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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2016
Have you ever used the UCO stormproof matches? Then you know how these are the bees knees!
As an avid outdoorsman I always carry a firestarter. Fire steel is a must but matches are a necessary backup.
It was -25C on an expedition in northern Canada. A team member had a glove fail and soak completely (gore-tex knock off) I lent him my mitts while I tried to light my MSR XGK stove. While you can trust your life on a fire steel to work every time, I quickly lost the dexterity in my fingers and hands to execute a proper strike into the stove cup. In this situation I knew we would be in trouble if we could not get some snow melted and some hot food in us. I remembered I packed the UCO titan match kit and clumsily struck the match really hard. Thanks to the thick wood cores, the match did not break and lit up with force. The extended burn time and fierce flames of the match, braved cold and wind of my open tent vestibule (seriously don't light liquid gas stoves inside your tents dudes). These matches probably saved a finger or two from frost bite and really are pure quality.
My only criticism of the product is that the matchcase isn't anything to write home about. The paper striker should be on the inside or fixed with a cover to the inside of the cap. If the case gets wet, your matches will be fine, but the striker would be mush... thankfully they give you a few replacements to keep inside the case though!
As an avid outdoorsman I always carry a firestarter. Fire steel is a must but matches are a necessary backup.
It was -25C on an expedition in northern Canada. A team member had a glove fail and soak completely (gore-tex knock off) I lent him my mitts while I tried to light my MSR XGK stove. While you can trust your life on a fire steel to work every time, I quickly lost the dexterity in my fingers and hands to execute a proper strike into the stove cup. In this situation I knew we would be in trouble if we could not get some snow melted and some hot food in us. I remembered I packed the UCO titan match kit and clumsily struck the match really hard. Thanks to the thick wood cores, the match did not break and lit up with force. The extended burn time and fierce flames of the match, braved cold and wind of my open tent vestibule (seriously don't light liquid gas stoves inside your tents dudes). These matches probably saved a finger or two from frost bite and really are pure quality.
My only criticism of the product is that the matchcase isn't anything to write home about. The paper striker should be on the inside or fixed with a cover to the inside of the cap. If the case gets wet, your matches will be fine, but the striker would be mush... thankfully they give you a few replacements to keep inside the case though!
