Wall Mounted Kindling Splitter Recommendations

[PA Fire Bug]

I use a hatchet to cut up scrap wood from the school woodshop for kindling. I am considering buying a wall mounted splitter like the one in the photo below to speed up the process. Any recommendations? There are several different brands on Amazon. I typically look for lower prices but I don't want to buy the cheapest and brake it the first time that I use it. Thanks.

 

[stoveliker]

I have no experience with one of these, but have looked into them and concluded that my stick built home is not the right support for this.
I'd mount this on a 6x6 and not a doubled up 2x4 stud.next to a door.

And then I found that splitting rounds by hand gives me more kindling than I use.

 

[salecker]

I asked a guy i know that had one mounted on his wall how he liked it.
He tried it for a bit and went back to an axe.
Got it for his girlfriend, which is what i was considering as well

 

[all night moe]

My thoughts are, if your hatchet ain't broke, don't fix it.
I use a carpenters axe and a cookie on the floor. 19'' handle with a 2 or 2 1/2lb head. I choke up un the head to get it started.
Makes kindlin faster than I can use it. I usually have more than enough splitter slag.

 

[xman23]

For years I've split 2X framing scraps with a hatchet. But now I use the log splitter. Much easier to get thin splits. When you get into some knots there's no stopping it. Much faster to.

 

[Duds13]

Kindling Cracker

 

[Max W]

Seems like the wall splitter gives up the speed and momentum of a hatchet / small axe. I like the Kindling Cracker that was given to me OK. I might use it more if it were the larger one. That would cut down on jams when trying splits a little too big. Cut a few bins of old rough sawn 1 inch boards this fall. Went lickedy split with the hatchet. I like the powered log splitter best for making a range of kindling sizes from dry splits.

 

[salecker]

I split what kindling i need to start fires and make sure there is a box full if the GF has to start a fire for me.
Most is splitter trash, and any loose stragglers still hanging onto splits get pulled off and into the kindling box they go.
I have a pickup box with a canopy on it that is still over 3/4 full of Fir scrapes from building my house
Never a shortage of stuff to start fires with