Aurora fire starter

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Hello all, I was at my local mil surplus store yesterday, bought a (new) I've never heard of it fire starter called the aurora fire starter.... It's a aluminum tube knurled and a orbiting. When you take it out there a fire rod. Now I thought this thing was just like all the others so I was comparing my ( light my fire) rods, and my .25 thick ferro rod..... Tis aurora rod throws out white sparks. Idk what it's made of but it's hotter than my other 4 rods.... I'm so I'm pressed with It I bought another one.....It has a hole to attach a piece of 550 cord which I turned into a neckless. Lit a fire in under. 15 seconds...and it was drizzling pretty good. It still got. My fire goin......I say this is a good one..... I recommend it.....


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It is the best, hottest, almost blinding. It's worth the 22 they want but I got it at my local surplus store and they were 13 dollars plus tax so 15.05
 
Great price either way. I sure wish there was a decent surplus store here near memphis.
 
Does this Aurora Fire Starter have any information as ta how it can be ordered from Internet or possibly ordering from manfacturer by phone. Any info will be appreciated.
 
I bet it is the striker and not the rod adding to the performance. Nice looking kit item just the same.
 
Woods Walker said:
I bet it is the striker and not the rod adding to the performance. Nice looking kit item just the same.
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It has to be! I'd bet money on it being the higher end carbide striker as well! I've got the low end non-carbide striker aurora & it's a piece of junk! I'm one of those firestarter-collector types with way too many ferro rods, fresnels lens, and many other numerous firestarters & I'd be lying if I said I had one that was a bigger piece of excrement than the aurora. The striker is small & recessed into a cut out of the aluminum handle & it's just unwieldy! It's neatly made though! All the knurling makes it look nice, but when you get down to brass tacks, it fails miserably.
 
Bowman1911 said:
It has to be! I'd bet money on it being the higher end carbide striker as well! I've got the low end non-carbide striker aurora & it's a piece of junk! I'm one of those firestarter-collector types with way too many ferro rods, fresnels lens, and many other numerous firestarters & I'd be lying if I said I had one that was a bigger piece of excrement than the aurora. The striker is small & recessed into a cut out of the aluminum handle & it's just unwieldy! It's neatly made though! All the knurling makes it look nice, but when you get down to brass tacks, it fails miserably.
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The Strike Force also has a nice carbide striker. Hands down that is my favorite.
 
I've had one I got from Kevin Estella for years.

I carry it when hiking, camping, fishing in salt water environments; the o-ring protected canister protects the rod from the salty air which can quickly render it into a useless white powder.

The down side is the small nature of the rod itself, it does not offer the kind of longevity associated with bigger fire-starting rods.




Big Mike
 
I bought one about a year ago. I like the concept very much, for the exact reason Mike mentioned above. The rod throws great sparks, my only complaint is the supplied striker doesn't strike very well. Using a knife it does great though.
 
I looked into this Aurora contraption. It appears that the rod is ferrocerium with some magnesium distributed throughout. Very interesting
 
Woods Walker said:
I bet it is the striker and not the rod adding to the performance. Nice looking kit item just the same.
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I believe it throws different, hotter sparks because, as it says, the ferrocerium rod has magnesium added to the mixture, and i don't think that other brands have that particular mixture... i have several striking rods (not including the aurora) and I too vastly prefer the strikeforce for the large amount of sparks it throws. also, the actual strikers matter but so does the individual proprietary ferrocerium mixture as i have experimented with different striker and rod combinations...
 
There's 2 differernt Aurora's. One with a carbon steel striker that's worthless, and one with a carbide striker that's supposed to be much better. The ferrocerium is ok, but still not as good as a going gear or firesteel.com rod.
 
mistwalker said:
All ferrocerium rods have magnesium in them.
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I mis-spoke, I don't actually know. but I believe the aurora has more than the normal amount of magnesium. I'm sure you are aware how differently ferro-rods work in comparison to one another, this is a product the manufacturer's difference in "recipe". I am thinking that, because their website give a much hotter rating for the sparks it throws than other descriptions i have read.
 
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