FireSteel Armageddon 4.0 with Scraper and Lanyard

After receiving my Fire Steel a couple of days ago, I decided to test it out for the first time in the presence of a skeptical co-worker. I set the Fire Steel down on a metal work bench next to my tinder (Petroleum Jelly infused cotton ball in one pile, drier lint in another), and turned my back to wipe my hands. Before I could turn back to the "experiment", my no longer skeptical co-worker had ignited BOTH stacks of tinder! This without any prompting or prior instruction. Needless to say, he immediately ordered his own Fire Steel.

I just wanted to say thank you. and tell you how impressed I am with the firesteel.com armagedon. I have owned firesteels in the past that I thought was good. But the armagedon puts them to shame. I'm 46 yrs old and have alot of experience in this sort of thing. anyway, thank you again.

I heat my home with a wood burning stove. So there was no time wasted in trying out my FireSteel Armageddon set. It truly works five times better then another well known brand steel I was using. Had the fire going with about four good swipes on the FireSteel rod. Did not even need the magnesium rod. I will be carrying this fire steel hunting, backpacking, camping for sure. It is a essential part of gear. The firesteel striker piece of metal is the key for how this set works so well. The para cord is tough. Had too tie a better knot and melt it a little. This was done so it would not come undone.

It's about time I finally put in my humble review. I buy my 550 cord, fatwood, bought a whistle and compass from this site, but the primary reason I have this bookmarked is right here - the FireSteel and Magnesium set. I have one hanging over the fireplace (a lot more fun that using matches), in my EDC pack, and in my Jeep. It's the surefire way to always get a fire started, no doubt. The best way I've found: Stabilize the FireSteel rod upright and scrape (doesn't need to be a fast strike) straight down for a shower of hot sparks. The best source for FireSteels!

I just got my firesteel in the mail. I opened the package and took a few light strokes of the steel to get some of the coating off. Within seconds I had hot showers of sparks falling on the garage floor. This is a great product. Now that it's the wet season here in BC I'm going to give it a try in the woods then I'm going to take it hiking in Moab.

Great product. Light my fire who? It's all about firesteel.com. Even the shipping was great only took 5 days from the time I put in the order until it was at my doorstep and that's including a sunday.

I have one of those so called fire starters, without naming names, the one that has a red little handle, gives out sparks but nothing andI mean nothing compared to this fire steel! My family counts on me coming home safe from a survival trip, camping, fishing, hunting and what ever else trip i go on, and with this product i have no worries about doing just that, thanks FireSteel.com for making a awesome product!

The first thing I did when I got it in the mail was try it. I knew the basic principle and attempted before reading the instructions. I scraped off a small amount of magnesium and attempted to spark it off, but I wasn't getting a spark of the firesteel. I then read the instructions and realized the black coating needed to be scraped off first, duh, lol. So I scraped it off and got some very impressive sparks once I got the coating off. I started the magnesium with minimal effort and put some tinder on it. I had a little fire going very quickly. I have never attempted to do this before and I had a fire going in less than 5 minutes. Awesome product! Thank you.

Just wanted to send you a note and thank you for a great product. Within 20 minutes of opening my firesteel all four of my children ages 14, 12, 10, and 8 had all started a fire using your product and a cotton ball. None of them had ever attempted to do this before, it was so easy! Great product, thank again.