You would think I might have learned something watching my dad do it all those years (the trailer thing), but it's really something you just have to get out and practice yourself. It's actually a bit sad the number of people who rely on lighter fluid to get their fires going. You can always smell them in the campground and you often see a huge plume of fire for like a minute before it dies back down into nothing. I prefer to have good quality fire starters and kindling versus relying on lighter fluid.