Amaxing fire starter - only 1 handful required. We will tell you to use dry wood and that it will burn for 10 minutes, however we've played around with this using damp wood in a slight drizzle, and we were able to get a fire roaring in no time flat, and burn tests had 1 handful burning in excess of 17 minutes, when we just stopped counting. Ultimately - this product works even better than we are advertising. Assuming you are using split firewood, or 6 inch in diameter logs or smaller, you don't even need kindling! Come on down and get your fire started....