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Monday 26th April 2010 at 8:36:09 PM
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I have the equipment and ability to produce Large amounts of Potassium Managamate and Glycerine Firestarters. And also a special Tender called Starfire (Legally of Course I''m x Military and carry several licenses). And I am thinking about putting these into production and selling them, but I would like to knwo some things from the readers after I explain them and what they do. As well as in a general concensus how many people would be interested in them So I can see if it''s worth the investment or not.
You can try and look these up you''ll find some interesting you tube videos among other things, some will make you go WOW. But when you try and find a company that sells them, you wont find any. No these checmicals you must make yourself.
A little bit about them:
Starfire:
Is a special tender that is extremely Volitile. meaning a single spark to it can set it ablaze. The special property of this tender is that it will burn even if it is damp. And I could if I was willing to do it mix the compound so that it would burn soaked and wet. the Con of that however is that it would be almost to volitile to carry and may ignite itself.
So its current form is safe for transport breakage whatever and requires a spark to light. you could also eat it.. if you really wanted too... And it wouldn''t hurt you.
You will find no information on Starfire on the web. So don''t bother looking for it. It''s used by military special ops and survival experts and as with the Potassium and Glycerine among other things, Is Home made.
Potassium Manogamate and Glycerine:
These chemicals you have to buy seporately and without a license can only be bought in limited quantities. However When mixed they will set anything on fire even soaking wet wood. this chemical fire starter is completely safe and harmless and you could even swallow each seperately... Not together... And not harm yourself as there is no reaction without both. Although I don''t advise this....
However when mixed they will set a watterloged .. well log, on fire. And you only need to use a very small amount. These also are the perfect thing for an emergency when camping and you need a fire to prevent hypothermia or any other life threatening cold situation where there is not much to burn. Again this is a survivalist item.
Despite that this item can also be used for any hiking or camping. and makes a fire within 5 -20 seconds of being mixed. You simple put a little powder down stack your tender or wood a little on and around it and put a few drops of Glycerine on it then what 10-30 seconds and POOF. Fire.
Used with the Starfire Tender You can make a fire in virtually any situation.. Except under water.
Now here are the questions for the readers:
1. Would you buy this product? especially if say you only had to pay 3.00 -10.00 for it? (depending on whether you baught both the tender and Firstarter or simply one or the other). The ammount provided for that much would probably create about 10-20 fires easily.
2. What are you oppinions or questions about these products?
3. What are your concerns?
4. What are your Ideals fro uses and situations which they could be very handy in?
5. Would different ampunt and sizes / Variation (You know large ammount small ammount etc) sold amke the item more presentable? or should I just go with say a universal amount or each which is the most practical fro the average Hiker camper, survivalist?
6. Do you think several variations of this would be better then 3 assets? Say like the starfire and the Potassium monogamate Combined in one product. And the Glycerine as the igniter? So youd have 2 assets instead of 3 options? Or all of the above?
Monday 26th April 2010 at 9:05:25 PM
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Just depends on what your doing and what you want. I also make packs by custom design for specific areas of the world and many other things to the Buyers wishes or design.
I need to know if such things would be of interest to people as well.
Thursday 20th May 2010 at 6:07:25 AM
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Sunday 20th June 2010 at 7:38:08 PM
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