A Simple Fire Starting Kit - expedition, survival, bushcraft, preparedness and overlanding

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A client asked me about my fire starting kit so we put this video together. As with many aspects of bushcraft and wilderness skills - it's not about the kit or the brands, it's all about the mindset.
When I chose items to take with me on trips, either when I plan to light a fire or just as a backup, I go for items that I know work in all conditions. I plan for equipment failure, loss and unexpected events. I consider what would happen if I somehow became separated from all of my kit, or a key item became lost or unusable.
What I DON'T tend to do is bring natural tinder and fire materials from home. I don't bag up birch bark or Daldinia concentrica fungus and pack it into the woods again with me - I look for those items when I am out on the trip and adopt what Dave Canterbury calls the 'Possum Mentality'. I want to carry items that will get me fire ASAP - but I won't pass up opportunities to find equivalent items in nature.
Items listed in the kit (not sponsored, all items shown were purchased at full price by ourselves)
Fire Ant SAK Firesteel: amzn.to/3JGQJat
Soto Lighter: amzn.to/3uYMZNi / www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co....
LMF Scout Firesteel: amzn.to/3hdlOGF / lightmyfire.com/en/swedish-fi...
BCB FireDragon: amzn.to/3JwKntW / www.bcbin.com/Catalogue/Produ...
Go Prepared Sure Strips (Spartan Fire??): amzn.to/3gYkjMm / gopreparedsurvival.com/shop-n...
Hammaro Tinder Card: amzn.to/3Bvzd5U / www.proadventure.co.uk/dpt/fi...
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Chapters:
00:00 Start
00:05 Richard Prideaux's fire starting kit
01:33 The pouch used
02:30 No natural tinder?
04:40 The Possum Mentality
05:10 The Cost - Financial, Weight, Space
06:04 Reduncancy and contingency planning
07:28 FireAnt SAK ferro rod
08:10 SOTO Micro Torch
09:15 Old LMF Scout FireSteel
09:51 Cheap flint wheel lighter
10:45 Cyalume/glowstick
11:13 Plastic bags
11:42 Storm Dudley and Storm Eunice...
12:09 BCB FireDragon Blocks
14:33 BCB FireDragon blocks demo
17:33 Lifeboat matches
17:56 Bicycle inner tube wrap
19:12 Go Prepared Sure Strips / Spartan Fire
19:28 Hammaro Tinder Card
19:50 Consider water absorption
20:35 Order of importance
21:00 Thinking about survival the wrong way
21:59 Suddenly in the Stone Age - SERE
23:15 Other firecraft tools
24:37 Flint and steel
25:12 Summing up and final words
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Lens 1: amzn.to/30EnO3u
Lens 2: amzn.to/2J0YP17
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