They burn, they are light weight and cheap, what more can you say about somthing this supposed to burn.... it does!

A perfect thing to have in the wilderness for csamping to cook food or boil water or for survival to start a fire

These bars light with one stroke of a BlastMatch and burn with a blue flame that lasts long enough to heat up coffee for water or dehydrated foods. When used with the Esbit stove it makes a perfect hiking or survival aid.

I hiked the entire Appalachian Trail (all 2168 miles) in the year 2000 with my wife. We used Trioxane Fuel Bars exclusively to cook our meals on an Esbit Stove. Trail cooking is essentially boiling water for noodles or rice and there is no better way to cook on the trail. Our entire kitchen (for four days) of one pot, one bowl, two spoons, a Bic lighter, an Esbit Stove, a wind screen, and four Trioxane Bars weighs less than 12 oz. The weight beats liquid fuel stoves by over a pound in weight saving with considerably less fuss.

Keep some in the first aid kit for fire starting. This will light with just a good spark from a fire starting tool. Catches very fast, burns super hot. Fumes are nasty - outdoor use only.

Trioxane when used with the military cup and stand makes a neat little stove to warm stuff up. I used to use it when hunting. I carried a military canteen, complete with the cup and stand. I could make coffee or warm my food up whenever I wanted without having to build a fire. needled my hunting buddies that I always had hot cofee and they didn't. You won't be cooking any gourmet meals, but you can warm up mre's or water for coffee. Plus like the others say, you can always use it to start fires. The stuff also works great in one of those little folding backpack stoves, which is what I carry now, since I don't hunt anymore. Just break the bar in half. But be sure to seal the left over piece tightly or it will turn to powder in a very short time.

One of these trioxane bars is all it takes to light your charcoal in a full chimney. In 10 minutes you'll have hot coals ready for your grill (even on windy days they work great). Also, trioxane bars are much better than newspaper and don't leave a big mess when they're done. Lastly, it's awesome NOT to have the taste or smell of lighter fluid in your Q.

I use these every time I go camping and you can catch 2" sticks on fire with one tab of fuel. Don't use this stuff inside a tent, the fumes will choke you, but for starting wet wood, tinder and even small logs, this stuff is great. I always carry some in my wilderness survival kit because you can start a fire in driving rain with one match. I have not used it to cook with, but I guess the small blue flame would work for that also.

Forget about matches and newspaper, this stuff is great for lighting fires. I use it in my smoker, where it is hard to light. You get 15 bars, and you can break each bar up in half too.