Zippo Hand Warmer

[sillybigfella]

Anybody use one of these?

Would it be totally insane to stick it into the bottom of the sleeping bag during the night?

[benp1]

No, perfectly safe but you'll have to carry the weight of it around (plus fuel)

[Ray Young]

Just looked at a demo on you tube, it's big, almost as big as an adults hand. Placing it in the groin area over a femural artery would help warm the whole body by heating your blood up.

[Pyro]

I just use a water bottle (or more normally a small nalgene) full of hot water, wrapped in a sock. Boil a bit extra with the pre-bed cuppa and you've got a hot water bottle.

[benp1]

^^ this

Its a good way of keeping warm and/or warming your bag, plus you've got some unfrozen water to use in the morning

[Yorlin]

Of course, one way of filling the bottle with "warm water" means you don't have to get out your sleeping bag til morning!

That was an actual bona fide tip I read years ago. It didn't say if you should use a special bottle for it!

[Lmorgan87]

A guilty secret of mine has always been the old 'oh naturel' hot water bottle trick. Only to be used in times of extreme desperation.

[Nick]

I havea Whitby handwarmer that it's I think the same as the Zippo, it's great and doesn't weigh much at all. be aware that they can be a bit of a faff to light without the bit of fuel to squirt on the bit you light. theyalso take a few goes to reach max running time, last time I used mine it ran for 12 hours. I also wouldn't use it in without a bit of ventilation as it must give off c02.

[sillybigfella]

I think I'll go with my daughter's small hot water bottle. It's pretty light and won't take much water to fill it to keep the toes toasty :D

[sillybigfella]