Bare Bones BBFP121012-1 Mini Fire Piston with DuoSeal Technology

I ordered this piston and another one on Amazon that was 60$ and it has release valve and all the extras and I trust this one hands down compared to the expensive one. I can get ignition 9 out of ten tries with the bare bones and 5 out of ten with expensive one and this one is so much easier takes a lot less force perhaps because it's smaller and less resistance from air compression. This one is more about speed than force. It's also very easy to make it into any cool design you can dream up. I used a metal engraver and added wood handle but it is fine straight from the box.

Great item. Easily fits backpacking, fishing, bug out, or any survival kit. Keep mine in a little baggie/tin with essentials in my Carhartt coat pocket. Seems to be quite rugged. O ring seal has stood abuse well, plus it's easily replaceable with string or another rubber/neoprene like ring. Only have two complaints. Being so small its more effectively used with a gloved/pad over the plunger, otherwise the small piston can be rough on your hand. However its remarkably easy to make a "sheath" for the piston and body. Or even simply epoxy on a cabinet handle to the top and/or bottom. The other problem is with no pressure release port trying to store the piston inside the chamber is problematic (can be done if you insert the piston upside down into the chamber but this exposes o ring and tinder hollow) if the rig is unsheathed, and all but impossible if you've put a sheath and cap on the rig. However I suppose that is one reason this rig is only 1/3-1/4 of the price of other commercially made models with such a pressure release.I plan to keep an eye out for a small enough valve to incorporate into the chamber to allow for said release. Oh. And relatively quick shipping.

USED IT ONCE AND IT BENT!!! THATS NOT GOOD. IF I REALLY HAD TO USE IT, I WOULD FREEZE TO DEATH TRYING TO GET WARM...

Meh. Maybe i'm just a noob but i cant get it to work well. After a while the O ring will need replaced unless you have some awesome tip to keep it constantly lubed up. Would definitely just save up for the more expensive firepiston with a larger wooden hand hold.

it was a little smaller than I thought it would be, but it did function great and the char-cloth was nice thank you.

just got it today and i love itit takes sometime to get it right but when you do it works every time

Haven't had a chance to try it out but the design is simple and straight forward. I plan on adding a base and a top to the plunger to make it easier to use.

I received it in three days, excellent delivery. As soon as I received it I tried to get it to work, with no luck. I cleaned it and lubed the o-ring several times, used my char cloth, used their char cloth, followed the instructions watched the bare bones videos, no luck. I decided to add a wood skin and handle as that was my original intent. After I put it all together I didn't clean it or lube the o-ring again or change the char cloth and first try, boom I got an ember. Turns out it was just me. I couldn't strike it fast enough without the handle. I've made friction fires and char cloth fires by concentrating the sun. Making a fire from the ember of a fire piston is a little different, I've had good success a few times now. I would practice before I depended on it. The mini fire piston is well made and works well. Thanks Bare Bones!