I go through a fair number of matches with two wood stoves in my house providing full time heat. It seems, that at least in the US, Diamond is the only game in town when it comes to wood matches. And over the years the quality has gone down the toilet on both the strike on the box as well as the strike anywhere matches. They were sometimes difficult to strike even on the box and worthless for striking anywhere else. Sometimes the match would flare and then go out. I'd pretty much resigned myself to this being the new normal so imagine my joy when I opened a new box of strike anywhere matches I'd ordered a month or so again and got a pleasant surprise.
The first match I struck on the box lit with much more force than I was used to. I tried another match and got the same result. I struck a match on the side of my stove and it lit right up. I tried striking a match on the zipper of my fly and it lit on the 2nd try.
So it appears there is some good news in the world after all. I hope they keep up the good work.
Alan
The first match I struck on the box lit with much more force than I was used to. I tried another match and got the same result. I struck a match on the side of my stove and it lit right up. I tried striking a match on the zipper of my fly and it lit on the 2nd try.
So it appears there is some good news in the world after all. I hope they keep up the good work.
Alan