You have a good point regarding not keeping flammable fluids in your camping gear, honestly I’ve barely even thought about factors like that.

I have done some basic tests with my arc lighter, and I figure that if you’re gonna keep something like this in your camping gear, then either have a small pack of toothpicks packed in, or be ready to use a dry twig.

Either way, it’s really easy to start a flame with one of these lighters by lighting a thin and dry stick to start with.