Re: [at-l] Matches

["Alice Kauzlarich" <kauzlar@madison.main.nc.us>]

I agree with you. I think that strike anywhere matches/kitchen matches are
pretty failproof if kept in a plastic container. I keep them in film
canisters. If the matches are too long, I cut them to fit. We've never had
a problem and I've quit carrying my emergency waterproof matches.

Still...The Highlander

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> From: Bucky <mfuller@somtel.com>
> To: Ekkillam@aol.com
> Cc: AT-L <at-l@backcountry.net>
> Subject: [at-l] Matches
> Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 12:54 PM
> 
> >Good old waterproof matches seem to work well for me.  REI makes ones
that are
> >longer than most and seem to stand up better.
> 
> 
> Has anyone ever had a problem with plain kitchen matches in
> damp or wet weather? The only time I've had strike anywheres
> fail me was when I tried to use ones that were very old (at
> least five years old, possibly ten).
> 
> I've never understood the popularity of waterproofing matches,
> except for creating a fail-safe emergency supply. If kept in a
> waterproof case, standard matches ought to be plenty reliable
> and no more prone to failure than a disposable lighter.
> 
> --
> mfuller@somtel.com; Northern Franklin County, Maine
> The Constitution is the white man's ghost shirt.  }>:-/> --->
> 
> 
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