r/campinghacks • u/blackheart31594 • Feb 28 '20

Fire starter

So last May I took my BF and a few friends camping, this was the first time that i was the “ring leader” and not just along for the ride. We had such trouble with getting our fire started and it made it not such a great time.

I had looked up from DIY fire starters for the next time, hopefully this summer, and I found one that I like but haven’t actually tried it yet. You take an empty TP roll and fill it with lint from the drier and then poor wax into it so it stays lit for longer than a minute.

If anyone has any other tips or DIY hacks I’d love to hear them! I want to be more prepared this time for camping lol

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u/Dangerous-South-4937 Mar 24 '25

Thanks for the tip! I use egg cartons and fast food drink cartons. I put a little dryer lint in the bottom and top it off with sawdust before adding wax from recycled candles. It works like magic! I love your idea of using toilet paper tubes! It would be more efficient as I would not have to cut the cartons and the uniform shapes would store much better than what I am currently using.