Make a survival fire from a battery and staple

Make a survival fire from a battery and staple

Check out this how-to video to start a fire using an AA battery and a staple. You can do this while listening to the classical guitar piece, "Malaguena" if you feel like it. It could save your life! With your battery: start by cutting the plastic away from the negative terminal. Watch the video survival training tutorial for more tips on starting an emergency fire!

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+10
zulufri (9) 9/2/08 5:54 PM
For additional pyrotechnique stuff one can throw the battery into the flames, wahahahahaha!
+1
ryan (7) 6/14/09 8:35 AM
oh!
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Jabslacked 7/16/09 11:45 PM
mm then the fire goes out and you screwed lol
+1
antony123 (-2) 9/11/08 6:15 PM
brillient
+5
RickRoll (-4) 11/4/08 7:00 PM
Brilliant too!
+14
gingerpuss (13) 9/22/08 9:05 AM
If you have a knife, battery, staple and envelope then chances are you are the sort of person to have a lighter and/or box of matches handy.. surely !!
+4
Hodg (3) 12/14/08 6:53 PM
yeah im sure you could use something other then a staple too. Most people carry a small utility knife just because but i do see what you mean about the battery. I would imagine that you would get the battery from some electronic device you had on you
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AngryBabyMonkey (-1) 10/10/08 6:01 PM
wonderful. However....the gingerpuss has a point....are there found objects we can use?
+1
myca 10/16/08 5:49 AM
little bit OK, is there something more?
+1
Fleetwood08 (3) 10/21/08 11:38 AM
cool
+1
ABG46 10/21/08 7:15 PM
Nice! I can make fire with my mind! LOL Just kiddin nice video
+1
drbraat (2) 10/21/08 7:17 PM
ok
+2
4uidrum (3) 10/21/08 8:37 PM
Why don't you just use a match?
-2
sandman75 (-2) 10/22/08 5:16 AM
dude, why did you do it off camera. this is fake.
+3
Amie (10) 10/23/08 10:43 AM
no it totally works
i just did it
+1
stevenscottoddballz (1) 10/23/08 8:37 PM
That is great! so I'll take my boss' schedule with me next time I go camping, thenuse the staple, & burn the schedule!
-4
zimzamy (-5) 1/15/09 5:33 PM
fake you cant even see it
-1
zaneyusak (-1) 1/25/09 4:55 PM
done that before
+2
venom20078 (-1) 2/1/09 7:45 AM
THAT IS AWESOME DUDE. I"LL TAKE A BATTERY AND STAPLE WHEN I GO CAMPING THIS SUMMER.
+1
pnwoods 2/14/09 9:59 PM
Very useful info. Thanks.
+1
RCIAN1957 3/6/09 7:41 AM
Great
+2
al_01 (1) 3/24/09 3:55 AM
nice...
-1
blahblahblahblahblah (-1) 3/28/09 1:45 PM
didnt work for me
+1
URBAN79 (-2) 4/9/09 11:15 AM
awesome! I will always remember to keep a battery in my car, oh and a paper clip... ;)
+1
Bowlburn (2) 4/18/09 8:21 PM
it's not fake lol... the current passing through the small amount of metal in the staple causes it to heat up. a 9 volt battery and steel wool works really good too. just put both terminals into the wool then put wool in your tinder bundle.
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Shadowmaster 4/20/09 9:39 PM
...
+2
suicide19915 (1) 4/22/09 6:47 AM
hmmm or i can take the zippo out of my pocket use it till its dry then do that to light mt cigarettes cheaper than buying a good lighter i guess
+1
zeldaman1 (-3) 6/6/09 6:57 PM
actually batteries are more expensive, especially just to mutilate one
+1
Kingddd333 (17) 6/15/09 2:05 PM
Batteries are more expensive. Just buy a basic BIC lighter or whatever.
+3
http://Got2gab.com 4/28/09 11:48 PM
Wow.
+2
mr kyle (8) 4/29/09 7:53 AM
do you have to use steel wool?? or can you use something like a cotton ball?
+1
wiccan817 (1) 7/20/09 2:20 AM
you need steel wool. the fact that its metal fibers make it conductive and thats what gets hot and starts the tinder on fire. i cotton ball wont work because its just cotton fiber in a ball rather than metal fibers in a ball.
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eatdirtfartdust 5/2/09 6:19 PM
you can do this, then touch the staple to steel wool, to make a fire also.
-1
Mark182 5/4/09 12:36 PM
just wondering how this works when it seems its only connected to the negative? Wouldn't it need both terminals as in the 9v with steel wool?
+1
wiccan817 (1) 7/20/09 2:22 AM
no, it makes a spark because your under the negative partly inside the battery and then your touching the top of the negative. it would be the same as taping a piece of wire to each end and passing the wires by each other to create a spark.
+2
jimbob89 (-2) 5/14/09 10:28 PM
cool
-2
meneci68 (-2) 5/28/09 10:33 AM
i try it at home and it doesent work dude
+2
kangaroo6464 (1) 6/8/09 6:41 PM
i never knew a battery and a staple could save my life...
+2
lalobon (1) 6/9/09 9:11 AM
I'm gonna try it xD. looks great ty anyway
+1
Kingddd333 (17) 6/15/09 2:05 PM
Does this work with a triple a battery? Because i never seem to use those....
+1
Bandit 210 (-1) 6/16/09 10:49 PM
must try that !!
+1
Keneke (-1) 6/17/09 6:34 PM
Pretty cool for only 1.5v battery. If it doesn't it's only because you used a weak battery. Yeh!, It will work even faster with a 9v but it can also explode if your not careful. The 1.5v is a good idea. Keep one in your pocked.
+1
ken joint 6/21/09 9:33 AM
jury still out on that one, for me
+1
CRAZY EMINEM FAN (3) 6/22/09 6:01 PM
carefull doing that if ur battery has mercury inside of it, u dont want that touching ur skin. Nice video though.
+1
immortal 6/23/09 4:42 AM
Good Job ! hope it helps me to make a forest fire lol =PP
+1
pranthavar 7/14/09 11:50 AM
Please be careful. I used my giger counter and found out that the radiation emitted from the battery jumped up to unacceptable levels that could potentially be dangerous. I think it's called fission or maybe it fusion. I get them confused. Notice that he had to do it in the cold. Because it's cold fusion!
+1
MScott2273 7/16/09 2:39 PM
haha a MacGyverism!
+1
kaviviki_kal 7/23/09 6:30 PM
its nice i really wonder on you
-1
seryozhaishere (-1) 7/25/09 9:15 PM
UH OH what happens with a d battery?
+1
MuzzleBlast 7/28/09 2:36 AM
simple, clear, to the point, effective!
+1
samaythewaqt 7/29/09 9:47 AM
great
+1
dinosawrus 8/5/09 6:13 AM
Lawerlz, A Pyro maniacs Dream lol
+1
xxXMUSTOXxx 8/20/09 11:48 AM
im sure a paper clips a u shape any way
+1
zeww 8/25/09 11:33 AM
This works Great !
+1
rac_12345 8/25/09 11:44 AM
Direct and effective with no bull, or match.
+1
RyanYixuan 9/23/09 5:57 AM
than is very great
+1
RyanYixuan 9/23/09 6:05 AM
i love the video
+1
At4r4xis 10/5/09 7:30 PM
nice hand warmer....
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