That Aurora looks nice! I have a few mag starters but not that nice. A couple of mine have wooden handles and are crudely made but they work great. I have used steel wool and a battery but never in the field, only practicing at home.

Overkill but I always carry three or more methods of starting a fire including one of my several Colibri windproof lighters and a fire piston. Fire is life, right?

I also keep an emergency fire starter kit (that I made) in every vehicle, hunting pack and bug out pack we own. The fire starter kit is made up of a mag starter, a few boxes of strike anywhere matches, strips of news paper, a mini fire starter log and a 35mm film case filled with cotton balls soaked in Vaseline. Everything is enclosed in a vacuum sealed food saver bag to keep moisture out; each method of starting fire is kitted in it's own seperate bag and everything together weighs a little over a pound.

Whatever method anybody chooses to carry and use they should be sure to practice at home and when sitting around in camp at your favorite campsite. If you can't start a fire at home there's no way you'll get one going under duress in an emergency situation.