>>1406450Thanks for that, it is better seeing than simply describing. FYI, outdoor temps don't matter all that much with stuff like this. The extreme ends of the spectrum would to a point, but I'm sure you'll not be in -100 to 150 temps trying to light materials on fire. The plastic in those containers certainly is a huge factor in how long they last while on fire. You'd need a pretty nasty wet storming weather to compromise them enough to be a problem with starting a fire. I think the fuel inside the cotton balls helps with the initial starting being super fast, but it is the plastic shell that gives them candle like action to last longer.
I made some wax-boilded wood chips like in
>>1406319 and just did a short test with them. I tried the worst test I could think of, dunking them in a container of water. Symbolizing the worst thing that happens, you get dunked in a river for a while and all your water proof containers crack/tear open & get water inside. The vid is much longer, but I doused them out with water and relit them a few times. The sections that were burned, doused with water then burned again were harder to start the second time. That is due to the charcoal being wet and not having wax in it to protect it like the wood has. The water droplets bead up on the surface of the wood and can put out the fire once the fire reaches it, if the droplet is large enough. Though, most of them just sputter loudly, sizzle, and continue to burn. If you simply knock off the beaded water, everything goes very smoothly. I think these would only have a problem in some serious stormy rainy weather where rain was directly hitting them. The neat thing is that you can keep unlit pieces in water indefinitely and they will light right up if you shake the water off first.
Other than really high winds, rain directly on the fire, and wet kindling I don't think either of these methods would be any problem to use.
