Hand Warmers

[Baz T]

My son suffers from very cold hands when winter fishing. I have been looking at a couple of handwarmers on various websites.
Are the solid fuel pocket/handwarmers any good? Most appear to be about 3.99/4.99 approx. I see Shakespeare sell their own brand of hand warmers, with the charcoal stick, and was thinking of getting a couple.
Zippo do a fuel hand warmer which uses liquid fuel, but they are a lot more expensive at about 18 pounds, and some reports say that you actually need a zippo lighter to get the blooming things going as they are so difficult to light.
Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks

[boo3]

Hi Baz T, any of the pocket/handwarmers on your post are good, dont put gloves on him they get wet and make things worst, hope this helps Boo.

[Baz T]

Thanks Boo3. Blacks, the outdoor shop were having a sale just before Xmas, so I bought 2 Gelert hand warmers for half price (they use the charcoal stick) so hopefully they should do the job (If I ever manage to get out fishing in the next month or so).
Cheers. Baz

[scottish_and_mental]

Originally Posted by Baz T

My son suffers from very cold hands when winter fishing. I have been looking at a couple of handwarmers on various websites.
Are the solid fuel pocket/handwarmers any good? Most appear to be about 3.99/4.99 approx. I see Shakespeare sell their own brand of hand warmers, with the charcoal stick, and was thinking of getting a couple.
Zippo do a fuel hand warmer which uses liquid fuel, but they are a lot more expensive at about 18 pounds, and some reports say that you actually need a zippo lighter to get the blooming things going as they are so difficult to light.
Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks

Hes obviously got a thinned out version of your Scottish blood

I know a couple of the boys on the door wear them inside there gloves ( the big girls blouses ) ..
Have you thought about some neoprene gloves ?

[NICK R]

have you thought about these

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001GCIAK...SIN=B001GCIAKI

[Baz T]

Hi SandM, You are right, he is half english, ha ha, - its the english half that feels the cold I think. I recently got some neoprene gloves too, which seem to be nice n snug, so he will try them next time we go.
Hi Nick, Thanks for the link - they look good. I might just stick them down my underpants if it gets really cold!!!

[Portland Pirate]

I got a couple of the hand warmers that are activated by flexing a metal disk that sets of some sort of chemical reaction. They heat up really quickly and give of a lovely heat. The only problem is it only lasts about an hour. You can recharge them by boiling them in a pan of water for 10 minutes and they are ready to go again. I picked a pair up for £5.

The charcoal ones hardly give off any heat and I would not recommend them.

My Brother got a Zippo pair for Christmas and he says that they are the dogs dangley bits. They are more pricey, but give of a lovely heat for hours.

Portland Pirate.

[Drew]

Hi, Might I suggest the Peacock Warmer. Although a little more expensive than the others mentioned, they will last a good 8 hours on one filling.

I've had mine now (2) for well over 15 years and they are working just as well now as from when I first bought them.

Drew

[perkinsdad]

I agree with portland Pete about the charcoal handwarmers. I spent more time with the case open blowing mine to keep it burning than warming me hands on it.

[PlanktonBoy]

The Zippo hand warmer is very very good
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zippo-40182-.../dp/B0034C6GDG