Swiss Safe5-in-1 Magnesium Ferro Rod Fire Starter Survival Tool - Flint & Steel Striker, Compass, Paracord & Whistle - Emergency Kit for Backpacking, Camping, Hiking - All-Weather

good

Works like it should . My child and husband going to use at camp

They are as advertised except the whistle doesn’t work on one or I would have given five stars.

This was going to be a simple and short review. After seeing the number of reviews already done I would normally just skip it. How ever, there is so much mis-information, instructions and terminology I'm going to try.1. The rods I received are not "magnesium" rods. They may have a little magnesium mixed in with the other minerals used in the Chinese factory which made them. The box indicates they were designed in the U.S. made in China. They seemed to have done a good job making mine.2. My "Ferro" rods are what would fall into the "Hard" category as opposed to "Soft". Mine give off good sparks but not the longer burning sparks which result from a soft Ferro rod. This is because soft Ferro rods have more magnesium or other material which when scraped results in more material removed of longer burning material such as magnesium. The sparks given from rods I received are more akin to those of a steel chain dragged behind car. Lots of sparks which don't last long.Therefore, you can't scrape off any substantial material from the rods I received to use as an accelerant. I realize this is what instructions on the box and on Amazon tell to do. Perhaps the instructions were for other rods used in the past. I don't know. I do know you would have a real hard time scraping material off my two rods without generating a spark. If you did, I doubt there is enough constable materials to burn. This is one of the problems expressed by different reviews.3. Many of the reviews were confusing to me. As you probably know there are products which a bar of solid magnesium sold with a Ferro rod. The rod is commonly attached to each other. The most common is a rectangular bar of magnesium with a small Ferro rod glued to the edge. The magnesium is sometimes in other shapes.If you have a soft Ferro rod or combination setup as above, the product instructions would work.4. While the use of a Ferro cerium and striker may seem similar to "Flint &Steel", they are different. These are Ferro rods and not the tempered steel device used with a flint and steel set up.5. The rods and striker I received worked fine for. I've tried them several times with different tinder. I would have preferred a soft composite but, as these are not my primary igniter I'm good with them. Nothing like a Bic. If they get wet, blow the water out. If it's really cold, keep them in a pocket against your body. You must practice in bad weather and situations to be competent with a Ferro rod.6. I read questions about hanging these around your neck. Just remember that salty water such as perspiration will cause bare Ferro rods to rust.7. I have some quesion about the 8 strand "Military Grade" lanyard but, not enough to cut it apart to see.8. The little compass pointed North for me. As with most button compasses it has bubble. In this case a small one. Again, not my primary.9. My whistles worked just fine.10. Overall, I'm giving the muli+tool Ferro rods 4 stars and the instructions an F.Please excuse my mis-spelling.

This is nice.1. One of these weighs 1.74 oz. It's listed as 4.16 oz for the product, so they are weighing both of them together. My scale goes down to a hundredth of a gram, so I guess they also weighed this with the packaging.2. A lighter weighs 0.59 oz, so this weighs more, but supposedly you can use this 16,000 times, but your lighter will run out of fluid. A lighter also costs a few bucks, so this should be cheaper in the long run.3. The smaller the head is of your stove (like a BRS 3000T), the harder it will be to light with this, unlike with a lighter, where you can put the flame right at the head. This thing is spraying sparks, so you'll have to get right above it and strike it a few times. But if you have a head the size of a Soto Windmaster, you shouldn't have any issues.4. It works better the more you use it. The scraper has a smooth side and a side with teeth. The teeth side is to help scrape off the magnesium to start a fire with leaves and whatnot. The smooth side makes sparks to start a fire with a fuel canister stove.5. The whistle is loud.6. The compass will show you what general direction north is, but you can't use it trying to find a landmark with a compass. But it should be able to get you back to the trail.Overall, it's a good product.

Works as it should

Calidad

The folks I bought these for said they thought they'd be great, but neither could get them to work - so, they don't use them. Could be user error, but can't be certain.