Reusing Hand Warmers

[non-typical]

At past 70 I find myself using Hot Hands hand warmers more often with the colder weather...and being a naturally cheap Olde Farte I found I can get several morning and evening hunts off one 18 hour warmer if I seal them in a plastic bag when I head for the barn.

[arrow30]

I do the same thing...

[GCook]

Yes sir.  Works well.

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[pavan]

Being an old cheap fart when i was young, I borrowed a couple of those jet fuel fire in your pocket things and had them leak.  The rash i got from the leaky bugger, needed no additional heat.  My wife always buys the chemical hand warmers and never uses them, we have drawer with a bunch in them somewhere around here.  She had trouble getting them open in the field with the tear open plastic, with cold fingers.  "you got a knife?" I asked.  "My fingers were too cold to get my knife open, and my feet are so cold that i can barely walk, let's go home."  She needed three things, a new knife, better gloves and warmer boots. Now she has no need for the hand warmers and forgot where she hid them from me.  I hate wearing heavy gloves and I like to wear unlined canvas hunting boots as I never am having any fun until my feet are wet.
   My low back can get really mad at me sometimes, especially when i have been sitting on my Nifty Seat on a cold day for a long time.  I find that a couple of chemical hand warmers under my wool shirt in the right spots on my low back really help keep those low back muscles from binding up.

[slowbowjoe]

Yup, I get a few extra uses out of 'em too. By the way, I notice you use the "hand and body warmers"... me too. Cost twice as much (which is still cheap), but last twice as long, and are about twice as warm as the "hand warmers".

[Overspined]

I started using the zippo fuel hand warmer. It's awesome and less waste. I adjust how much fuel I add based on how much time I'm hunting. The fuel has a scent but no biggie it's not human and Anything smelling it is smelling me anyway..

[Friend]

I do the same....

[pavan]

It does not exactly get cold where you guys live.  Want cold?  Come to the upper midwest

[Wheels2]

You get cold when you are not used to the lower temps, even if many of us don't think they are cold.
My in-laws live in southern Georgia.  They complain when the night temps get into mid 20's and daytimes run around 50.

[JD Page]

I used your tip last season, worked great!

[Sam McMichael]

Explain how this works, please. Does sealing the warmer in the plastic bag stop the chemical process?

[slowbowjoe]

Sam: Yes.
The chemical mix needs oxygen to activate. I put 'em in a ziploc and press out the bag flat before sealing.

[pdk25]

Great info. Thanks!

[double eagle]

I used to take a charcoal stick type hand warmer in the early 80s.  The Jon-E were standard with my family back then in northern Michigan, I can still smell the fluid.  Within the past 10 years I've stuck with a muff around my waist.  In the past 3 years, I tried the electric rechargeable USB type and like them best.  Seem to be the thing for me and only ran about $20 on line.
    I tend to use the fluid type if I go ice fishing and places I really don't care about the smell.  The "hothands" air-activated versions are good, but I had an issue getting them working in cold weather below 20 degrees.