Bic/Zippo lighter.(Sorry it was to easy. LOL).
I'd say flint/striker, or other type of "fire starter" kit on the mkt. now.
Hope this helps. Sorry again, could'nt help myself.

flint you can get it at wal mart in the camping area

I take a plastic cup full of gas and sit it on top of the wood then light the top. As the fuel burns the side fuel will dribble down the side at the right amount and light the wood. It’s the safest way to start a fire with gas etc.

Looking for something that really works and I mean really works even after being stored wet for a long long time! Well by’golly get’ya a small jar of good old fashion Vaseline from and a magnesium fire starter stick from your local Wal-Mart. So simple of an operation A caveman can do it. Take a 2x2 inch piece of cloth and saturate it with Vaseline and scrape a little magnesium on it and hit it with the flint side and now you have instant fire 6 to 10 minutes of flame, now compare that with any other lighter and remember you haven’t really used your fire starting resources at all. I still got the same Vaseline jar in my back pack some 10 years ago and still work as good as the day I put it in.

magnesium starter stick,a magnafing glass and sun.

a flame thrower

flint and magnesium block, also if your hunting take the rubber piece off the butt of your gun, drill a small hole, shove some matches in there with a few cotton balls and you wont have to worry about not packing them in your survival kit.

First thing you need to get some kindling and make a small pyramid with a hole underneath for air that makes it bigger.Then take a magnifying glass and let sunlight go through it.Aim the light on some fire starter like palm tree fuzz or lint.The smaller you make the light the hotter it gets.

My favorite is a flint/striker with cotton balls soaked in petroleum jelly.

I got one of those magnesium sticks shave some off and drag a knife blade across the striker works great

As far as natural tinder found in the woods for a survival situation- birch bark is #1 in my book for tinder. The natural oils within the bark are quite flammable and this is excellent tinder- even when wet- to start your fire. Another option for 'take along' tinder is the lint collected from the dryer after a load of towels BUT it should be kept bone dry in a 35mm film cannister. This will all start using one of the manesium/flint combos plus shaving off bits of the magnesium are excellent as well.

As far as the mysterious condom wrappers laying around the house from the recent article-if they aren't yours, guaranteed your significant other will find a way to use all of your stuff for tinder....

Denny :)
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Found a video of my trick online, the 9 volt battery and steel wool. http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-make-fire-without-matches-or-a-lighter-... It really does work great.

Lighter if you have it.If you don't I would use a magneseam stricker.

Several good ideas here pick a few of the better ones. With something as critical to life as fire don't put all your eggs in one basket. Carry two or three different methods and I mean carry them on your person. If a fall into the water where you had to dump the pack to get out is the reason you need fire, having your only means to make fire in the pack could prove fatal. Also, being able to produce flame will not result in a fire unless you know how to build a fire. You can hold a lit match to a piece of firewood and your fingers will burn before it does. First tinder, then thin kindling, followed by bigger and bigger kindling, then small fire wood followed by bigger. It is a dying skill. Learn it and practice until it is second nature.