Handwarmers

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piglet
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Handwarmers

Post by piglet »

Hello

A question..........

I have a couple of Whitby Hand-warmers.

Recently the 'Felt' material within one of the Burners, has simply disintegrated.
I already have spare Burners, but don't wish to continue to have to purchase every time one reaches the end of its life.

Can anyone suggest a replacement, or has experience of making/adapting, an affective replacement for this material that I can acquire/make, both easily and/or cheaply in a lifetime quantity?
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Re: Handwarmers

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It's probably just fibreglass, but for what it's worth I'd buy new ones.
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Re: Handwarmers

Post by ForgeCorvus »

The word "Catalytic" leads me to doubt that there is a knit-it-yourself option.
It seems to use platinum and glass-fibre, glass-fibre is easy......


I hadn't heard of the product, care to review it for us?
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sniper 55
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Re: Handwarmers

Post by sniper 55 »

I think theres a burner you light?, I'd suspect it's some sort of asbestos type of stuff, but I've not seen one and it's different to the ones I have, so I might be wrong.
I'm told the burners have a life of 90 burns or so.
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Re: Handwarmers

Post by Hamradioop »

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The Whitby Warmer provides a fast, easy and safe solution to the problem of cold hands - whatever your activity. Whether it's hill walking, mountaineering, fishing or golfing, the Whitby Warmer will have your hands warm in no time.

Burn Time - 6 or 12 hours depending on fill
Burner lifetime of 90 burns (assuming 12 hour burn)
Filling cup
'Flameless' catalytic warmer
Lighter fluid not included
Portable heat on the go!
Protective fleece bag
http://www.whitbyandco.co.uk/whitby/fis ... and-warmer
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Re: Handwarmers

Post by Sparkyy »

Looks very similar to the zipo ones I have somewhere, I never really use them but the odd time I have they've been impressive
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