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Post by Bill on Dec 3, 2014 17:50:46 GMT -5
Anybody use these? I have a love/hate relationship with them. They're great when you can get them to work but sometimes that's a chore.  |
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Post by GlennD on Dec 4, 2014 9:44:09 GMT -5
Remember the old Jon-E handwarmers? Attachment DeletedFill them up with lighter fluid and good for all day.. emit a wonderful burning kerosene like smell that filled the woods! I think the old bucks taught all the young bucks that smell was a clear indication of opening day of buck season!  I remember the time we stayed in the old Clearfielder Hotel. Probably about 1960. It got so cold in that hotel the water in the water pitcher froze during the night! My Dad took his Jon-E handwarmer to bed with him after a few beers, and during the night the warmer came out of it's little sock and put a burn on his leg and left a scar that he still has! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2014 10:05:12 GMT -5
LOL Glenn!!
I know quite a few Woolrich pants/coats in years past received the ole Jon-E brown branding(burn)!! 
Not sure how the new Zippos are. I wear a Pendleton Wool outfitters parka when cold which has hand warmer pockets that keep my hands purdy warm. I rarely wear gloves unless im ice fishing. |
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Post by zimmerstutzen on Dec 4, 2014 19:12:27 GMT -5
We would slip a Jon e into an old sock and pin it so it would be at the small of the back. I remember sitting on stand in 5 degrees and being too warm.
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Post by Dutch on Dec 4, 2014 19:15:09 GMT -5
Anybody use these? I have a love/hate relationship with them. They're great when you can get them to work but sometimes that's a chore. You don't like the charcoal packs? Seems like they always work vs a Zippo. |
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Post by Bill on Dec 5, 2014 5:29:54 GMT -5
I used the charcoal packs when I first started hunting and they never let me down. The store here that carried those handwarmers hasn't had the actual fuel sticks to go with them for years until this year and I already had the Zippo.
I got frustrated with it the other day so I filled it with lighter fluid until it was leaking out the top, then held it upside down to let the excess drip out. I got it lit and it burned for a day and a half after that. rofl
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Post by Dutch on Dec 5, 2014 6:21:59 GMT -5
I meant those handwarmer packets, not the fuel stick types.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2014 8:29:35 GMT -5
Firstgear has some electric handwarmer gloves. Mebbie going that route would be a good odorless choice??
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Post by GlennD on Dec 5, 2014 8:49:59 GMT -5
I am a skeptic with anything battery operated.. I remember many years ago when the first pair of battery operated socks came on the scene. A friend of mine got a pair and we went crow hunting on a frigid day. I wore my reliable old GI issue Korean Boots, commonly referred to as "Mickey Mouse" boots. We set up decoys and an owl and started calling. We had only sat for about 20 minutes and he was fumbling in his pack.. replacing batteries in his socks.. about a half hour later he was done, feet frozen!! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2014 9:24:16 GMT -5
My Granpap wasn't much fer gimmicks but he sure hated cold feet!! I remember back in the 60's when some of the earlier electric socks widely hit the market Granpap got some.
They worked purdy good but I hated toting dat multiple 6 volt battery pack up the mountain for him!! But Granpap did have warm tootsies!! lol
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Post by Bill on Dec 5, 2014 12:19:30 GMT -5
I meant those handwarmer packets, not the fuel stick types. Yeah, I have some of those. I use hand warmers throughout the winter and those can get pricey after awhile. It's cheaper to go the fuel hand warmer route for me. |
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Post by Dutch on Dec 5, 2014 18:28:18 GMT -5
I rarely get cold hands. Mostly all I have on are polyproplyene glove liners. When needed, then I slip mittens on over them.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2014 19:25:12 GMT -5
I don't have anything most times. Just my pockets!
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Post by Dutch on Dec 5, 2014 20:50:32 GMT -5
Well ya cain't kill something with your hands in yer pockets. |
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Post by Bill on Dec 5, 2014 21:01:44 GMT -5
I don't use it for my hands, I put it in an inside pocket in my coat. They can make a miserable day a little more bearable.
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Post by Dutch on Dec 5, 2014 21:19:29 GMT -5
I don't use it for my hands, I put it in an inside pocket in my coat. They can make a miserable day a little more bearable. You use a coat to go hunting? Man, I thought you were made of tougher stuff than that? If I stuck one in my coat, I'd sweat my butt off. |
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Post by good ole boy on Dec 5, 2014 21:35:27 GMT -5
The Zippo,s work good if you operate them correctly.
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Post by Bill on Dec 5, 2014 21:54:06 GMT -5
Sometimes, they do not want to get going.
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