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Coghlan\'s Plastic Matchbox

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    Coghlan's Plastic Matchbox

    • $1.75
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    Item # 678278

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    This plastic matchbox has a watertight seal to prevent moisture from ruining your matches.

    • Holds enough wooden matches for a weekend of camping
    • Includes emergency firestarter flint on bottom
    • High-visibility orange container ensures it won't get left behind

    Imported.

    Item 678278

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    Coghlan's Plastic Matchbox Specs
    Specification
    Description
    Best use
    Backpacking
    Plastic
    0.6 ounces
    1 x 3 inches
    Material(s)
    Weight
    Dimensions

    Coghlan's Plastic Matchbox Customer Reviews

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    Coghlan's Plastic Matchbox
     
    4.0

    (based on 22 reviews)

    86%

    of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

    Pros

    • Compact (21)
    • Lightweight (19)
    • Functional (15)
    • Easy to use (13)

    Cons

    • Doesn't work (4)

    Best Uses

    • Backcountry camping (17)
    • Survival (17)
    • Day trip (13)
    • River (13)
    • Winter (13)
      • Reviewer Profile:
      • Avid adventurer (10), Casual/ recreational (6), Casual adventurer (4)
      • What Is Your Gear Style:
      • Survivalist / minimalist (15), Comfort driven (4)
      • Was this a gift?:
      • No (3)

    Reviewed by 22 customers

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    (9 of 10 customers found this review helpful)

     
    5.0

    Forget carrying matches...

    By CMLESQ

    from Hanson, MA

    About Me Casual/ Recreational

    See all my reviews

    Site Member

    Pros

    • Compact
    • Easy to Use
    • Functional
    • Lightweight

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • Backcountry Camping
      • Campgrounds
      • Day Trips
      • River
      • Survival
      • Trips
      • Winter Camping

      Comments about Coghlan's Plastic Matchbox:

      use this container to hold 5 or 6 vaseline coated cotton balls as tinder for the the "FireSteel" firestarter and you'll never be left without a flame.

      • What Is Your Gear Style:
      • Minimalist

      (8 of 8 customers found this review helpful)

       
      5.0

      Ignore 2nd bullet point in description

      By JD_NCarolina

      from Charlotte, NC

      About Me Avid Adventurer

      See all my reviews

      Site Member

      Pros

      • Compact
      • Easy to Use
      • Functional
      • Lightweight
      • Watertight

      Cons

        Best Uses

        • Backcountry Camping
        • Minimalist
        • Survival
        • Winter Camping

        Comments about Coghlan's Plastic Matchbox:

        Perhaps the less-than-5-star ratings are related to the expectations built around the second bullet point on the Description tab (emergency firestarter flint). To be honest, I haven't even tried that feature nor do I care about an emergency starter.

        This is an excellent little water-tight case that practically glows. No worries about leaving it behind. It weighs nothing (less than 1/64lb; minimalists unite!), so here's an idea - buy two. I filled one full of matches and the second with lint and two strikers from matchboxes. Now falling in at the river crossing doesn't mean you cannot warm up when you get out.

        • Gift:
        • No
        • What Is Your Gear Style:
        • Minimalist

        (8 of 11 customers found this review helpful)

         
        5.0

        great for use as a geocache

        By scoots in hawaii

        from kailua, hi

        About Me Avid Adventurer

        See all my reviews

        Pros

        • Cheap
        • Compact
        • Waterproof

        Cons

        • Too bright

        Best Uses

        • Geocache

        Comments about Coghlan's Plastic Matchbox:

        i use this as a micro geocache container. a little spray paint and it blends in very well. it is waterproof, big enough for a small pencil and cheap to replace when needed

        • What Is Your Gear Style:
        • Minimalist

        (6 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

         
        4.0

        Flint not for lighting matches

        By Mr. Blister

        from Denver, CO

        About Me Avid Adventurer

        See all my reviews

        Pros

        • Compact
        • Easy to Use
        • Functional
        • Lightweight

        Cons

          Best Uses

          • Backcountry Camping
          • Day Trips
          • River
          • Survival
          • Winter Camping

          Comments about Coghlan's Plastic Matchbox:

          Folks, the flint on the bottom is not designed to be a striker for matches! It is a (spark type) flint fire starter. It does not provide a very hot spark. So if you are trying to light up anything other than a very flamable fire starter, you'll be SOL (that's why I gave it the 4 star rating).

          But when I ran out of matches, I found it provides a strong enough spark to easily light iso-butane and most other stoves.

          I use the flint for lighting stoves and save the "life-boat" matches and striker I store inside the container for more difficult fire starting tasks.

