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Marta bought one for us and it works just the way it is supposed to. Just be sure to use some kindling. her review will be up on the site in a few days.
OS
https://www.thegrommet.com/adk-firelighter-kit
About Adirondack Firestone Co.
All Fired Up
Nothing says cozy like curling up in front of a crackling fire, but you cant get comfy until the fire gets going. Sometimes thats a challenge, especially when youve just sent all your old newspapers to be recycled and theres not a scrap of dry kindling nearby.
For foolproof fire-starting, were reaching for the FireLighter from Adirondack Firestone Company. Its easy to use, you dont need newspaper or kindling, and it works every time. Brothers Todd and Chad Keehfus teamed up to create the system, which uses an oil-soaked stone to get the flames going.
The FireLighter starter kit includes a ceramic vessel, two bottles of the companys Candle & Lamp Oil, and a FireStone attached to a steel rod. To get started, soak the FireStone in the oil-filled vessel. Next, roll the FireStone lightly in fireplace ashes, ignite it with a match or lighter, and place the lit stone under the firewood in the fireplace. The FireLighter stone will burn for about 15 to 20 minutes, igniting the rest of the firewood.
Todd and Chad founded Adirondack Firestone Company to celebrate the charm and spirit of New York's mountainous Adirondack region. Theyve also made it a priority to work with U.S. suppliers. The ceramic vessel is handcrafted in the pottery corridor between Columbus, Ohio, and Wheeling, West Virginia, the lamp oil comes from Texas, and the steel rods are made in Greene, N.Y., using machinery that dates back to the early 20th century. The FireLighter kits are assembled in Syracuse, N.Y., at a facility that employs and trains people with developmental disabilities. From start to finish, FireLighter is hard to resist.
House of Roberts
(5,177 posts)to do what I've been doing with newspaper, kindling, and a lighter for thirty years.
Omaha Steve
(99,660 posts)The front opening is too tall. We have trouble getting the draw to start. We would have to tear out the the stone design and rebuild. Way too expensive. We already raised the chimney height 2 feet when we needed chimney work.
The kit uses sootless smokeless lamp oil. No more smoke in the room on start up here. This really solved the problem inexpensively. Continuing costs of the oil are very reasonable.
Edit: We would not need it in the dinning room fireplace. But we almost never use that one. It has been at least 2 years with no use. When we do use it we burn Jave Logs: http://pinemountainfire.com/products/pine-mountain-java-log-4-hour-firelogs
Pine Mountain®
Java-Log® 4-Hour Firelogs
Inspired by nature, with a commitment to sustainability, Pine Mountain Java-Log is the only firelog made from recycled coffee grounds. Named TIME® invention of the year in 2003, the Java-Log firelog burns bright, for a brilliant, aromatic fire the whole family can enjoy.
Burns cleaner than ordinary cordwood: emits up to 78% less carbon monoxide and up to 66% less creosote than cordwood fires*
12 million pounds of coffee grounds recycled each year
Burns up to 4 hours
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OS
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Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)My parents have a wood stove, and they use it for heat for 5 months a year. The stove burns out most nights, so they clean out the ash in the morning, and relight it.
If its an improvement, I would buy it. They easily light 100 fires a year.
I use my fireplace once or twice a year. Its not worth it to me.
greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)Thanks OS! Of course now up in MO
we have a gas fireplace! LOL.
We do have a wood burner down in FL though.
marble falls
(57,112 posts)Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)you need to fish the stone from under the ashes?
Our current home does not have a fireplace. Our previous home did. I sometimes miss it. So far, it has mot been cold enough to use a fireplace (and we live in the Twin Cities).
Omaha Steve
(99,660 posts)Reusable FireStone, a cold rolled steel handle. See it sticking out below?
Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)but I guess we'll continue to use paper and kindling in our wood stove.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Literally as close as your door if you have a downed pine tree.
Kindling sized bits of wood.....actually you need no more than a 6 inch thin piece----roars into flame when lit and will start any fire.
Also smells great sitting around the house.
Kali
(55,014 posts)price is just a bit too much for me, but man that would beat the hell out of starting damp wood
tempting!