Coghlans Waterproof Matches 10 Pack
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Description of Coghlans Waterproof Matches 10 Pack
"A sure light every time - rain or shine". Waterproof striker.Wooden matches with waterproof heads in a 10 pack box.Sports reviews of Coghlans Waterproof Matches 10 Pack
Customer Review: Got a match?
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I absolutely love these things. While they are made for emergency and survival purposes, I actually think they are a lot of fun too. Imagine the stunts and tricks you can pull using these things. I have amazed unsuspecting friends with these "water matches". I dropped one in an ice chest full of water and watched it float around and then plucked it and struck it. I also put one underneath a running faucet and then lit it with not problem. My next trick will involve tying several of these onto a trout line and sinking them in the bayou. I'm going to leave them for a week and see. And, during the next thunderstorm, I am going to line them up on the fence and then let them dry when the sun comes back out. Believe it or not, people who don't own these are very curious. Now I have not tried them in salt water yet, but that gives me lots of ideas. Have fun and be safe.Customer Review: Great deal, quantity is misleading... in a good way
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
The quantity here is misleading in a way, a good way. This is NOT a pack of 10 matches, or even 10 packs of 20 matches. This is 10 packages containing 45 matches, for a total of 450 WATERPROOF MATCHES.
They are basic wooden stick matches, coated in a varnish of some sort to prevent water or moisture from ruining them. They must be struck on the sandpaper sides of the box to light, they are not strike anywhere.
I have messed around with a bunch of them. They all work, and they are all waterproof so far.
The boxes are even nice, made of a thin balsa wood vernier of some sort. They are not as easily crushed and mangled as your typical cardboard box of 25 stick matches.
Customer Review: Don't be caught wet without something to light your FIRE!
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
Here in Central TX it is "well nigh impossible" to find a specialty item like this--no hardware store in sight has them. So...I went to good ole Amazon.
You really don't want to be without waterproof matches in any kind of outdoor setting/activity. On very humid days here it has proven impossible to get a decent flame (or even a flame al all) from normal small matches...this because of moisture absorption by the tip and moist/worn strike surface.
Coghlan's fires up every time. Try a comparison yourself: soak a Coghlan's and a garden-variety match in water for a few seconds and do the deed--you'll wonder why you ever were without waterproof matches around.
Customer Review: Water Proof Matches in Review
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
These matches certainly are advertised as water proof but the "proof" was in the pudding as they say... I used them last weekend at a campout to start a fire and it was a misty / light rain morning and afternoon... thankfully the rain had passed us by 4:00 pm.
When fire time came, I whipped out the matches to discover the box was damp... but the matches lit up first strike and I was able to start a fire in no time.
Looks like a winner to me!
Customer Review: Good quality and quantity for the price
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
Matches worked great. I submerged 5 of them in water for about a minute and then attempted to light them. All five lit! I like how they come packaged in the small boxes that are easy to stash in glove boxes, pockets, backpacks and the like. The only drawback that I see is that they must be struck on the box itself, but other than that they are great. Definetly recommend as an item for an emergency kit along with a firesteel device.