Dryer lint makes a decent fire starter. I’ve made homemade starters using dryer lint inside a used toilet paper roll, and then wrapped newspaper with a twist at the ends. Put that under your kindling, and build your logs around the kindling. I often use the cabin style method, but the tepee works great, too. I really like the lean-to method, too, because that’s what the logs tend to form on their own as they fall into each other, so why not start that way?
Good tips.
I presume you use only one sheet of newspaper, how many times (how thick) around do you wrap? If you wrap more than once around, is it a loose wrap?
I usually carry a lighter (I don’t smoke) and a small lens. Even with an empty lighter you can rotate the sparker slowly and drop the dust onto toilet paper, then give it a good spark - you’ll usually get a flame...then have kindling ready. Of course the lens is only good with sunlight but it’s small enough for a wallet.
They’re just handy things to have on you...never know when they might be useful - like a small pocket knife.