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The Firebiner

Created by outdoor element

The Fire-Starting, Multi-Tool, Every-Day-Carry, Survival Carabiner you can't live without. Make life easier and be prepared. - EverSpark fire wheel with replaceable ferro rod - Safety Utility Blade - Titanium-coated Stainless Steel body - Lightweight, only 1 oz - Flathead Screwdriver tip - Hang Slots - Rated for 50 lbs of gear, not people - Bottle Opener - It is not a toy, be responsible, keep out of reach of children

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Doubled Our Goal; First Stretch achieved
over 7 years ago – Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 12:00:54 AM

I fully intended to send out an update over the weekend since we doubled our funding goal on Friday night, but life just got in the way. And, now we are almost 250% funded with more than 1,500 backers. You all are amazing. HUGE thank you for all your support. Please keep spreading the word. We have had some great experiences so far - radio spot, talked with TV station in the UK, etc. Lots of fun...

 

We had a blast with Peter Boyles on 710 KNUS radio last week. Check out the video Mike put together. It is fun and entertaining. Mike did great for his first radio spot. Mike is the one at the left microphone. I (Joe) am the funny-looking one on the couch to the right. People always told me I have a face perfect for radio. :) 

We have been in touch with the great folks from North One TV in the UK with regards to the Gadget Show. So, for our wonderful UK supporters, you can hopefully look for us there in the near future. Everything has been "brilliant" so far! :)

 

More fun stuff to come...

We had several questions on the Zippo replacement flints and have added an FAQ on that. The flints will not work - they have just slightly too wide of a diameter. Since our ferro rods are over 2.5 times longer we should not need to replace them often. Your Firebiner will come with 2 extra ferro rods and more replacements will be available at OutdoorElement.com.

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We added some new pledge levels based on requests coming in. We added a "Wrist & Clip x2", "Fabulous Five" & a "Wholesale100". If you have any questions, just let me know (this is Joe).

You all have unlocked our first STRRREEEETTTTCCCH GOAL (see what I did there?).Thanks a ton. In addition to our original colors of Black, Blue & Gold, we have added Silver. We hope to add the Red/Blue metallic color when we hit $45,000 and triple our goal. The next round of prototypes should be titanium-coated with our desired colors. Here are the color swatches together with the 5th color, a cool metallic mix of red & blue, as we unlock the next stretch goal.

We want to share with you some recent praises that we thought were pretty cool and the links to some media write-ups on the Firebiner.

Big thanks to those who reach out and give us kind words:

  • “Awesome little product you have there. I'm more than happy to help spread the word! :)” Kraig
  • "I'm looking forward to receiving this awesome product:)” Yu
  • “Thanks for your help can't wait to get this. Good luck from Scotland.” Andy
  • “awesome company and the product looks fantastic ! :)” Sean
  • “This product is one of my ideal must haves. Always handy having a multi tool on you at all times. The fire lighter swung it for me. Had to get it!” Kiarian
  • “The thing looks awesome, such a simple concept and well executed.” Schaeffer

Big thanks to our media partners and other folks who help talk us up:

Thanks for all your support and for sharing us with your friends and family.

Joe & Mike

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Here is a cool project. We love to host murder mystery dinners and I personally got excited when I saw this on KS so I reached out to Matt, the creator, to see if I could share it with you all. Enjoy!

 

Murder mystery games have been around for a long time but Mystery Night App has taken the game and made it easy and convenient for anyone to play. If you've ever wanted to play a murder mystery game but didn't know how to approach it check out our Kickstarter to learn more!

We are funded
over 7 years ago – Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 09:33:37 PM

Woohoo! Fully funded in less than 4 days, just shortly after our last update posted. We are very excited. You are the best backers around. We love all the comments and feedback. Keep 'em coming in. Also, thanks for continuing to spread the word. We have a couple stretch goals planned and will announce them as we hit our goals.

