classique car le Blastmatch est quand même cher (d'ou 4 étoiles au lieu de 5). Je ne sais pas ce que ça vaut dans le temps; le ressort tiendra t-il le coup? Le système de verrouillage sera t-il fiable? Je ne sais pas. Fait de belles étincelles, semble robuste.

France on Apr 12, 2020

AmazKunde: Endlich habe ich einen Blastmatch!

Gefällt mir sehr gut. Ist zwar nicht ganz billig, aber mir istbes das Wert.

Der Feuertahl wackelt zwar ein bisschen und die hülle wirkt ein klein wenig billig, allerdings gibtnes für mich bis jetzt nichts zu beanstanden. Der Durchmesser vom Feuerstahl ist ziemlich groß. Ich hoffe ich werde lange freude daran haben. Habe schon Erfahrungen mit anderen Feuerstählen gemacht, allerdings stand der Blastmatch wegen der einhändigen Bedienung schon länger auf meiner Wunschliste und er gefällt mir sehr gut.

Germany on Feb 15, 2017

S. Mason: I've been looking for fire starters for a long time. The ones with the magnesium and the small rod/scraper just aren't durable enough for our needs. I asked a friend of mine, who had a long Army career, what he recommended and he said the US BlastMatch.

I found a video on how to use the BlastMatch and I was surprised how easy it looked to use with just one hand. All the other strike kits required two hands. As I get (a bit) older I find my hands are not be as nimble as they were all those years ago so this unit started to look more interesting.

I ordered two of the units from Amazon (Acme Approved) and they were in our mailbox within just a few days. I was curious, having seen the video, if this was a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get). Once I was able to extract one of them from the manufacturer's package, I read the back of the package to see if the instructions were the same as I remembered in the video. They seemed to be the same.

The fire starter looked like the one in the video. I put a cotton ball on an old paint lid we keep around for these kinds of things, lightly pushed in the "striker tab", and pushed down. You have to do this a couple of times...

United States on Nov 21, 2012

vex520ak: The blast match is a nifty thing to have when you need it. It is made well enough for its purpose and it isn't too large to carry along, although sturdier and smaller would be good. I got into trouble attempting to cross a stream while dragging a deer this December here in the Kodiak islands. I got dunked in ice water with temps around 15 degrees, a 25kt wind was blowing and I had almost 2 miles of steep little hills covered with knee deep snow ahead of me. It wasn't as much fun as it sounds. Anyway, I was able to make a fire in spite of the fact that I could not bend my fingers to operate a lighter. Regular Bic lighters were my "go to" till I got one of these. You can use the blast match with one cold hand where you honestly couldn't flick a lighter to save your life. Sure, a guy might think of some way to make it "better"; reduce size or make it lighter, make it laser guided and have it delivered by miss America or something like that, but, I can't deny results. Five stars.

UPDATE!
Well... more of a qualifying statement really.
I've continued to use the blast match (same one) for the better part of a year now and I guess I've started 70 or 80 fires with it since...

United States on Jan 25, 2012