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Your cart is empty.Our Pack Pal Tinder Maker with Fire Starter may be the ultimate outdoor lifesaver! If you need to start a fire this tool lets you grate your own tinder using any piece of dried wood -- plus, it collects the tinder in the self-contained grater box. Using this, and the included fire starter, you'll never be left out in the cold. Smith’s Pack-Pal Series features a line of must-have products for camping, backpacking, hiking, climbing, & adventure enthusiasts. From knives and sharpeners to survival multi-tools, Smith’s Pack-Pal items are easy to take on the go and will become essential tools to your outdoor survival pack.
La' Wanda
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2025
LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! Makes getting things shredded for fire making less of a chore!Love the compact size and that there’s flint and steel attached! Saw a Young Marine’s father using this and I just had to get one! Our YMs are ready for fire making training!
Andre Favron
Reviewed in Canada on February 26, 2025
rugged and the perfect size! It is small enough to carry easily in a fire kit or a pocket but large enough to store the Ferro rod and striker inside when not in use. Puts out more than adequate sparks to have as an emergency kit within a kit.
ChuzUThisDay
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2025
Overall, I'm impressed. This thing is easy to use to make tinder for starting a fire. Be careful though, the grater is SHARP and will peel the skin. I love the small size and negligible weight of this. It stores in a pack without much room and seems pretty durable after using for several months. I use a larger ferro rod, but this one would work in an emergency. It's a nice add to the package. For the money, this seems like an instant value to add to any fire kit. Get one, you'll be glad you did.
Charly
Reviewed in Mexico on February 16, 2025
Excelente artículo, muy recomendable
Victor Caceres
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2025
Small form factor. Perfect size and function.
Pronghorndog
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2025
Great little piece of kit. Ever the little ferro rod and striker work really well !I
Cathy
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2024
This is the coolest firestarter ever for backpacking/camping. The striker doesn't work great, but the fact that I can make tinder from a small branch and the grater, plus store the tinder in the grater is awesome. The grater could be a little sharper, and a better striker would have gotten 5 stars from me. Very cool item.
Carles
Reviewed in Spain on June 12, 2024
Para los que nos gusta la montaña es un artículo interesante de llevar. Lo único que cambiaría es la varilla de magnesio por una más larga aún así el primer día ya pude hacer fuego. Muy contento
Charles Thomas Moore
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2024
All in one fire starter. This pocket sized unit can be can be a life saver. Use the grater to shave down a dry piece of wood for some tinder then deploy the striker to get a spark. .
Frontline Survivalist
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2024
The Smith’s Tinder Maker and Striker is a fantastic tool for anyone who loves outdoor adventures! It’s compact, easy to use, and makes building a fire a breeze. The striker works perfectly with the tinder maker, producing reliable sparks that quickly ignite the shavings. I love how efficient it is compared to other fire starters I’ve tried, and it’s a real lifesaver in various weather conditions. For the price, this tool offers exceptional quality and reliability. If you’re looking for a dependable fire-starting solution, this one’s a winner. Highly recommend it for camping and survival kits!
Kunde 07010
Reviewed in Germany on January 4, 2024
Einfach toll !
James M.
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2024
Lightweight, stores shavings, handy to have a ferro rod and striker stored in box when not using. Very nice for starting wood fired camp pot collapsible stainless steel stove fires. I like the color, not easy to loose! Great product by Smiths Whetstones of my home town.
Paul from Cottenham
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2019
Of course the key to fire making is preparation and no "gadget" will ever compensate for poor preperation, that said this works really well. so this is as much a demo as it is a review.Ok, based on experience I started the test by scrapping the black coating from the ferro rod as I did not want to waste time once I had the tinder as the air was very damp and this would quickly infect the tinder making it hard/impossible to light. This is often overlooked in bad weather.First task was to find some dry wood except that this is Oct 1 2019 and as my headline says I live in Cottenham hence it's been peeing down all night. So I am looking for standing dead wood that has been partially sheltered from the rain. I found a tree blown over about 6 months ago that mostly fitted the bill, not entirely ideal as you can see but better than anything I found on the dog walk. I then took away some of the dead bark from the underside and used the scraper to collect some shavings, These failed the lip/cheek test and were tossed.for the next set of shavings I wanted too see what could be collected in 25 strokes and as you can see in pic 3 and 4 you do get quite a bit. I fond a flat spot and began making sparks. It took about 15 strikes to start the fire in pic 5 due to a combination of the atmosphere and the striker which is OK but not great. The tinder burned for around 25 seconds so had I actually been starting a fire I would have been ready with my tinder extender which for me generally involve feather sticks, birch/beech bark or the like. From there the kindling would be added. Of course in today's weather the trick to starting a fire would have been the tinder extended and the kindling/stage 1 wood as this would almost certainly have been damp to some degree. Over all it made the collection easier than scrapping with a knife and I will add this to my kit, I will give the ferro rod and striker to my nephew as I have lots of both.In Conclusion this was a genuinely useful piece of kit and I will make a point of using it over the coming weeks to test the longevity of the teeth and although not a replacement for good planning and fire preparation it is certainly a helpful tool.
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