Hand Warmers... In case your power and heat go out

Hi All,

Sorry if this is in the wrong place, but I didn't know where else to stick it.

Recently, my power has been out for over a 18 hours across the span of two days, meaning no heat or anything in my apartment. Thankfully, I live in so cal, and my room remained about 70 degrees since it's normally so warm.

I saw what I found to be a fairly decent deal for hand warmers from http://hot-deals.org/ in case power ever goes out for an extended period of time and I need to heat my snake cage. I would assume people who get snow would have backup generators, but I thought I'd share this find.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003F75NCA
http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B002JIO...=ATVPDKIKX0DER


In case my power goes out again and I can't keep my snake warm with body heat while at work, I was thinking of opening some and putting them in a cardboard box so my snake wouldn't actually come in direct contact with the heat pack. They'd be nice for an emergency kit inside a car too I suppose.

That sounds pretty smart. :)

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Originally Posted by Flowerbridge

I was thinking of opening some and putting them in a cardboard box so my snake wouldn't actually come in direct contact with the heat pack.

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Okay, good. No direct contact!

Certainly couldn't hurt to store them in the car. Do they have expiration dates?

(I think most people in northern cities really don't have back-up generators--that's much more common out in rural areas.)

I live in Sarnac Lake Ny. Its the true upstate NY. The town itself is usually the coldest place in the US a few times a year. We had a week straight a few years back of -40. We keep a generator but not for heat, just for the electrical stuff for my dads tanks mostly.

Hand warmers can be great, they do get real hot but only last for about 5-7 hours. Do you have a woodstove? I know I can get my woodstove cranking when I want, and that kind of heat is hard to beat. Plus you don't have to pay for oil.

For a temporary fix I'd say the handwarmers are nice, but limited. They are more for keeping in gloves and boots so if they are in a cardboard box they may not generate a huge amount of heat for your herps.