I have been unsatisfied with your product for the past three years. I have an Orion Cooker that recommends your product. Your product just does not light. Today I used lighter to ignite your product. The cooker requires high heat at the beginning to perform successfully, thus I can not use a chimney starter.

My otherwise-perfect GF bought what she thought I specified: Kingsford. I buy this brand because it's consistent even though the grill is overflowing with "ash" (read: filler) after every cookout. This instant light stuff is the worst, though. Burns far too quickly and as an added bonus STINKS of lighter fluid! I'm going to start researching the Japanese charcoal (Binchotan) like I should've done years ago.

Not being a "Grill Master" I always have issues with lighter fluid and charcoal, not enough fluid to light, or too much fluid which gases up my food. I only use this brand after trying some of the cheaper competitors. There are no competitors to the quality.

I bought a bag of mesquite charcoal 2 months ago and I kept it sealed and inside my garage, I've used it twice in that time and it would not light unless I sprayed lighter fluid on it now this time that did not work. I've had this problem once before.

I have used your product for many years with great results. in all this time only one bag did not come up to your standards . Then last night I opened a new large bag & could not get it to light. Fotunately I had another bag that did work. I looked for a batch # on the bag but could not find one . This is still a great product but I don't know what went wrong

You would not except ZERO STARS, why not? It is worse than poor! I have purchase Kingsford Original almost exclusively for over 50 years. This was my first purchase of a different Kingsford product. I found it to be the VERY WORST charcoal purchase I have ever made. The performance was completely unacceptable for me. I bought it primarily for us when RV camping so I would not have to use a lighter fluid or carry my chimney starter. Our first camping trip with it was a couple of weeks ago and it performed miserably. The first time I had to keep relighting briquettes with matches over and over and it took over an hour to get the charcoal pile started (gray ash covered) to where I could cook. The second attempt was made using a piece of newspaper under the briquette stack and ONLY took 45 minutes. I tried one more time a when I got home using a propane light stick. Again it took ONLY 45 or 50 minutes. Today I violated your statement to never use a chimney starter method with newspaper. At least it was quicker than plain Kingsford Original, but still took 15 minutes to get completely gray ash covered. Needless to say I think I wasted some money buying this product. Hopefully, I won't be disappointed in my next purchase of Kingsford (non Match Light). Although, I may be tempted to try a competitor.

At the end of last season I bought a bag of matchlight (Lights instantly every time is their claim) and it did not light! Was ticked off but figured I got a bad bag...nope this year bought a new bag and for the last half hour a box of matches later...I still don't have charcoal lit! I tried twisting paper into rolls to help burn and ignite but nope, nothing. If could have given a 0 star I would have. The only thing burned away is my money...

I was getting ready to grill out and I bought this product to avoid buying lighter fluid and it doesn't light instantly. In fact it didn't light at all. I have friends over for a cook out and I have to cook in. totally disappointed and it ruined my night.

My son was visiting California from Michigan and we decided on having grilled steaks on our barbecue. Charcoals would not light, even though we tried about 30 matches. . We finally gave up and now have a full bag of "useless charcoals". They say "match light" Don't be fooled. This is the second time with this result. I won't try them again.

Bought two bags to take on vacation. Used within three days of purchase. Neither bag would even try to light. I had to go to the store and buy lighter fluid. Match light is false advertising. I can't believe all the reviews that say they had the same experience - wouldn't light.