Bargain fire extinguishers

[Gin]

Visited my local Arco yesterday.

http://www.arco.co.uk/

They have a special offer on selected lines of any three items for £24.99.

What caught my eye, especially as I've just replaced 3 of mine at a cost of £45- which I was pleased with at the time!!

Was 3 x 1Kg dry powder fire extinguishers, individually marked up at about £20

So, if you are in the market for some extinguishers this could be a bargain for you

 

[Topcat47]

Also check out Aldi and Lidl. My Lidl 2kgextinguishes were £7.00 each last year.

 

[oldharry]

Ah yes, but there are dry powder extinguishers and dry powder extinguishers. How long do they actually discharge for? Our works fire safety officer tells me that many cheaper fire extinguishers blast out their contents much more quickly, and are therefore less effective. 2Kg extinguishers should last IIRC around 30 seconds. Thats not a lot of time to put out a fire. Reduce that to 20 seconds with a cheapo extinguisher? He also says that on a boat you need much more than just a 2kg extinguisher - after all you will not have 9 tons of fire engine roaring across the water to rescue you when your 2kg extinguisher dies after a few puffs.

I am no expert, and only pass on what an 'expert' is saying. But having once been involved in a boat fire I do know those little extinguishers empty incredibly quickly, and although the flames were less than a foot high, it took two 2kg units to extinguish it.