Dunk Testing Matches...Say What!? ©

 

 

UCO Stormproof and UCO Titan Stormproof matches, photograph by the Author.

Did you ever purposefully dunked a match that you wanted to stay lit, into a bucket of water?  Me neither!  Until that is, I was given a box of UCO Titan Stormproof matches to test out.  I was told that you could dunk a burning UCO Stormproof strike-on-the-box match into a bucket of water, pull it out and it would burst back into flames.  Not possible I thought, but hey, why not give it a shot!  And so I did, but before I tell you what happened, let’s talk about UCO’s Stormproof matches.

 

UCO Stormproof matches...

 

The 4-¹/₈ inch (10.5 cm) long UCO Titan Stormproof matches, left, and the 2-³/₄ (7 cm) long UCO Stormproof matches, right.  Photograph by the Author.

UCO makes three different types of Stormproof matches, the Titan Stormproof match, with a 25-second-long burn time, the Stormproof match, which will burn for 15-seconds, and the Survival Stormproof, match that burns for 12-seconds.  Now the good news about all these matches is that they are windproof, waterproof, and submersible, the bad news is that they are not strike-anywhere matches, they are strike-on-the-box matches and must be struck on the striker to light.  However, UCO ships two extra strikers inside the box, besides the two that are on the sides of the box.

 

If your UCO matches become wet, just wipe them dry, before you light them.  If the box and striker get wet, the striker will still work, but it must be dried first, so until it is dry, use one of the spare strikers.

 

These are great additions to your survival kit; I keep four UCO Stormproof matches and a striker in my survival kit and have for years.  Also, I am going to add several of the UCO Titan Stormproof matches, with their 25-second-long burn time and their ability to get wet and still burn, to my tinder-bag, since they would make starting a fire on a rainy day a lot easier.  For more on tinder-bags and starting fires when it is wet read “The Book of Knowledge, Camping and Camp Lore, 1957©”, HERE, and “Could You Survive? Building a Fire When it is Wet ©”, HERE.

 

The Dunk Test...

 

The Author dunking a lit UCO Titan Stormproof match into a pot of water, photograph by the Author.

“BandanaMan, what about dunk testing the match”, you ask, “what happened!?” 

 

I dunk tested both the UCO Titan Stormproof and the UCO Stormproof match, by dipping the lit matches into a pot of water.  Both matches sizzled and bubbled under the water and when I pulled them out, they both burst back into flames!

 

So, next time you go into the woods pack some UCO Stormproof matches, because you never know when the weather will turn wet.

 

For more on UCO Stormproof matches watch my video “Dunk Testing UCO Stormproof Strike-on-the-box Matches...Say What!? ©”, HERE, or go to UCO Gear, HERE.

 

Lighting an UCO Titan Stormproof match, photograph by the Author.

 

Don’t forget to come back next week and read “Survival Kits, Your Ace In The Hole ©”, where we will talk about Richard C. Young III’s August 1972 article, “Ace In The Hole” and survival kits.

 

An ace in the hole, photograph by the Author.

 

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That is all for now, and as always, until next time, Happy Trails!

 

 

Sources

 

UCO Gear, “Award-Winning Fire Starting Collection, https://www.ucogear.com/award-winning-fire-starters, accessed August 28, 2021