I really don't know what took me so long to try Tinder. It's been here all this time, but I guess I never really needed it. So finally, even though I still don't need it, I had to check it out anyway. Earlier this year I received something super cool inside my TacPack (not to be confused with my TAC-SAC). It was seemingly small and probably to most not the highlight of the box. But to me, this little gadget shined. This item was the tinderZIP emergency zipper pulls. Just like that other Tinder, when you need a pull REALLY bad, this is where you go. No swiping required... just some cutting and sparking instead. I loved these immediately for so many reasons. They're handy. You can carry them on you and never worry about where you put them. They're bright orange which is one of my favorite colors. And overall it's just a genius idea. The idea is simple: wear the pulls on your coat zipper (parkas, ski bibs, what have you) and if you need to start a fire after the sun goes down, just add a cutting instrument and a ready-to-die lighter, and you and your ski buddies have yourself a camp fire. Here's how it works: First: Remove the zipper pull from your clothing. Take the zipper cord out of the plastic grip. You can either snap it open with your fingers or a flat-head type object, or just pull on one side of the cord really hard and…
