With a lifetime of heating with a wood stove, burning trees and limbs blown down in storms, and some years now of testing fire pits for Popular Mechanics, I’ve learned a thing or two about starting ...

High humidity changes the way almost every fire-starting method behaves, even when the temperature is warm, and conditions feel manageable. Moisture in the air settles onto tinder, reduces spark ...

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