          • Gift:
          • No
          • What Is Your Gear Style:
          • Minimalist

          (6 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

           
          5.0

          Very Useful

          By Off The Path

          from Tennessee

          About Me Avid Adventurer

          See all my reviews

          Site Member

          Pros

          • Compact
          • Easy to Use
          • Functional
          • Lightweight
          • Right Color

          Cons

            Best Uses

            • Backcountry Camping
            • Campgrounds
            • Day Trips
            • River
            • Survival
            • Trips
            • Winter Camping

            Comments about Coghlan's Plastic Matchbox:

            I carry two of these: one with tinder, either vaseline-soaked cotton balls or Coghlan's Emergency Tinder, the other with large kitchen matches, each broken in half to save room. I also glue a piece of striker strip (cut into a circle and sized to fit) on the inside of the lid, if I cannot find "strike anywhere" matches.

            For a long time, before this product came along, people continually searched for something to serve its purpose. Just less than 20 years ago, people were using bamboo and corks or fitting two spent shotgun shells together. Now this product is taken for granted.

            I never have seen the flint as very useful.

            Never tighten the lid too tight as to damage the O-ring: your container may no longer be fully waterproof.

            • Gift:
            • No
            • What Is Your Gear Style:
            • Minimalist

            (6 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

             
            4.0

            Use in conjunction with magnesium bar

            By GregGates

            from Boise, ID

            About Me Casual Adventurer

            See all my reviews

            Site Member

            Pros

            • Blaze orange
            • Compact
            • Functional
            • Inexpensive
            • Lightweight

            Cons

            • Small flint

            Best Uses

            • Backcountry Camping
            • Campgrounds
            • Day Trips
            • Fire starting
            • Survival
            • Winter Camping

            Comments about Coghlan's Plastic Matchbox:

            I have seen some reviews bagging on this because the flint on the bottom won't ignite matches. Are those users trying to drag a match on it like a rough striking pad?

            If you're holding matches in this, I suggest including a piece of cut striker from the match box, or some sand paper and use strike anywhere matches. The bottom is actually a mini "flint" rod that creates sparks when you scrape it with metal. I would also include some cotton balls and carry a tube of vaseline instead of chapstick.

            My personal method of using this container is to hold magnesium shavings and tinder. At home I scrape off a ton of magnesium shavings, compacting them along the way with my finger as if the vial was a trash can. In the top I include 4 tinder quick tabs.

            In the cold or damp, I can open this up, sprinkle out a bit of the magnesium, then use the striker on bottom to spark the shavings, lighting tinder or if it's an emergency, one of the included tinder tabs.

            This requires a knife and separate kindling wood. I may add some stuff to this kit in the future, such as a rubber bike tire tube pieces, a trick birthday candle and perhaps a thin flint rod (the one on the bottom isn't very big and can wear out).

            • Gift:
            • No
            • What Is Your Gear Style:
            • Minimalist

            (4 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

             
            4.0

            Thank you!

            By epistolarian

            from Philadelphia, PA

            About Me Casual Adventurer

            See all my reviews

            Pros

            • Compact
            • Functional
            • Lightweight

            Cons

              Best Uses

                Comments about Coghlan's Plastic Matchbox:

                Thank you for explaining what the flint was for. I'm a newbie to camping, but I'm intent on figuring all of this stuff out. I bought the case because common sense told me the cardboard box my matches came in wouldn't hold up even under normal wear and tear. And, I have to admit, I did try striking my matches on the flint. :o) I'm glad to know it wasn't my own incompetance to blame for the matches not lighting!

                (3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

                 
                4.0

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                By Tedzo

                from Boulder, CO

                About Me Avid Adventurer

                See all my reviews

                Site Member

                Pros

                • Compact
                • Easy to Use
                • Functional
                • Lightweight

                Cons

                  Best Uses

                  • Backcountry Camping
                  • Winter Camping

                  Comments about Coghlan's Plastic Matchbox:

                  Makes a great odorless container as well.Great for travelling.[*]

                  • What Is Your Gear Style:
                  • Minimalist
                  • Was this a gift?:
                  • No

                  (3 of 10 customers found this review helpful)

                   
                  2.0

                  plastic matchbox

                  By eat sleep hike

                  from Malibu CA

                  About Me Outdoor Professional

                  See all my reviews

                  Pros

                  • Compact

                  Cons

                  • Ineffective

                  Best Uses

                  • River
                  • Survival

                  Comments about Coghlan's Plastic Matchbox:

                  i bought this to use with the rei stormproof matches . first off it was to small, i had to trim about 2 milimeters off the match handles for them to fit in the container. and the firestarting flint did not work. it only made a tiny spark that could not ignite anything. small and waterproof but inaffective.

                  • What Is Your Gear Style:
                  • Minimalist

                  (2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

                   
                  5.0

                  Nice simple canister

                  By GregGates

                  from Boise, ID

                  About Me Casual Adventurer

                  See all my reviews

                  Site Member

                  Pros

                  • Compact
                  • Lightweight

                  Cons

                  • Don't depend on the flint

                  Best Uses

                  • Backcountry Camping
                  • Winter Camping

                  Comments about Coghlan's Plastic Matchbox:

                  Nice little canister. I use mine to hold magnesium shavings, with a few tinder tabs. The whole package is very light, and good in cold/wet weather in case starting a fire gets tricky.

                  • Gift:
                  • No
                  • What Is Your Gear Style:
                  • Comfort Driven

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