It depends on how wide the neck of the bottle is. Stuffing the rag into it is generally more efficient and makes sure the rag doesn’t go out when thrown. But, if it’s a wide necked bottle the rag has a greater chance of falling out mid flight which doesn’t help anyone.
You can also tape the heads of strike anywhere matches to the outside of the bottle so it doesn’t have to be burning when you throw it. But this has a relatively high failure rate. And requires the bottle to strike a hard surface.
I have a question, better to seal the glass bottle with a cap and tie a rag to the outside or stuff the rag in the open end of a bottle?
It depends on how wide the neck of the bottle is. Stuffing the rag into it is generally more efficient and makes sure the rag doesn’t go out when thrown. But, if it’s a wide necked bottle the rag has a greater chance of falling out mid flight which doesn’t help anyone.
You can also tape the heads of strike anywhere matches to the outside of the bottle so it doesn’t have to be burning when you throw it. But this has a relatively high failure rate. And requires the bottle to strike a hard surface.
Isn’t the wicking property supposed to come into why the rag’s stuffed in there? To help light and keep the rag from going out?
My understanding is that if you do it that way, you run the risk of the fuel spilling out mid-air.