Comments on: The Mobile Zombie Preparedness Kit Gets an Update

By: Bennie Escobar

Bennie Escobar — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:01:11 +0000

Eh, the tool just seems worth having, regardless of survival situation. Sure, you can grab a lighter from a conveinence store, but how many other people in your area will do just that? And do you really want to risk a dangerous raid in a overun city or town?

By: ZAC Admin

ZAC Admin — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:26:17 +0000

“lighters do run out”

Uh, yes, lighters do actually run out.

By: jacob

jacob — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:34:31 +0000

lighters do run out but its the end of the world who would be worried about keeping business going but still it couldnt hurt to have flint

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:59:16 +0000

I own a fire steel and trust, these things will never wear out. They are guaranteed for something silly like 10,000 strike, or at least mine is, and the spark will light dry cotton wool.

I’ve even seen some with built in tinder boxes.

That said, don’t rely on this as your primary/only knife and fire lighting method, because if you loose it, you’ve lost two tools…..Not good.

By: Platinum

Platinum — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:36:56 +0000

I have posted a few times on the uselessness of a knife, or other similar hand-to-hand weapon.

But as a survival tool, this is outstanding. True, lighters are a dollar-a-dozen (and can be used as IED’s as well) but you can’t make a spear, or a lean-to, or disabling punji-stick trap without a blade of some sort.

Yes, flint-sparked fires are not the easiest to make, but it beats no fire at all. I would recommend learning this skill (and many others the general populace are too lazy to even try to learn, much less master) in the event of a wide range of disasters, not just zombies.

To quote ZAC, ” Stay Safe. Stay Informed. Stay Alive.” and I’d add, “Stay Alert”. With this gadget, “Stay Warm”

By: PalookaLord

PalookaLord — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:06:29 +0000

By all means, if you can get by on lighters for any length of time, it might be useful to do so–using this knife to light fires will inevitably damage and wear down the blade.

It might be smart to keep one lighter on-hand, though, for emergency situations. Always best to be over-prepared than under-prepared.

By: jediwannabe1

jediwannabe1 — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:58:59 +0000

True…

By: ZAC Admin

ZAC Admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:06:15 +0000

“…And if you run out of butane you could easily find some more in a gas station or otherwise…”

That is assuming that gas stations and the like will not have already fallen victim to looting by those seeking survival tools from quick access locations.

“…gadgets… what happens when they go wrong then?…”

If all else fails, with this tool you still have a knife, which is always useful.

By: jediwannabe1

jediwannabe1 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:53:57 +0000

really, the only way a butane lighter could go wrong is if it runs out of butane.a butane lighter is pretty much the same as a regular lighter, it just burns butane. And if you run out of butane you could easily find some more in a gas station or otherwise. a butane canister is a common household item. Also the lighters themselves will be readily available in gas stations and what not so even if it breaks you can replace it.

By: ingo

ingo — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:13:51 +0000

gadgets… what happens when they go wrong then?