No spark

It's a chilly evening and I shudder slightly as I look down at the pile of wood illuminated by my phone screen that could have been a fire but will remain kindling because I opted to save 27 cents at the Value Mart and purchased these pathetic matches. Strike after strike until I simply could not bare it any longer. In baseball, you mercilessly get 3 before you can slink away to the comfort of the dug out and some sunflower seeds. In the real world, we are not so lucky and I have now almost certainly developed carpal tunnel syndrome from the amount of times I stubbornly drew the match across that box only to experience the exact same outcome, failure. Perhaps I have actually died and am stuck in limbo. Sentenced to spend the next 27 years attempting to light one of these heinous little sticks that someone labelled a match.

Practical and inexpensive

I got 250 of these matches for $1.25, which was great value. Every so often with the medium-length matches one will snap as I try to light it. Having the strike surface on the containers is handy, and they give you two strips on the value pack so you don't run out.

These are great matches, especially for camping or just having on you if you hike or spend time in the outdoors. You can get them at the dollar store as well, so completely worth it.

These are very inexpensive matches that are available at Dollarama for $1.25 for 320 matches.

I've used them for camping, candles and power outages. They have never failed me and I will definitely repurchase because there is such a great value there!