RE: Have u seen or used this for your campfire?

[Danusmom]

 
http://www.liftalog.com/index.html
 
 This looks a lot like the log lifter our camper-site neighbors used last summer.  I didn t ask where they got it since they were so rude & inconsiderate earlier.  This looks like a neat tool (AKA " toy"  [][8D]) for us " keepers of the fire" [][8D]
 
 Peace be with you all.

[Cheryl]

 Danusmom
We use an old pair of fire tongs that I bought for my DH years ago at a yard sale. They work better than anything else we ve seen on the market and they only cost me a dollar. Been using it for about 9 years and it s still in good shape!
 Cheryl

[wahoonc]

 Danusmom
Good Grief,
 Know how many nights of camping that will pay for?[8D] I usually just shove the logs with a boot or use a short shovel, I do have a large set of tongs that I use for the charcoal that can be used for fire wood. Besides isn t getting burned and inhaling smoke part of the " total camping experience" ?[8D][&:]
 
 Aaron[]
 

[griffsmom]

 Danusmom
It s pretty nifty but it takes all the fun out of the " poking stick" ! []

[topcat7736]

 Danusmom
I use an old poker (when I remember to bring it along), a boot, stick or $8 fire gloves I picked up at Campmor (not in their catalog).
 
 But, it seems this thing would be perfect for the new generation of sterile, non-relieving-yourself-in-the-woods, gray & black water disciplined camper who finally woodn t need to touch the would. To sit in your chair, four feet from the campfire, and arrange everything without getting up or getting dirty sounds good to me. Do they make one that has a bend in it to reach over the top of the no-see-um metal screening that protects you from sparks?  
 
 Aaron, how about their new telescoping 15-foot cooler opener and can retriever? We could really use that one!
 
 Sigh.  [>:][][]

[wahoonc]

 topcat7736

Aaron, how about their new telescoping 15-foot cooler opener and can retriever? We could really use that one!
 
 Sigh.    
 
 
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 Al,
 A buddy of mine had his basset hound trained to fetch beer, only catch was you had to share when she brought it to you. [][8D] Never thought about taking her camping though, wonder if she would fetch beer from somone elses cooler if yours ran low?[][][8D]
 
 Aaron[]

[tlhdoc]

 Danusmom
I have a pokey stick with bent ends that we use for the fire.  For us the cost is just too much.

[Danusmom]

 Danusmom

But, it seems this thing would be perfect for the new generation of sterile, non-relieving-yourself-in-the-woods, gray & black water disciplined camper who finally woodn t need to touch the would.

First, I think you have your " wood"  & " would"  mixed up.[]  Secondly, I ve tried manuevering those logs in the fire with  poker sticks . I guess I m just not that coodinated using what amounts to be 3-foot chopsticks.[&:][8D]  And, I have yet to find a pair of fireplace gloves that work sufficiently enough for me.  It seems my hands have become much more sensitive to the heat & cold after 20 years of doing massages.  My hands begin to hurt if I m reaching for more than a couple of items in the freezer. I, also, seem to tolerate fussing around the campfire (cooking with pie irons, popcorn makers, etc.) a lot less than I use to & a lot less than others in our group.  I know I don t have Raynaud s syndrome like my mother & sister --Thank God.
 
 Fireplace gloves work well enough for short periods of time with the cooking methods we use around the campfire. Yet, this tool would help with the placement of logs in the fire. And, I certainly don t want to teach our DS to stick his bare hand(s) into the campfire.
 
 Peace be with you all.

[barbjeff]

 Danusmom
It does look like a neat toy, but it would take away allthe fun of sending the kids out to look for that perfect  poking  stick[]

[TheWallRocks]

 Danusmom
Sherri picked me up a fireplace glove for Christmas, and it s the greatest thing in the world for campfires.  I feel pretty macho when I just reach in a raging fire and move things around.
 
 We always hunt around the woods and make a good fire poker stick because she still likes to stir it up.