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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zulufri 1 year ago
For additional pyrotechnique stuff one can throw the battery into the flames, wahahahahaha!
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ryan 4 months ago
oh!
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Jabslacked 3 months ago
mm then the fire goes out and you screwed lol
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antony123 1 year ago
brillient
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RickRoll 1 year ago
Brilliant too!
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gingerpuss 1 year ago
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 !!
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Hodg 10 months ago
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 year ago
wonderful. However....the gingerpuss has a point....are there found objects we can use?
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myca 1 year ago
little bit OK, is there something more?
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Fleetwood08 1 year ago
cool
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ABG46 1 year ago
Nice! I can make fire with my mind! LOL Just kiddin nice video
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drbraat 1 year ago
ok
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4uidrum 1 year ago
Why don't you just use a match?
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sandman75 1 year ago
dude, why did you do it off camera. this is fake.
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Amie 1 year ago
no it totally works
i just did it
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stevenscottoddballz 1 year ago
That is great! so I'll take my boss' schedule with me next time I go camping, thenuse the staple, & burn the schedule!
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zimzamy 9 months ago
fake you cant even see it
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zaneyusak 9 months ago
done that before
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venom20078 9 months ago
THAT IS AWESOME DUDE. I"LL TAKE A BATTERY AND STAPLE WHEN I GO CAMPING THIS SUMMER.
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pnwoods 8 months ago
Very useful info. Thanks.
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RCIAN1957 8 months ago
Great
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al_01 7 months ago
nice...
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blahblahblahblahblah 7 months ago
didnt work for me
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URBAN79 7 months ago
awesome! I will always remember to keep a battery in my car, oh and a paper clip... ;)
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Bowlburn 6 months ago
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 6 months ago
...
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suicide19915 6 months ago
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
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zeldaman1 5 months ago
actually batteries are more expensive, especially just to mutilate one
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Kingddd333 4 months ago
Batteries are more expensive. Just buy a basic BIC lighter or whatever.
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http://Got2gab.com 6 months ago
Wow.
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mr kyle 6 months ago
do you have to use steel wool?? or can you use something like a cotton ball?
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wiccan817 3 months ago
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 6 months ago
you can do this, then touch the staple to steel wool, to make a fire also.
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Mark182 6 months ago
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?
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wiccan817 3 months ago
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.
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jimbob89 5 months ago
cool
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meneci68 5 months ago
i try it at home and it doesent work dude
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kangaroo6464 5 months ago
i never knew a battery and a staple could save my life...
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lalobon 5 months ago
I'm gonna try it xD. looks great ty anyway
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Kingddd333 4 months ago
Does this work with a triple a battery? Because i never seem to use those....
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Bandit 210 4 months ago
must try that !!
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Keneke 4 months ago
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.
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ken joint 4 months ago
jury still out on that one, for me
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CRAZY EMINEM FAN 4 months ago
carefull doing that if ur battery has mercury inside of it, u dont want that touching ur skin. Nice video though.
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immortal 4 months ago
Good Job ! hope it helps me to make a forest fire lol =PP
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pranthavar 3 months ago
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!
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MScott2273 3 months ago
haha a MacGyverism!
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kaviviki_kal 3 months ago
its nice i really wonder on you
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seryozhaishere 3 months ago
UH OH what happens with a d battery?
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MuzzleBlast 3 months ago
simple, clear, to the point, effective!
+1
samaythewaqt 3 months ago
great
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dinosawrus 3 months ago
Lawerlz, A Pyro maniacs Dream lol
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xxXMUSTOXxx 2 months ago
im sure a paper clips a u shape any way
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zeww 2 months ago
This works Great !
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rac_12345 2 months ago
Direct and effective with no bull, or match.
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RyanYixuan last month
than is very great
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RyanYixuan last month
i love the video
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At4r4xis last month
nice hand warmer....
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