Yea obviously a torch can't be beat I have been in the situation where I had that bag of cotton balls and jelly to save the day. It's my backup with a lighter, never know when you are going to fall into a creek and break something or something is frozen. Generally I will just go the best route a small butane torch is not a bad thing to pack as well. I like to carry a ziploc bag of charcoal as well for cooking just dig a hole and put it in there. I seen a liquid stove that will take like diesel and various other liquids just have to pump it up.