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Creator Funditor claims right off the bat that this survival tip could save your life. We think that's slightly dramatic, but it shouldn't take away from his video's utility.

The strategy is simple: use the electric charge of the battery and the conductivity of the staple to spark tinder.

So, next time you're lost in the woods (or in a bar looking to light a smoke in a new fashion) try this one out.

Make a survival fire from a battery and staple
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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 5 months ago
oh!
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Jabslacked 4 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!
+12
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 !!
+4
Hodg 11 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?
+1
myca 1 year ago
little bit OK, is there something more?
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Fleetwood08 1 year ago
cool
+1
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
+2
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 10 months ago
fake you cant even see it
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zaneyusak 10 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.
+1
pnwoods 9 months ago
Very useful info. Thanks.
+1
RCIAN1957 8 months ago
Great
+2
al_01 8 months ago
nice...
-1
blahblahblahblahblah 7 months ago
didnt work for me
+1
URBAN79 7 months ago
awesome! I will always remember to keep a battery in my car, oh and a paper clip... ;)
+1
Bowlburn 7 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 7 months ago
...
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suicide19915 7 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
+1
zeldaman1 5 months ago
actually batteries are more expensive, especially just to mutilate one
+1
Kingddd333 5 months ago
Batteries are more expensive. Just buy a basic BIC lighter or whatever.
+3
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 4 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 4 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 6 months ago
cool
-2
meneci68 5 months ago
i try it at home and it doesent work dude
+2
kangaroo6464 5 months ago
i never knew a battery and a staple could save my life...
+2
lalobon 5 months ago
I'm gonna try it xD. looks great ty anyway
+1
Kingddd333 5 months ago
Does this work with a triple a battery? Because i never seem to use those....
+1
Bandit 210 5 months ago
must try that !!
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Keneke 5 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 5 months ago
jury still out on that one, for me
+1
CRAZY EMINEM FAN 5 months ago
carefull doing that if ur battery has mercury inside of it, u dont want that touching ur skin. Nice video though.
+1
immortal 5 months ago
Good Job ! hope it helps me to make a forest fire lol =PP
+1
pranthavar 4 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!
+1
MScott2273 4 months ago
haha a MacGyverism!
+1
kaviviki_kal 4 months ago
its nice i really wonder on you
-1
seryozhaishere 3 months ago
UH OH what happens with a d battery?
+1
MuzzleBlast 3 months ago
simple, clear, to the point, effective!
+1
samaythewaqt 3 months ago
great
+1
dinosawrus 3 months ago
Lawerlz, A Pyro maniacs Dream lol
+1
xxXMUSTOXxx 3 months ago
im sure a paper clips a u shape any way
+1
zeww 2 months ago
This works Great !
+1
rac_12345 2 months ago
Direct and effective with no bull, or match.
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