We will authorize the factory to secure steel for the tooling to help speed up the development time and allow us to get into production as early as possible. We won't start cutting steel though until we approve the next round of prototypes.

While I was supporting my son with his BSA eagle project, Mike was out playing in the junkyard. He was having a little too much fun making this short video. While we have had several questions as to whether this would cut through a seat belt and we were confident it would, we had not actually tried it. Well, now it is official. Cuts like a charm. Carry the Firebiner, be prepared and be safe. Enjoy Mike's madness in this short video.

 Mike 1, Seatbelt 0. The winner is ... Mike and the Firebiner.

We will put this video on our campaign as well.

 

 

Think you know what a carabiner can do? Think again.
Think you know what a carabiner can do? Think again.

 Don't forget to follow us. We are just getting started with lots of great product coming soon...

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Here a couple other campaigns you might like. We thought their ideas were cool and fit pretty well with our company's outdoor passion.

1) Four Outdoor Essentials in One Tent / Hammock - Crua Hybrid

This Tent / Hammock lets you sleep high or low; designed with built-in  insulated air mattress, detachable sleeping bag & dual connect-ability
This Tent / Hammock lets you sleep high or low; designed with built-in insulated air mattress, detachable sleeping bag & dual connect-ability

 

 Check out the world's most functional Tent / Hammock.

2) REVEL GEAR - The Future of Portable Power & Camping Light

 

Power your adventures with travel-friendly solar power and festive outdoor light, PLUS send renewable power and light to Africa just by having fun! REVEL GEAR made a product that makes it incredibly easy to setup 30ft - 90ft of camping lights, and can power your devices from the sun, even at night.

Almost funded - sweetness
over 7 years ago – Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 06:48:35 PM

We have awesome backers. Thank you so much. We are over 95% funded in 3.5 days. I expect we will be full funded by the end of day 4. We are thrilled but have very high expectations for where we can take this. We need your help. Share, share, share. Here are some buttons to help you (I will change up the Twitter text so you can keep on Tweeting):

 

 

 


 

 

We also made another quick animated gif to show the EverSpark in action. We hope you enjoy:

Enjoy your weekend everyone! I (Joe) will try to make it up to the mountains to enjoy the color here in Colorado - just about peak foliage now, especially with the Aspens.

Joe & Mike

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We have found out quickly that Kickstarter is a tight community where many of us creators share ideas and help each other out. When we come across cool new products we sometimes like to give a shout out for them and they will for us. So, here are a couple of interesting campaigns that we would like to share.

1) ViperSharp True Precision Sharpening

Get a true precision knife sharpener for all your knives. ViperSharp offers exact precision edges based on your desires. This is seriously an amazing advancement in the sharpening game. ViperSharp allows you to sharpen your blades at any angle you desire with no slop in the sharpening process. Check out ViperSharp's campaign and take advantage of the one time exclusive Kickstarter pricing!

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2) Acteon | Premium Odor Fighting & Ultra Compact Gym Towels

Anti-bacterial Microfiber gym towel with integrated snap strap. Treated with silver ions to reduce odor and prevent bacteria from growing. Check it out HERE!

 

Going strong
over 7 years ago – Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 04:49:38 PM

We are over 60% funded now and going strong. I added some "share" buttons to the campaign. Let me know what you think of them and by all means use them to get the word out. We would love to hear any feedback from you.

We did get word that the prototypes should be ready in about 3 to 4 weeks. These are hopefully the final approval samples to begin tooling. Components are all sourced and good to go.

We had some questions regarding adding more units on at the end of the campaign without increasing shipping charges. I am looking into that. It should be doable.

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We like to check out other campaigns and here is one of them we thought was pretty cool (especially for the engineering types who love their pencils):

Magno -The WORLD’S FIRST Magnetically Controlled Pencil 

Magno has revolutionised pencil technology in the most unique way… Please CLICK HERE to see why Magno is so special.