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

[Flowerbridge]

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.

[Dagan]

That sounds pretty smart.

[loonunit]

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.

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.)

[redstormlax12]

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.