If by “electric candle lighter” you mean one of those “plasma” or arcing ones, they’re awesome, but cannot light anything that won’t fit between the two ends of the arc. I love mine for candles, but have yet to successfully start my charcoal grill with them. I imagine a campfire would suffer similar issues.
I keep a pill bottle of dryer lint in my backpack as a firestarter. Readily available floofy tinder for big fires when needed. The little arc lighters have no trouble it it, either.
If by “electric candle lighter” you mean one of those “plasma” or arcing ones, they’re awesome, but cannot light anything that won’t fit between the two ends of the arc. I love mine for candles, but have yet to successfully start my charcoal grill with them. I imagine a campfire would suffer similar issues.
Hopefully you have better luck!
You can bend the prongs apart quite a bit but it is still limited.
I keep a pill bottle of dryer lint in my backpack as a firestarter. Readily available floofy tinder for big fires when needed. The little arc lighters have no trouble it it, either.