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Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: snowy] #6376391
11/18/18 09:57 AM
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^ thanks great advise.


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Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: Bass1] #6376413
11/18/18 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Bass1
I used to have one of the solid fuel stick warmers with the velvet flocking on the case. They worked great but eventually the velvet flocking wears off and the bare metal was REALLY hot.



I did too... black fuel sticks and red velvet!


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Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: snowy] #6376473
11/18/18 12:14 PM
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One of the fuel fired hand warmers in the chest pocket of your overalls under your coat will keep you good and warm.

Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: Duckstick80] #6376482
11/18/18 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Duckstick80
Buy the disposable hand warmers packets. I work outside in the cold alot and I've found that putting the packet on the top side of your hand inside your glove works best. This way warms the blood going to your finger tips very well. I use the foot warmers and just stick them to the top of my toes and put my boot on. Seems to work better than on the bottom as well. Buy the big boxes so you save $.



I would buy them by the boxes from Walmart in the spring time, they mark them way down in price..
Pretty cheap...

The adhesive body warmers work great, one on my chest, middle of shoulders, and if it was really cold I’d add a couple on my kidneys...I’m using them while on stand bowhunting, I don’t like a lot of bulk while I shoot so this helped my stay warm all day while hunting in some pretty cold weather...


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Thought I was a good bowhunter until I targeted mature bucks....
Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: snowy] #6376605
11/18/18 04:33 PM
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What Okie said. Put your hand warmer in an internal chest pocket as close to your heart as possible. It heats your circulatory system and keeps your whole body warmer. Took me a few years to figure it out.


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Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: snowy] #6376628
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Thanks Ambush and Don for your help.


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Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: snowy] #6376631
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Ambush >>> is 30 pair box for $23 a decent price?


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Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: snowy] #6376779
11/18/18 08:59 PM
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I saw and old man 50 years ago with a peck bucket about a third full of sand. He would pour a little kerosene in the sand.

Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: snowy] #6383408
11/27/18 11:23 AM
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I was reading this thread in my deer stand during gun season and it brought back some good memories. I was putting my gear away today and came across this bad boy… The Jon-E body belt. I vividly remember it burning a hole through my kidneys on the way into the stand when I was a kid, after a ½ hour it was typically ice cold to the touch for the remainder of the day. I really like the Deer-Coy brass clip that you saturated with Pete Rickard’s scent and attached to a matching handwarmer, when heated, it gave off a potpourri smell that went great with your sandwich.

Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: snowy] #6383433
11/27/18 12:00 PM
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I had probably still have 2 of the fuel stick type , they work but can get to hot , used them back in scouts and some for hunting , one guy burned his poly sleeping bag his got so hot. with virtually every piece of clothing being polyester now melting your cloths becomes a real concern.

a guy at work used to make buckets for people he made a seat for a 5 gallon pail , it had a metal coffee can in the bottom I think he put it on some small blocks to get it off the bottom a half inch and screwed it together then they lit a Sterno can and dropped it the coffee can there was a vent at the front of the bucket between your legs to let the heat out right where you could warm your hands.

he collected up the metal coffee cans from the break room coffee

most of them were using them for ice fishing but some used them in hunting blinds I think they knew someone who worked catering who could collect up all the 1/2 used sterno cans and they had a free supply of heat .


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Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE] #6383446
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[quote=GREENCOUNTYPETE]I had probably still have 2 of the fuel stick type , they work but can get to hot , used them back in scouts and some for hunting , one guy burned his poly sleeping bag his got so hot. with virtually every piece of clothing being polyester now melting your cloths becomes a real concern.

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Yup... that was the upgraded model lol.

Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: jabNE] #6383452
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Originally Posted by jabNE
The disposable packets with iron powder work really well and no stink or burning elements. There are bundles 10x2 packs of grabbers on sale now at most stores.
You can stuff them in your gloves, socks, pockets, hand muffs, wherever. I always keep a bunch in the truck during season and have saved many a trap check frozen fingers in our family.
My son uses them in his back pockets of his baseball pants for cold early spring games to keep his fingers warm when he can.
I used to use the stick burner warmers and liked those when they stayed burning. Got very warm. When they go out though out in field, they can be a real pain to relight especially if raining or in wind. Was one of main reasons I switched to disposable grabbers especially running late season coyote line mostly on foot.
Jim


That's what I use, no smell. Keep your hands in your pockets with them. They last about 6-8 hours and they're cheap to buy.


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Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: snowy] #6383698
11/27/18 06:13 PM
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I use a Zippo and tried using Naptha this year. If you use the measuring cup that comes with the handwarmer and fill it full mine keeps going for 24 hours. All season I have lit it at 6 am and it was still making heat the next morning when I was getting ready at 5:30. Naptha is much cheaper than lighter fluid and you can buy it by the quart.

Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: DuxDawg] #6383810
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Originally Posted by DuxDawg
Originally Posted by one toe
I could never get the liquid fuel type to work consistently. Had better luck with the fuel stick warmers.

Same here.
me too


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Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: snowy] #6383851
11/27/18 08:39 PM
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I just found 2 of the old fluid type warmers in my stuff today. Anyone want them? I think they must have been my dad's. I don't like them.

Last edited by strike2x; 11/27/18 08:50 PM.

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Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: snowy] #6383918
11/27/18 09:36 PM
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Here is a great idea I read in a book .... Sew an old shirt pocket inside your hunting coat about kidney level on both sides of the coat .... Drop a hand warmer in the pocket before heading to your watch .... As you get cold lean back in your stand and the heat will warm your kidney area thus warming your hole body ....

Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: snowy] #6384250
11/28/18 09:55 AM
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I got a case of XL Grabbers. I put them inside the pockets of my base layer light jacket that is only an orange shell with no lining inside. One of those jackets where the pockets are a mesh inside that you can see through. The heat from the pockets goes right up to my neck and sweats me out in no time. I have to keep cracking the zipper to avoid getting too warm.

Ive used grabbers in the past, but this is the first season with XL ones, and I never found them to be as effective as these big ones. In the past I used smokers gloves with the uncovered fingers and the mitten that flips over. I would keep a small grabber in the mitten part, but that never worked as well.

Re: Fuel fired Hand Warmers [Re: snowy] #6384459
11/28/18 02:41 PM
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I have some of those things, they were my grandads. Never lit one up.

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