There are plenty ways to make cheap fire starters, but I bought a pack of WetFire Starters to try it out anyway. You can light ‘em while they’re floating on water, make shavings to conserve the entire block, or just some minor league pyro fun [The Packing Rat does not condone negligent fire play]. It’s not a magical block - it still needs a dry surface to ignite. The cool thing is that you can take the unused portions, dry it up, store it in a film canister to use it later. No burns were suffered during the creation of this film.