blow torch woodburner lighting

Cardew

A._Badger wrote: »

Me, too (though I bought mine). Having seen the price of firelighters and the astonishing prices people charge for kindling, I'm not even sure that I won't be ahead in the not too distant future.

Found this 2008 thread!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/9767875#Comment_9767875

Gloomendoom

A._Badger wrote: »

Me, too (though I bought mine). Having seen the price of firelighters and the astonishing prices people charge for kindling, I'm not even sure that I won't be ahead in the not too distant future.

After seeing one used, I looked for one but changed my mind when I saw the price. It would take years for it to pay for itself.

My parents used to have a gas poker that was very effective for lighting house coal. It was plugged in to bayonet fitting gas outlets adjacent to every fireplace.

Cardew

Gloomendoom wrote: »

After seeing one used, I looked for one but changed my mind when I saw the price. It would take years for it to pay for itself.

Well costing my mother £7 nearly 50 years ago - I suspect mine has paid for itself by now!

The two big advantages for me are firstly the ability to have an open fire laid with logs and have it lit in minutes with no effort - also works with coal.

Secondly with a barbeque to light it, again with no effort, and to use it as a bellows to get one side of the charcoal hotter than the other if required.

P.S. They do come up on EBay from time to time. Also seen this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000WYY65Y/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=#productDescription

Mojisola

Cardew wrote: »

The two big advantages for me are firstly the ability to have an open fire 'made up' with logs and have it lit in minutes with no effort - also works with coal.

I know someone who uses one for an open fire but our stove lights so easily that it wouldn't be worth bothering with.

michaelgordon

looking at this and the 2008 thread quite like the look of the looftlighter half the price of the grenadier but seems to do the same this. may have to consider this

A._Badger

A lot depends on what you are trying to burn. Anthracite, or some of the more reluctant manufactured solid fuels, could take forever with traditional methods. That's one way a Grenadier scores.

wrightk

im glad to see some have embraced the idea of an electric or butane blow torch. i know its not entirely traditional and every stove is different but for me time is very important and the traditional method will take my stove at least 20 mins to get up to temp(no matter how much air i give it or how dry the kindling is), thats 20 mins of sooty combustion

m00min

Folded up newspaper (free from the train station) + some kindling (free from a local wood recycling depot) = great start to a fire (at no cost)

I like to fold the newspaper in a concertina type way so it burns a bit slower and longer than if scrunched up. I find it lights the kindling better that way. That's what works best for me....

SG27

I've been making my own kindling for a few weeks now ready for winter. Cheap and easy