Best Glide ASE Credit Card Size Fresnel Lens Fire Starter and Magnifier Lenses (3 Pack - Green)

The Best Glide ASE Credit Card Size Fresnel Lens Fire Starter and Magnifier Lenses (3 Pack - Green) is a nifty little tool I’ve been carrying in my wallet and camping kit, and it’s proven to be a handy addition for anyone who loves the outdoors or wants a lightweight emergency tool.What’s to Love: These Fresnel lenses are tiny—2” x 3.25” and just 0.4mm thick, weighing a mere 5.5 grams each—so they slide right into your wallet or survival kit without adding bulk. Made of flexible optical PVC, they won’t crack like glass, and each comes with a green protective sleeve to prevent scratches. The 4X magnification is stronger than the typical 2X or 3X credit card magnifiers, making it great for reading fine print on maps or labels in low light. But the real star is the fire-starting capability. On a sunny day, you can focus sunlight to ignite dry tinder, like wood shavings or cotton balls, in minutes with some practice. Amazon reviews praise their portability, with one user noting, “I keep one in my wallet, glove box, and go-bag—it’s a featherweight survival multi-tool.” Another said they burned cardboard quickly, showing the lens’s power when angled right. At $7-$10 for a 3-pack, it’s a dirt-cheap backup for your fire-starting kit.

Compact. Easy to carry. Good quality. They work as designed.

Gonna make a great father's day gift and novelty item for age also great for survival in case of emergency and need to make a fire

This 3-pack of Fresnel lenses are a good deal for the money and a solid product for survivalist, campers, hikers, or anybody needing a last resort method of lighting a fire on a sunny day. These are thin, flexible and about the size of a credit card and will slip into a wallet or go bag without weight or taking up space. A must have in my opinion. Fresnel lenses are a magnifying lens specialized designed to ignite dry tinder and start a fire, but you must have sunlight like any magnifying glass.An important aspect of these Fresnel lenses is that they are 4x magnification compared to many that are only 2x. The 4x will burn quicker and help you get the fire started. As in any fire starting venture, you want the driest tinder possible, and build a small tinder pile (or make a tinder bundle) and focus the light beam to start the burning process. Make sure you have dry twigs and larger woods on hand to build your fire.A handy thing to carry in your go-bag is a couple dry tea bags that can help assure you of something that will ignite in a less than perfect environment.Tinder bundles are compressed dry leaves and small twigs. You don't want them to be to loose, but not to tight either, because you want air to circulate through the bundle to aid the fire. In a survival situation, if you have access to dry tinder materials, you want to make several tinder bundles while the getting is good in case it rains. If you have some plastic, wrap them up to keep them dry, or put them in an article of clothing and stash them so they won't get wet.You can see many demonstrations on You Tube.Highly recommended!

This product far exceeds my expectations. It is small compact and very powerful Lens.

Bought these so each member of my family can add it to their go-bags. Haven’t had a chance to use them yet, but they seem like they will work. I guess I’ll have to try them before an emergency situation. Small/compact and lightweight, perfect for backpacking.

First of all, the product is okay as a Magnifying lens and the cost is reasonable. What I don't like about the product, is that it is often very hard to light a fire with a magnifying lens. I have tested this myself and unless the sun is at a good angle, you are not going to get a fire from this device. You may brown the paper (or whatever you are trying to light), but that might be all you get. Besides, what if you need a fire when the sun goes down. This product is not going to help you in that situation.I would recommend the follow items first before you include this item in your survival pack: Good Magnesium Fire Steel, Disposable Lighter, Matches. Don't forget to pack some cotton balls. Cotton balls go up incredible fast and they are fairly cheap and light weight. When you add some petroleum jelly to the cotton balls, you get a hot start to your fire and the fire will last a little longer.I will carry this item in my survival pack because it is so light, but I doubt I will be trying to start any fires with it.

Had one like this that I carried in my purse and lost it. I was devastated until I found these! So handy when you are older and can't read small print as well as you used to. Don't know about the fire starting ability, I always carry a lighter!