Light My Fire … The Choices On Offer To Keep The Flame Going

While wood has been the traditional go-to fuel to crank up fireplaces, campfires and fire pits, there are a number of other options that are sparking interest and are fast-becoming effective substitutes.

Samba, the leaders in fire and barbecue, unpacks the suite of fire fuelling products on offer including one that is less impactful on the environment, easy to use and store.

For the love of firewood

Whether it is a dense hardwood such as aromatic oak or a robust river red gum, selecting the type of wood for your fire is serious business!

If you want wood that burns faster, with taller and hotter flames, a soft wood such as pine is the way to go. Harder woods are perfect if you prefer a slow burn and it gives off more heat.

And whether it is soft or hard wood, the drier the wood, the easier it is to ignite.

Samba also has a range of fire starters such as Original Fire Lighters, Fire Wool and Squirt and Light to kickstart a traditional wood fire, first time, every time.

Keeping it hot with Hotlogs™

Growing in demand are the log style wood choices on offer and creating hot headlines recently is Samba’s Hot logs.

Made from 100 per cent sustainable hardwood, the Samba Hot logs are the ideal and convenient firewood, which not only burns hotter, but also for longer, is easy to use and is clean to handle.

Samba also offers Wax Fire logs, with a burn time of up to two hours, simply light the ends of the wrapper in your fireplace to get them going – no mess, no worries.

However you decide to start your fire, Samba has a suite of products to make your fire process a hassle-free and seamless one.

For all your fire starter needs, visit, www.sambafireandbbq.com.au

22 Comments

- - mom400215 said
  - 28 Jun 2022
    11:30 pm
We would freeze without our wood fire & it’s a hotter heat unlike an electric heater and far cheaper

- - Indigo said
  - 06 Mar 2022
    9:03 am
Love it. Hot logs and wax logs, I had no idea! You can’t beat the heat from standing next to a wood fire in the middle of winter.

- - mom160270 said
  - 03 Mar 2022
    11:12 am
I really hate the smell of smoke in the air that we get every winter from neighbours with fire pits or home fires. It can’t be good for our lungs or the environment. We just put on extra clothes to keep warm, after all we don’t live in a super cold climate.

- - mom323673 said
  - 03 Mar 2022
    9:36 am
A substitute for wood… how much more organic can you get? Using wood for fire and warmth is alot different to companies that use wood for unnecessary decor and what not. Lucky I’m in qld and we really only need to wear a jumper for less than a month.

- - SAS185 said
  - 02 Mar 2022
    11:53 pm
I must remember this. Coming into winter season soon gunna need to retain this information until then.

- - mumof3 said
  - 02 Mar 2022
    9:55 am
I don’t have fireplace but this is very interesting to know.

- - Ellen said
  - 02 Mar 2022
    4:41 am
Growing up we had a fire place and often would burn wood what was free. Personally I wouldn’t want to have a fire place, too dangerous with 2 kids with additional needs. Not long ago my now 12 yr old burned a fire in her room and not with wood !

- - mom223151 said
  - 01 Mar 2022
    11:57 pm
What are a interesting topic/article to read. Learnt so much. Thank you for the article thoroughly enjoyed it.
Samba Hot Logs and Wax Fire Logs I had no idea. Never too old to learn indeed.

- - mom265671 said
  - 01 Mar 2022
    10:22 pm
Very interesting learning about different woods. Never had considered these in my home with kids

- - yahoo_lou said
  - 01 Mar 2022
    10:20 pm
Wow – this is very interesting read, Thanks for covering it.

- - alyise_ said
  - 01 Mar 2022
    9:35 pm
Wow I had no idea there were different purposes for this wood! Interesting

- - RonnieDe said
  - 01 Mar 2022
    4:52 pm
Wow, I didn’t realise different woods burnt that different, thank you for the article. I do love a great fire place, would love a fire pit one day.

- - BellaB said
  - 01 Mar 2022
    3:58 pm
Aren’t fires environmentally damaging? I must admit I like them, though.

- - cassy26 said
  - 01 Mar 2022
    3:23 pm
Still so hot here its hard to think about lighting a fire but I honestly can’t wait until its cool enough again

- - Mum2904 said
  - 01 Mar 2022
    12:52 pm
Makes you think about what you really know . And gives you some insight on what is good for the environment

- - MummaJana said
  - 01 Mar 2022
    10:19 am
That’s a great article! So many things we don’t even think about and especially what’s good or bad for the environment

- - mom480417 said
  - 01 Mar 2022
    9:25 am
I really wanted to have a fire place in my new home but my kids are young and the place doesn’t seem to be suitable for it. Hopefully, will be able to purchase a bigger house in future and I can fulfill my dream.

- - Frankiielot said
  - 01 Mar 2022
    8:30 am
Wish we had a fire place!
But this is good to know when camping which we will hopefully be doing in a couple of weeks.
Also to share a tip is you can use sanitiser to help start a fire if you don’t have any fire lighters.
- Ellen replied
  
  02 Mar 2022 , 4:58 am
  Lol yes, hand sanitiser is rather inflamable
- - Georgia.Clare said
  - 01 Mar 2022
    8:24 am
Great to know!

- - Jessica said
  - 01 Mar 2022
    7:36 am
I’ve never thought of buying wood for fires – we just grab fallen branches to use.