Pine Mountain Select-A-Size Firestarting Blocks for Easy Firestarting and Logging

Frank Paprota: This is an excellent product. However, buyers should note that you don't need to use an entire firestarter to get a fire going. I tear the brick in quarters or less (its very easy to tear) to start a fire in my chimea with a little kindling. When you figure that in, the cost is very competitive with other firestarters. In reality you are getting 100+ starts from one box.

United States on Aug 20, 2023

sju: I know this sounds kind of lazy, but considering I already bought fire starters, I'm probably writing this review for people like me who just kind of want something quick to get a fire going. Once they're lit, they work really well, but getting them lit requires holding a flame to a specific edge of them for about a minute. The old ones that I got on sale at Menards were a lot easier to use.

United States on Jun 20, 2023

Earthling: We have a wood stove as our primary heat source in winter. We use these to start the fire every day. The box has 24 sticks, but we break each one into 6-8 much smaller pieces. We only need one of the small pieces to get the fire going. We don't need them to start a fire, but they enable us to stoke up the stove and light it and then let it go. Very easy. We've tried another kind that looks like flat tan "wafers" - they burn up much too quickly and are gone before the wood has even begun to catch fire. This type of fire starter is perfect for us.

United States on Apr 29, 2023

Fairsailing: We have used these in our wood stove, without kindling, for over 10 years. They light our dried oak every time, and we only use 1/4 of a block per start. That is 96 starts per box or about $0.12 per start. They do take up to 15 seconds of steady flame to get going, but for safety reasons, I am not sure I would want ignition any faster. The blocks are easy to divide, but a bit messy. I use gloves, a putty knife and divide them over newspaper, for easy cleanup. They come wrapped in 6 units of 4 blocks. I usually split one unit at a time (16 starts).

United States on Dec 16, 2022

KeriKeri: I purchased three boxes of these and they were supposed to have 24 bricks in a box by accident they sent me two boxes and 1 mini package , but it was easy to have my missing box replaced they shipped it out right away .
There was nothing wrong with the boxes I received they were soft and easy to break apart , but did not crumble .
Honestly I break them in half and throw them in a plastic container with the lid off just to dry them out a little bit and they light fine . I am burning hardwood so that is often hard to light and keep going.
With the deal I got on these I don’t have to worry about lighting my woodstove and having it go out for the rest of the winter !!!
These are much better then other similar more expensive products I had used in the past .
They stayed lit for me .

United States on Oct 14, 2022