Stove Lighting?

[Anthony]

What are everyone's preferences for stove lighting?

Anyone found their perfect solution?

Personally I have settled on a box of normal safety matches, a 60/40 split of normal and water/wind proof in the same box placed in a plastic ziplock bag. Weight is around 15g but then if its a longer trip then I'll also pack a 2nd box stashed in my valuables drybag. Cost around 50p per box with the windproof additions.

My reasons for not using-

Zippo- Heavy, difficult to invert into meths stoves.
Turboflame- Heavy, unreliable.
Silva Helios- Most plasticky piece of tat I have ever had the displeasure of wasting good money on.
Flint/steel- Difficult to get meths to light in cold temps.
Generic Gas Lighter- Close 2nd to the matches but again difficult to invert into meths stoves. Sometimes carried as a back-up. Not great in wind.

Have I missed anything that is the holy grail :?:

[Bearbonesnorm]

The only thing you may have missed would be -

http://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk/ ... torch.html

Not played with one yet but looks handy although it's 50g. Turboflame turned out to be my biggest waste of cash

[Anthony]

That does actually look pretty nifty. As long as it's reliable then the £20 seems ok, but is it reliable :?: :!:

[Ian]

That thing looks good for lighting the mKettle actually. £20 looks a bit steep to me though :?

[Matt]

Matches in a 35mm Film case are the ultimate :)

[Bearbonesnorm]

That thing looks good for lighting the mKettle actually. £20 looks a bit steep to me though

TGO did a little review on it. The long and short is ... Powerful, very wind resistant, strong, directed flame but a bit weighty and bulky. 46g without the lighter and it'll burn for 20 minutes. They did say it was very handy for pre-heating meths stoves.

[Nick]

I find a lighter works ok, reliable. I just pick up my whitebox meths stove, tilt it, lights easily.

Have got flint and steel too, but it can be a bit of a pain although gently grinding out some filings before a good old strike normally works

[Bearbonesnorm]

Here we go ... stupidly long windproof matches. Light your stove from the next field

[bod]

I've used the flint from a Clipper (the plastic bit that you can pull out) when my weight weenieism was at its worst... Worked pretty well but I'm a smoker again so I use a mini Clipper now.